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...during Reconstruction and afterwards? I know about the Ten Percent Plan and the Radical Republicans' Fifty Percent Plan, but I'm not too trusting of any Southern vote between 1865-1877.

Just how loyal were the Southern States, really? If, say, President Grant coughed up his own lungs and liver during the Centennial and then a chandelier fell on every member of the cabinet, would Southern states take the opportunity to secede again, would they cooperate fully with Federal authorities to restore order, or would they just quietly stick to themselves and merely act autonomously but still be technically part of the Union?
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