Reconstruction Review

Promised an easy Reconstruction in order to persuade southern states to surrender.

• Lincoln

• Johnson

• Congress

Wanted to humiliate the southern elite by requiring them to ask for a presidential pardon.

• Lincoln

• Johnson

• Congress

Promised if 10% of the people of a state would pledge their allegiance to the United States and ratify the 13th amendment, they could form a new state government.

• Lincoln

• Johnson

• Congress

Wanted to ensure that the Civil War had not been fought in vain and that freed slaves would indeed be free.

• Lincoln

• Johnson

• Congress

Passed a bill extending the Freedman's Bureau so that it could protect the rights of freedmen against the Black Codes.

• Lincoln

• Johnson

• Congress

Amendment that freed the slaves

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Amendment that overturned the Dred Scott Decision.

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Amendment that recognized the rights of all Americans to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Amendment that gave all males the right to vote.

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Amendment that recognized the rights of all citizens to "equal protection of the law."

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th