Reconstruction

Reconstruction was necessary because...

• The North was devastated by the Civil War.

• the Union, made up of the North and South, needed to be put back together

• the many laws made during the Civil War needed to be simplified

• everyone agreed that they had to work together to support freed slaves

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The Reconstruction amendments sought to...

• punish the southern states for the Civil War

• keep freed black men oppressed and inferior to white men

• free slaves and support the rights and equality of black men

• protect the traditional Southern way of life while ending slavery

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How did Johnson act during Reconstruction?

• he was harsh on the South as punishment for the war.

• He was harsh on Southern leaders but not on the people.

• He was lenient towards Southern leaders, who prevented change.

• He encouraged Southern governments to create Black Codes.

How did the "Radical Republicans" respond to Johnson?

• They praised him for his hard work and perseverance.

• They fought against him to make laws that would change the South.

• They supported his efforts to give the South freedom in creating new laws.

• They removed him from office for not doing enough to punish the South.

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Reconstruction ended when...

• Republicans sacrificed Reconstruction for Hayes' electoral victory.

• violent pro-white groups rose up to resist racial equality

• Samuel J. Tilden won the popular vote in the 1876 election.

• the South had fully established governments that supported equality.

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What are TWO central ideas of this text?

• Northerners and Southerners wanted to put the war quickly behind them and return to peace.

• President Johnson wanted to punish the South for its rebellion but Congress limited his power to do so.

• Many Northerners wanted to punish the Southerners for their treason and defiance.

• Reconstruction ended in a stalemate, with neither the Republicans nor Democrats wielding significant power in the South.

• President Johnson was impeached for continuously working against Congress by not only vetoing their approved laws, but defying new approved, legal legislation.

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Which statement best describes the relationship between the Ku Klux Klan and Reconstruction?

• The Klan emerged to fight for stronger protection of whites against retaliating former slaves.

• The Klan formed after Reconstruction ended in order to provide structure to disorderly states.

• The Klan formed to fight against Reconstruction policies that gave citizenship and rights to freed blacks.

• The Klan formed to create terror in the Reconstruction Era South as punishment to the ruling Southern Democrats.

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How do the Black Codes help us understand the Radical Republicans?

• Radical Republicans rose to power in order to enforce the Black Codes and racial equality.

• After the Black Codes were created, southern freed blacks voted Radical Republicans into power to protect their voting rights.

• Radical Republicans rose to power to fight inequality found in institutionalized discrimination such as slavery or the Black Codes.

• Radical Republicans rose to power because they feared the Black Codes would legalize slavery once again.

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