Topic 9 Lesson 2: Radical Reconstruction

Republicans believed that black codes and other restrictions on freedmen’s rights were a result of

• President Johnsons lenient Reconstruction plans

• Southern fears about the future they faced

• Having southern representatives in Congress

• Disrespect for the power of the federal government

Freedmen received citizenship with the passage of:

• The Dred Scott Decision

• The Civil Rights Act of 1866

• The 13th Amendment

• The 14th Amendment

How did Republicans gain control of all the new southern states when the South was largely Democratic?

• Freedmen's votes outnumbered those of white voters

• The army discouraged Democrats from going to the Polls

• Men who had fought for the Confederacy were not allowed to vote

• White voters believed their state governments would prosper under Republican rule

The House impeached President Johnson for:

• Refusing to veto the Reconstruction Acts

• Failing to execute the laws Congress had passed

• Trying to limit the effects of Radical Reconstruction Legislation

• Ignoring the 14th Amendment

The 15th Amendment was important to all African-American men because:

• Voting rights had been denied to them in the South

• Everyone knew Radical Reconstruction would not last

• It had been up to each state to determine voting rights

• They had not been previously allowed to vote in parts of the North