Presidential vs Congressional Reconstruction

The Radical Republicans passed a series of laws designed to

• protect the civil rights of African Americans.

• reestablish slavery in a different form.

• unfairly tax the South.

• prohibit free speech in the South.

Established 5 military districts in the South.

• Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan

• Johnson's Reconstruction Plan

• Congressional Reconstruction Plan

Required that 10% of a Southern state's population swear an oath to the U.S. before that state could be re-admitted to the Union.

• Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan

• Johnson's Reconstruction Plan

• Congressional Reconstruction Plan

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

• to create equality for all Americans

• to ensure equal distribution of power between National and State government.

• to limit the power of the federal government

• to give all people the right to vote

What happened when Congress took control over Reconstruction? Select all that apply.  HINT:  There are 4. 

• Troops were sent to the south

• State Constitutions were required to rewrite the 14 Amendment

• Congress disenfranchised tens of thousand Confederates

• Congress said 10% of former Confederates had to take an oath of loyalty to the US in order to be readmitted.

• 50% of former Confederates had to take an oath of loyalty to the United States. 

True or False: The readmission of former Confederate states to the Union became more difficult as a result of Lincoln's Assassination

• True

• False