Reconstruction Plans

What was the main goal of Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan?

• To redistribute land and wealth in the Southern states.

• To establish equal rights for all citizens in the Southern states.

• To punish the Southern states for their role in the Civil War.

• To restore the Southern states to the Union and heal the wounds of the Civil War.

Which group of people did Johnson's Reconstruction Plan primarily benefit?

• Union soldiers

• white southerners and former Confederate leaders

• Northern Republicans

• African Americans and freed slaves

Which Reconstruction Plan was the most lenient (forgiving) towards the Southern states?

• Abraham Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan

• Ulysses S. Grant's Reconstruction Plan

• Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction Plan

• Rutherford B. Hayes's Reconstruction Plan

Who wanted to give full political rights to the newly freed people along with land and money?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Radical Republicans

• Southern Whites

• Andrew Johnson

Which Reconstruction Plan faced opposition from Radical Republicans in Congress?

• Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction Plan

• Rutherford B. Hayes's Reconstruction Plan

• Ulysses S. Grant's Reconstruction Plan

• Abraham Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan