Reconstruction Plans

Which is NOT a way southerners would be punished in the Republican Reconstruction Plan?

• They would give up their land to the freedmen

• They would have to pay the costs of the war for the North

• Former southern leaders cannot make new laws

• Former southern leaders cannot be part of the government

What did the Radical Republicans want to do to make sure the South followed new laws?

• Take away voting rights of southerners for breaking laws

• Charge the Southern states money for breaking laws

• Place the military in the south

• Nothing

What did BOTH the Republican plan and Democratic plan agree to do in regards to the newly Freedmen?

• Create the 13th Amendment legally ending slavery for good

• Provide voting rights

• Give equal rights to all African Americans

• Let states decide what rights to give

According to the Republican Plan, which were requirements for individual states to do to become part of the United States again? (more than one correct response)

• Guarantee African Americans the right to vote

• Create a new set of laws

• Pay off the debts of the North

• Guarantee African Americans full rights as citizens

Why do the Republicans want to place the military in the south?

• To protect the newly freedmen and their rights

• To continue the fight against the South

• To take over the farms of the Southern plantation owners

• To help rebuild communities destroyed in the war

In Johnson's Democratic Reconstruction plan, who decides whether black men can vote?

• The National Government

• Individual States (ie: Virginia's government decides for Virginians)

• The Military

• Churches

Which of the following are things that Johnson's Democratic Plan requires southern states to do to re-join the union? (choose all that are correct)

• Agree to the 13th amendment which ends of slavery

• Create a new constitution (Set of laws)

• Pretend that the state never left the U.S. in the first place

• Have 10% of the population sign loyalty oaths to the United States

In Johnson's Democratic Reconstruction plan, who gets to decide if African Americans get land, schools or government assistance?

• Each Individual State. (ie: Virginia's Government decides for Virginians)

• The National Government

• The Military

• The Church

According to Johnson's Plan, what is the role of the military in Reconstruction.

• They will be in the south to make sure laws are followed.

• Nothing. They are not involved.

• They will help rebuild after the war.

• They will protect the south from Native American attacks

What is the top priority of Johnson's Democratic Reconstruction Plan?

• Send African Americans to Africa

• Rebuild the south better than before

• Protect the Freedmen

• Re-Unite as quickly as possible