What political concern dominated the period of Congressional Reconstruction? bringing the rebel states back into the Union expanding and protecting African Americans' civil rights preventing states from seceding from the Union ever again withdrawing federal troops from the South as quickly as possible

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Abigayle

28 March, 03:02

What political concern dominated the period of Congressional Reconstruction? bringing the rebel states back into the Union expanding and protecting African Americans' civil rights preventing states from seceding from the Union ever again withdrawing federal troops from the South as quickly as possible

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Sullivan Villarreal · Answer 1

"Expanding and protecting African Americans' civil rights" was the primary concern, since many in the North knew that racist whites in the South would not do so unless forced by the federal government.