The Reconstruction Era

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What was the purpose of the 13th amendment to the Constitution, the first of the "Reconstruction Amendments"?

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to abolish slavery

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The period after the Civil War when the United States started to rebuild was called

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Reconstruction

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In Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan, Confederates had to

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Swear allegiance to the Union

Front

Who took the office of President after Pres. Lincoln was killed?

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Andrew Johnson

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President Andrew Johnson was a

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Southern Democrat

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What did white Southerners think of Pres. Johnson?

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They thought he was a traitor.

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The Freedman's Bureau assisted blacks and

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helped poor whites

Front

What amendment ended slavery?

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13th Amendment

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What did the Wade-Davis Bill declare?

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That a state needed a majority, not just ten percent of people to swear allegiance to the Union

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What did Pres. Lincoln do to the Wade-Davis Bill?

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He vetoed it.