Reconstruction

What was President Lincoln's main goal when formulating a plan for Reconstruction?

• Punish the South

• Punish Confederate leaders

• End the war as quickly as possible

• Send more soldiers to the south

All of these were aspects of Lincoln's Reconstruction plan except:

• 10% of the population had to swear allegiance to the Union.

• Southern states had to recognize the end of slavery

• States would have to reconstitute their state governments

• Confederate military leaders would serve prison terms

How did the Reconstruction policy of President Johnson & President Lincoln differ?

• Johnson's plan required 50% of the population to swear allegiance to the Union.

• Johnson's plan required 10% of the population to swear allegiance to the Union

• Johnson's plan required southern elites to individually request a pardon

• Johnson's plan required all confederate military leaders to be tried and hanged

What was the main objective that Congress passed their own Reconstruction plans?

• To ensure that the Southern states were punished for being in rebellion

• To protect the rights of newly freed slaves and Republican political power

• To protect the rights of Souther elites who were living in fear of former slaves

• To make sure that former Confederate leaders would be able to return to serve in congress

What did SC & other southern legislatures do during the months after 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 for housing and medical aid for freed slaves

• Set up programs which offered job opportunities

All were provisions of the congressional plan for Reconstruction except:

• All persons involved in the war on the Confederate side could not hold public office

• Confederate leaders were pardoned & given high-ranking US governmental offices

• Black males gained the right to vote, while white males who participated in the confederacy lost the right

• Southern states would be readmitted to the Union after a new constitution was written and approved

Which best describes those who had to approve Southern States new constitutions before they could re-enter the Union?

• Congress

• The eligible voters in the state

• Both Congress and the eligible voters in the state

• The President, Congress and the Supreme Court of the US

What was the major provisions of the 14th amendment?

• Limit the power of the federal government

• Expand civil rights of women

• Maintain competition in business

• Protect African American rights

How did Johnson play a role in significantly changing Reconstruction policy?

• He encouraged the use of military to force southerners to secure the rights of freedmen.

• He demanded the congress extend the powers and programs of the Freedmen's Bureau

• He supported the 13th amendment and insisted that all states ratify it.

• He vetoed the extension of the Freedmen's Bureau, and he opposed the 14th amendment

What was included in the Radical Republicans plan?

• The South was split into military districts

• The South was to pay large fines to the US gov't

• The South had to arrest Confederates 7 send them to Washington

• The Southern states were allowed to keep their slaves to work the plantations