Reconstruction Review

Which of the following is NOT true about life in the South following the Civil War?

• The economy was destroyed.

• Slavery was ended.

• Women's suffrage was established.

• Veterans struggled to re-enter civilian life.

What was the name for Lincoln's Plan for Reconstruction?

• Johnson Plan

• Ten Percent Plan

• Radical Reconstruction

• Congressional Reconstruction

Why was Lincoln's plan so easy on the South?

• He wanted the Southern state to surrender and end the war.

• Lincoln wanted to punish the South for daring to withdraw from the Union.

• He wanted to help the Democrats keep power in the South.

• He wanted to punish high ranking Confederates and wealthy Southerners.

Under Lincoln's Plan for Reconstruction, which of the following was the South required to do in order to be re-admitted to the Union?

• Rich white people who had more than $20,000 had to apply for individual pardons.

• Get 10% of voters in the state to take the oath of allegiance.

• Give women the right to vote.

• Guarantee African-American men the right to vote.

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

• He required 20 percent of the voters swear loyalty to the Union

• His plan was voted down in Congress

• He required high ranking Confederates and Wealthy Southerners to apply to him personally for a pardon

• He gave Reconstruction to the Congress after an assassination attempt

Which of the following is another name for Johnson's Plan?

• Ten Percent Plan

• Lincoln's Plan

• Presidential Plan

• Radical Reconstruction

Which of the following is NOT true about Johnson?

• He was secretly a Confederate

• He didn't do much to protect the freedmen, so Congress hated him.

• He grew up poor and wanted to punish the wealthy.

• He was from the South.

What is another name for Congressional Reconstruction?

• Lincoln's Plan

• Johnson's Plan

• Ten Percent Plan

• Radical Reconstruction

Under Congressional Reconstruction, which of the following things did Southern states have to do before they could be readmitted to the Union?

• Ratify the 14th Amendment and write new state constitutions

• All voters had to take the pledge of allegiance

• All states had to make efforts to provide a public education to their citizens

• All voters had to take the oath of allegiance

Under Congressional Reconstruction, why were former Confederates denied their seats in Congress even though their states had elected them?

• Because many Northern representatives had lost relatives in the war and blamed the former Confederate leaders for their deaths

• Because many Northern representatives felt they were not legitimately elected because they were from the former Confederate states.

• Because many Northern representatives felt having them in power would have made the war essentially pointless.

• They were seated, the Northern representatives basically didn't care.