SC History Reconstruction

Why was President Lincoln's goals for reconstruction?

• End the war as quickly as possible
• Punish the South
• Punish the Confederates

What were the main points of Lincoln's Reconstruction plan?

• 10% of Population had to swear allegiance to the Union
• Southern States had to ratify the 13th amendment
• States would have to write new constitutions
• all of these

How was Lincoln's Plan and Johnson's plan different?

• Johnson's plan required 50% of the population to swear allegiance
• Johnson's plan required southern elites to individually request pardons
• Johnson's plan required all Confederate military leaders to be tried and killed

What was congress' objective for their reconstruction plan?

• To ensure Southern Punishment
• To protect Freedmen and Republican political power
• To protect the rights of southern elites
• To not allow Confederates return in politics

What did SC & other southern Legislatures do during the months following Appomattox, when congress was not in session?

• Passed Black Codes and elected former Confederates to office
• Passed laws giving women political power
• Set up programs to give housing and medical aid for Freedmen
• Set up programs to give Fredmen Jobs

What were the provisions of the Congressional Plan for Reconstruction?

• Confederates couldn't hold office
• Southern States readmitted to the union
• Black males earned voting rights
• All of these

Who had to approve Southern States new constitutions before they could re-enter the Union?

• The President
• Congress and Eligible voters
• Congress only
• Supreme Courts

How did President Johnson significantly change Reconstruction Policy?

• Supported the 14th amendment
• Vetoed an extension of the Freedman's Bureau & opposed the 14th amendment
• Encouraged the use of Military force
• Extended the power of the Freedman's bureau

What was "radical" about the plans for Radical Reconstruction?

• The South was split into Military districts
• South was to pay fines
• Southern Confederates were to be arrested and sent to Washington

What role did sharecropping play in SC?

• Aided economic reconstruction
• no affect on economic reconstruction
• made African Americans rich