Reconstruction- Lesson 1

Reconstruction- Lesson 1

Multiple Choice

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Open Ended

Define the Era of Reconstruction. (This was the time period when...)

Multiple Select

Check the statements about Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan vs. Radical Republicans Reconstruction Plan that are accurate.

• Both plans described how the former Confederate states would be readmitted into the Union.

• Lincoln's Plan was much harsher toward the South than Radical Republicans.

• Lincoln's Plan offered amnesty to southerners if they took an oath of loyalty to the U.S. government.

Multiple Choice

What became of the Wade-Davis Bill?

• Lincoln signed it into law.

• Lincoln refused to sign it into law because he believed it was too harsh on the South.

• Lincoln refused to sign it into law because he believed it was too easy on the South.

Multiple Select

Check the statements that accurately describe what the Freedman's Bureau did?

• provided education and medical care

• provided some with land for farming

• oversaw labor contracts between ex-slaves and employers to ensure fair pay.

• placed freedman back on the same plantations where they were enslaved

Poll

Do you think Lincoln's assassination will help or hurt the chances of ratifying an amendment to abolish slavery?

• Help

• Hurt

• It won't have any effect

Multiple Select

Select the accurate statements about Johnson's Plan for Reconstruction.

• granted amnesty to former Confederates who swore loyalty

• forced Radical Republicans to allow slavery in the former Confederate states

• no equal rights for African Americans

• states must abolish slavery by ratifying the 13th amendment

Open Ended

Why was it important to Lincoln that the 13th Amendment be ratified?

Multiple Choice

True or False: Radical Republicans were glad to seat the new Southern senators and representatives in Congress.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or False: The black codes were passed to help control African Americans.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or False: Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to enforce the black codes.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or False: President Andrew Johnson supported the opinions of the Radical Republicans.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or False: Congress overrode Johnson's veto of the Civil Rights Act of 1866.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or False: The purpose of the 14th Amendment was to grant citizenship to African Americans.

• true

• false

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