In December 1863, during the Civil War, Lincoln announced the (1)___, which offered Southern States a way back into the Union. The President offered (2)___ to all white Southerners, except (3)___, who were willing to swear loyalty to the Union. Lincoln also supported granting African Americans the right to (4)___. Some Republicans favored a more (5) ___ approach. In July 1864, Congress passed the (6)___, which said that (7)___ of a state’s white males had to swear loyalty to the Union. Only white males who swore that they had never taken up arms against the Union could vote for state constitutional convention delegates, and the new constitution had to (8)___. The Freedman’s Bureau reached its greatest success in the area of (9)___. The bureau helped freed people acquire land and free transportation to work sites, and it helped them obtain (10)___.