Why was a plan for reconstruction of the south needed? a. the lincoln administration did not want to readjust the confederate state to the union b. many new citizens had joined the nation during the war c. the constitution provided no guidance on secession or readmission of states d. the southern economy had grown, and northern states wanted to share the prosperity.

What was one reason that southern states passed laws after 1800 to discourage manumission? 1)southern whites feared that freed blacks would seek revenge for past treatment as slaves. 2) northern leaders pressured southerners to liberate enslaved people. 3)southern states needed an inexpensive labor force to work in southern factories. 4)northern whites had sold their slaves to southerners before slavery was banned in the north.