Reconstruction Plans

Whose plan was called "The 10% Plan?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Johnson

• The Radical Republicans

• Frederick Douglas

Answer explanation

Lincoln's plan required that only 10% of a state's population had to pledge their loyalty to the Union in order to re-apply for statehood. Ten percent also had to accept the Emancipation Proclamation.

In which speech did Abraham Lincoln give a clue that his Reconstruction Plan would be very lenient on the South?

• Gettysburg Address

• 2nd Inaugural Address

Answer explanation

In his 2nd Inaugural Address, Lincoln promised that his Reconstruction plan would have "malice toward none, with charity for all," so that the burden of the process would not lay heavy on the South.

What did the 13th Amendment formally abolish?

• tariffs

• ability to secede from the Union

• slavery

• the 10% Plan

Answer explanation

Congress proposed, and the states ratified the 13th Amendment, freeing the slaves in border states. Lincoln had freed all slaves in rebelling states back in 1863 when he issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Now slavery was illegal in each state in the US.

Which branches of government argued over who should be in charge of Reconstruction?

• Executive and Judicial

• Executive and Legislative

• Legislative and Judicial

• all three

Answer explanation

Presidential Reconstruction refers to the plans of the Executive branch

Congressional Reconstruction refers to the plans of the Legislative Branch.

Both branches wanted to control the Reconstruction process.

Which plan was the strictest when it came to punishment of the Southerners?

• Lincoln's Plan

• Johnson's Plan

• Radical Republican's Plan

• All were very strict on the Southerners

What did the Radical Republicans want to do with wealthy planter's land?

• Sell it

• Tax it heavily

• leave it in the hands of the planters

• confiscate it and divide it among the freedmen

What did the Radical Republicans require those former Southern leaders to do before they could hold office again?

• get pardoned by Congress

• spend 10 years in jail

• nothing except pledge loyalty to the Union

• Radical Republicans blocked all former Southern leaders from every leading again

Andrew Johnson agreed with the leniency of Lincoln's Plan

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Andrew Johnson was a former slaveholder from Tennessee, one of the states that seceded from the Union & fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War. He pardoned many ex-Confederates: VA, 2,070; AL 1,361; GA 1,228; MS, 765; SC, 638; NC, 482; TX, 269; LA, 142; TN, 93; AR, 41; WV, 39; FL, 22; KY, 11; MO, 10

Which was NOT part of the Radical Republicans plan to re-admit southern states back into the Union?

• Southern states must write a new state Constitution

• Southern states must give African American full rights as citizens

• Southern states must guarantee that African Americans could vote

• Former Confederate officials and military officers must vote yes on every issue

Answer explanation

Radical Republicans did not want any former Confederate official to have a say about how Reconstruction would work. No one who served in the Confederacy could vote on any matter concerning reconstruction.

What did the Radical Republicans want to see happen if southern states refused to obey Reconstruction laws?

• another Civil War

• military forces sent into the South

• new elections throughout the South

• execution of former Confederates

Answer explanation

Within a year, Congress was dominated by Radical Republicans and they swiftly sent US troops into the south to supervise and enforce reconstruction.