Congressional Reconstruction

Which best describes the purpose of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction?

• to propose a plan to replace President Johnson's reconstruction plan

• to propose ideas to help imrorve President Johnson's reconstruction plan

• to reinstate the original reconstruction plan approved by President lincoln

• to impeach President Johnson because Congress did not favor his reconstruction plan

This group took control of Reconstruction in 1867.

• the radical republicans

• the radical democrats

• President Johnson and his supporters

• moderate republicans

The reconstruction plan created by congress focused on these 2 points.

• protecting Freedmen's rights, and punish the southern states

• replacing President Johnson, and ending reconstruction

• helping southerners, and limiting the rights of Freedmen

• re-establishing slavery in the south, and enforcing Johnson's plan for reconstruction

He encouraged the Southern States to oppose the 14th amendment.

• President Johnson

• President Lincoln

• Robert E. Lee

• Jefferson Davis

The 14th Amendment....

• defined citizenship in a way that included African Americans

• protected the voting rights to ex-slaves

• abolished slavery and made it illegal in the US

Under Congress's plan for Reconstruction each state had to...

• approve the 14th amendment

• reject Lincoln's plan

• approve the 12th Amendment

President Johnson vetoed many of the laws passed by Congress to carry out their plan. What does vetoed mean?

• cancelled

• supported

• disliked

• criticezed

Congress tried to do this to President Johnson.

• impeach or remove him from office

• flatter and win his support

• criticize and make him feel ashamed

This person was elected President in 1868.

• Ulysses Grant

• Andrew Johnson

• Abraham Lincoln

• William Holden

The 15th Amendment....

• defined citizenship in a way that included African Americans

• protected the voting rights to ex-slaves

• abolished slavery and made it illegal in the US