Unit 8 Reconstruction Practice

Front

How did Congress’ Reconstruction Plan differ from Lincoln’s? Options: Lincoln wanted the southern states to ratify the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments prior to their readmission to the Union, Congress felt that Lincoln’s plan was too strict, Lincoln wanted a majority of citizens in southern states to swear an oath of allegiance to the United States, Congress felt that the readmission process should be difficult, while Lincoln wanted it to be as quick as possible

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Congress felt that the readmission process should be difficult, while Lincoln wanted it to be as quick as possible

Front

How were tenant farmers different from sharecroppers?

Back

tenant farmers owned all of their own equipment

Front

What was the goal of Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?

Back

to readmit former Confederate states to the Union as quickly as possible

Front

What was one success of the Freedmen's Bureau during Reconstruction?

Back

It created the first public school system in Georgia.

Front

What did the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution do?

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it granted black men the right to vote

Front

Which statement correctly describes sharecropping as practiced in Georgia during Reconstruction? Options: The system kept laborers in constant debt to landowners., The system helped laborers purchase their own farms., The system prevented landowners from exploiting former slaves., The system forced landowners to give land to former slaves.

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The system kept laborers in constant debt to landowners.

Front

What agricultural practice became much more common in Georgia during Reconstruction?

Back

tenant farming

Front

What year was slavery outlawed in the United States?

Back

1865

Front

Under Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction plan, what must each of the former Confederate states do in order to be readmitted to the Union?

Back

ratify the 13th Amendment

Front

Why was President Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction referred to as the "Ten Percent Plan"?

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Ten percent of a state's population had to swear allegiance to the United States in order for the state to be readmitted to the Union.