2023 EOY Reconstruction Exam

The main goal of Reconstruction was to......

• rebuild the South
• rebuild the North
• reunite the North and the South
• create more factories in the North

Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was known as:

• Wade-Davis Bill
• 14th Amendment
• Ten Percent Plan
• Radical Republican Reunification

What best describes Lincoln's 10 Percent Plan?

• Creating an income tax
• Creating a larger military
• Re-uniting the United States
• Conquering 10% of the South

What group in Congress felt that Lincoln's plan was too lenient (easy on the south)?

• Deciduous Democrats

• Radical Republicans

• Wistful Whigs

• Fancy Federalists

Why was Lincoln's 10 Percent Plan not put in to effect?

• The war wasn't finished yet
• He became Secretary of State
• He was assassinated
• He lost the war

After Lincoln's assassination, what did the Radical Republicans want to do?

• celebrate with the south

• punish the south

• leave the Union

During Reconstruction the South was placed under Military rule

• True

• False

As a result of the Military occupation of the south, which of these made up the largest group of new Southern voters?

• white Southern Democrats

• African Americans

• Northerners who moved to the South

• former Confederate soldiers

The House of Representatives tried to get rid of President Andrew Johnson by doing what to him:

• impeaching him

• having him exiled

• bribing him to leave

• trying to get him out in the next election

Why did the Radical Republican Congress want to impeach President Johnson?

• He opposed the Radical Reconstruction policies in the South

• He opposed the 13th Amendment

• He refused to punish Union soldiers

• He opposed the 14th Amendment