Based on the quote below, which describes Abraham Lincoln’s approach to the South at the end of the Civil War?

"With malice [hatred] toward none, with charity for all . . . let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds . . ."

• The South should be punished for its part in the war.

• The South should be treated with kindness and justice.

• The South should ratify the Fourteenth Amendment.

• The South should pay for property damage caused by the war.

All of these were included in President Andrew Johnson’s Reconstruction plan EXCEPT FOR

• Confederate states needed to pay off war debts

• Confederate states needed to form new governments

• The 13th Amendment had to be ratified by all Confederate states

• Confederate states had to guarantee voting rights to all freedmen (former slaves)

Which of the following could be examples of how the Freedmen's Bureau helped former slaves following the war?

• By attending the court trials of Confederate leaders to make sure they were seriously punished

• By building free public schools and universities (such as Howard University in D.C.)

• By providing free food and medical care

• By helping freedmen find jobs

What was the purpose of the "Black Codes" that were passed in former Confederate states?

• to control or limit freedmen (former slaves)

• to provide equal pay for freedmen

• to clear more land in the South for new plantations

• to teach freedmen (former slaves) how to read and write

What was the purpose of the 13th Amendment?

• to provide citizenship to freedmen

• To abolish slavery completely by making it illegal in the U.S.

• to allow freedmen to run for political office

• to ensure fair treatment of all citizens regardless of race

What was the "gist" of the 14th Amendment (what did it basically say)?

• Agencies like the Freedmen's Bureau were technically unconstitutional and should not exist

• Freedmen were no longer enslaved, but they could only work as farmers

• You can't be denied the right to vote based on race

• All citizens of the U.S. must receive "equal protection of the laws"

Which 2 options could best describe "Radical Republican" members of Congress such as Thaddeus Stevens or Charles Sumner?

• They wanted President Johnson to grant more rights to freedmen

• They agreed with President Johnson's frequent use of the veto power

• They wanted tougher requirements for the Confederate states to re-join the Union

• They did not want the Confederate states allowed back into the Union at all

TRUE OR FALSE - after the House of Representatives impeached President Andrew Johnson he was also convicted by the Senate and kicked out of office (a)  

• Frue
• Talse
• True
• False

Under this new farming system that developed in the South, planters rented out small pieces of their land to freedmen (who would then "pay" for the land with half of their yearly crops) (a)  

• Tenant Farming
• Subsistence Farming
• Sharecropping
• Terrace Farming

In the election of 1868, these were the 3 new groups of voters in the South

• African-Americans (mostly former slaves)

• European immigrants who moved to the south after the war ("carpetbaggers")

• Northerners who moved south after the war ("carpetbaggers")

• Poor white farmers who had not supported the Confederacy ("scalawags")