Reconstruction Plans Flashcard

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Each state had to ratify the 13th Amendment before being re-admitted to the Union.

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Johnson's Reconstruction Plan

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Wanted Reconstruction to be a fast process that did not severely punish the South.

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Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan

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Each Southern state had to ratify the 14th Amendment and create a new state constitution.

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Congressional Reconstruction Plan

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Radical Republicans did not like this plan because they felt that it was not hard enough on the South and that it did not do enough to protect the rights of newly freed African Americans.

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Johnson's Reconstruction Plan

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Required that 10% of a Southern state's population swear an oath to the U.S. before that state could be re-admitted to the Union.

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Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan

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What was the purpose of Reconstruction?

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To rebuild the South

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The members of Congress battled with both presidents because they felt that the Presidential Reconstruction Plans:

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were too lenient on the Southern states that had rebelled against the Union.

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The 13th amendment to the Constitution was the first of the "Reconstruction Amendments." What was the purpose of this amendment?

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to abolish slavery

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Established 5 military districts in the South.

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Congressional Reconstruction Plan

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Each Southern state had to ratify the 14th Amendment and create a new state constitution.

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Congressional Reconstruction Plan