What role did President Andrew Johnson have during Reconstruction?

President Johnson continued the work of Abraham Lincoln and enacted his Reconstruction plan.

President Johnson ignored both plans for Reconstruction and created his own plan.

President Johnson rewrote the Presidential Reconstruction Plan to restore slavery in the United States.

President Johnson worked with the U.S. Congress to make readmission into the Union a very difficult process for the South.

What impact did President Lincoln’s assassination have on the United States?

Plans for Reconstruction became tougher on the South, and African Americans did not achieve the gains they wanted.

Plans for Reconstruction were rejected by the South, and African Americans did not achieve the gains they wanted.

Plans for Reconstruction were destroyed by Andrew Johnson, but African Americans achieved the gains they wanted.

Plans for Reconstruction were followed as Lincoln wanted, and African Americans achieved the gains they wanted.

How did President Johnson respond to the Southern states passing black codes?

He did not intervene and continued with Reconstruction.

He did not intervene, but he asked Congress to put the South under strict control.

He intervened and prevented the passage of black codes.

He intervened and divided the South into military districts that he controlled.

How was the Radical Republican Reconstruction Plan different from President Johnson’s plan?

The Radical Republicans wanted to be tougher on the South

The Radical Republicans wanted to find a compromise with the South.

The Radical Republicans wanted to bring back slavery.

The Radical Republicans wanted to follow the Ten Percent Plan.

How did Governor William Brownlow’s support for Radical Republicans affect Tennessee’s path to rejoin the Union?

Tennessee was the first former Confederate state to rejoin the Union and avoided the harsher parts of Reconstruction.

Tennessee had to follow the 14th Amendment, while other former Confederate states that rejoined the Union refused to follow it.

Tennessee was delayed in rejoining the Union until after Governor Brownlow left office.

Tennessee gave African Americans the right to vote, but other former Confederate states avoided giving African Americans the right to vote.

How did the Tennessee Constitution of 1870 treat the right to vote for African American men?

It gave all men, including African American men, the right to vote, but it established a poll tax which was eventually used to keep African Americans from voting.

It gave all men, including African American men, the right to vote, and it repealed a poll tax to ensure that African Americans would not be prevented from voting.

It denied African American men the right to vote.

It denied African American men the right to vote, and it established a poll tax to help fund election monitors.

Why did the Radical Republicans impeach President Andrew Johnson?

Johnson tried to remove his Secretary of War despite the Tenure of Office Act.

Johnson tried to use the Tenure of Office Act to remove Radical Republicans from office.

Johnson tried to pass the Tenure of Office Act despite Radical Republican opposition.

Johnson tried to veto the Tenure of Office Act.

What was the purpose of black codes?

to restrict African Americans’ rights

to grant African Americans the vote

to give African Americans an education

to protect African Americans’ rights

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What was the primary purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?

to protect the rights of American Indians

to protect the rights of Americans accused of a crime

to protect the rights of African Americans

to protect the rights of women

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

define and explain the roles of the 13th, Amendment during Reconstruction.

to ensure that slavery would never be used again in any U.S. state or territory

to stop states from attempting to deny citizenship to freed African Americans

to stop states from attempting to deny freed African Americans their right to vote

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

explain the roles of the 14th Amendment during Reconstruction.

to stop states from attempting to deny citizenship to freed African Americans

to stop states from attempting to deny freed African Americans their right to vote

to ensure that slavery would never be used again in any U.S. state or territory

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

explain the roles of the 15th Amendment during Reconstruction.

to stop states from attempting to deny citizenship to freed African Americans

to stop states from attempting to deny freed African Americans their right to vote

to ensure that slavery would never be used again in any U.S. state or territory

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

President Lincoln and the Radical Republicans had different views on Reconstruction. Read each quotation and identify which perspective it BEST represents. “To rejoin the Union, it will be a long and difficult process!”

Radical Republicans

Lincoln

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

President Lincoln and the Radical Republicans had different views on Reconstruction. Read each quotation and identify which perspective it BEST represents.
“We can allow states to rejoin the Union once they do these two important things: abolish slavery and adopt a new state constitution.”

Radical Republicans

Lincoln

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

President Lincoln and the Radical Republicans had different views on Reconstruction. Read each quotation and identify which perspective it BEST represents.
“Readmission into the Union needs to be strict. Let’s pass a bill!”

Radical Republicans

Lincoln

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Reconstruction plans and amendments

What was the primary purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?

define and explain the roles of the 13th, Amendment during Reconstruction.

explain the roles of the 14th Amendment during Reconstruction.

explain the roles of the 15th Amendment during Reconstruction.

President Lincoln and the Radical Republicans had different views on Reconstruction. Read each quotation and identify which perspective it BEST represents. “To rejoin the Union, it will be a long and difficult process!”

President Lincoln and the Radical Republicans had different views on Reconstruction. Read each quotation and identify which perspective it BEST represents.
“We can allow states to rejoin the Union once they do these two important things: abolish slavery and adopt a new state constitution.”

President Lincoln and the Radical Republicans had different views on Reconstruction. Read each quotation and identify which perspective it BEST represents.
“Readmission into the Union needs to be strict. Let’s pass a bill!”

President Lincoln and the Radical Republicans had different views on Reconstruction. Read each quotation and identify which perspective it BEST represents.
“We should be fair to the South so that we can be united once again.”

President Lincoln and the Radical Republicans had different views on Reconstruction. Read each quotation and identify which perspective it BEST represents.
“Our country needs to heal as quickly as possible, and the only way to do that is to be one united nation.”

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What was the primary purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?

define and explain the roles of the 13th, Amendment during Reconstruction.

explain the roles of the 14th Amendment during Reconstruction.

explain the roles of the 15th Amendment during Reconstruction.

President Lincoln and the Radical Republicans had different views on Reconstruction. Read each quotation and identify which perspective it BEST represents. “To rejoin the Union, it will be a long and difficult process!”

President Lincoln and the Radical Republicans had different views on Reconstruction. Read each quotation and identify which perspective it BEST represents.“We can allow states to rejoin the Union once they do these two important things: abolish slavery and adopt a new state constitution.”

President Lincoln and the Radical Republicans had different views on Reconstruction. Read each quotation and identify which perspective it BEST represents.“Readmission into the Union needs to be strict. Let’s pass a bill!”

President Lincoln and the Radical Republicans had different views on Reconstruction. Read each quotation and identify which perspective it BEST represents.“We should be fair to the South so that we can be united once again.”

President Lincoln and the Radical Republicans had different views on Reconstruction. Read each quotation and identify which perspective it BEST represents.“Our country needs to heal as quickly as possible, and the only way to do that is to be one united nation.”

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President Lincoln and the Radical Republicans had different views on Reconstruction. Read each quotation and identify which perspective it BEST represents.
“We can allow states to rejoin the Union once they do these two important things: abolish slavery and adopt a new state constitution.”

President Lincoln and the Radical Republicans had different views on Reconstruction. Read each quotation and identify which perspective it BEST represents.
“Readmission into the Union needs to be strict. Let’s pass a bill!”

President Lincoln and the Radical Republicans had different views on Reconstruction. Read each quotation and identify which perspective it BEST represents.
“We should be fair to the South so that we can be united once again.”

President Lincoln and the Radical Republicans had different views on Reconstruction. Read each quotation and identify which perspective it BEST represents.
“Our country needs to heal as quickly as possible, and the only way to do that is to be one united nation.”