Reconstruction

Reconstruction

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Open Ended

What did Lincoln believe was needed to re-unite the United States during Reconstruction?

Poll

For his second term, why do you think Lincoln chose a Southern Democrat as his vice president?

• He thought putting a Southern Democrat as VP would promote unity after the South was defeated in the Civil War.

• He wanted to show the south that their interests were represented even though most of the federal government was dominated by Republicans.

• He never thought he would be killed, leaving someone in charge that opposed the vision of the Republicans.

Multiple Choice

What was radical about the Radical Republicans?

• attempts to resist Black equality after the Civil War

• attempts to punish the South for the war and re-make Southern society

• successfully cultivated equality and opportunity formerly enslaved people

Multiple Choice

Congress could override Johnson’s vetoes by a ⅔ vote and Radical Republicans made up more than ⅔ of Congress. What is this called?

• veto-proof majority

• checks and balances

• federal supremacy of laws

• getting impeached

Multiple Choice

Andrew Johnson was impeached. Was he removed from office?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Why did the Radical Republicans pass the Military Reconstruction Act, installing Union soldiers throughout the former Confederate states?

• to abolish the KKK

• to hunt and punish Confederates

• ensure states’ cooperation in Reconstruction

Multiple Choice

"No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

Multiple Choice

"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

Multiple Choice

"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

Multiple Choice

Which group DID NOT benefit from the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands?

• formerly enslaved Blacks

• families separated during slavery

• Creeks & Cherokees

• poor Whites

• women reviving the suffrage movement

Open Ended

Why do you think the possibility of 40 Acres and a Mule is so important?

Open Ended

Why might sharecropping be compared to re-enslavement of free Black Americans?

Poll

A bipartisan commission decided the results of the Election of 1876. If you were on this commission, who would you choose as the winner?

• Tilden

• Hayes

Open Ended

Was Reconstruction a failure? Why or why not?