Chapter 17 sec. 2 Guided Reading Q&A

1. Opposition to President Johnson

2. In 1866 Congress continued to debate the rules for restoring the Union. What did Governor Benjamin F. Perry of South Carolina say about the rules for restoring the Union?

• This is a white man's government, and amended to white men only."

• This is a white man's government, and intended for white men only."

• This is a white man's government, and intended for right men only."

• This is a right man's government, and intended for white men only."

Black Codes

1. Soon every southern state passed Black Codes.  What were the Black codes?  

• land that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans.

• laws that slightly limited the freedom of African Americans.

• laws that greatly limited the freedom of Americans.

• ...laws that greatly eliminated the freedom of African Americans.

2. Radical Republicans
   Although Radical Republicans did not control Congress, they began to gain support among moderates when President Johnson ignored criticism of the Black Codes.

• According to this statement President Johnson supported equal rights for African Americans.

• According to this statement President Lincoln supported equal rights for African Americans.

• According to this statement, President Johnson did not support equal rights for African Americans.

• According to this statement, Radical Republicans, did not support equal rights for African Americans.

Radical Republicans

¨Most Republicans were moderates who wanted the ​ (a)   to have loyal state governments. They also believed that ​ (b)   should have rights as citizens. They hoped that the government would not have to ​ (c)   the South to follow ​ (d)   laws. ​ ¨ They ​ (e)   feared that too many southern leaders remained loyal to the former ​ and would not enforce the laws.

• South
• African Americans
• force
• federal
• state
• free
• United States
• Americans
• Radical Republicans
• southern Democrats

Johnson versus Congress

President Johnson once again used his ​ (a)   power (of the Civil Rights Act of 1866). He argued that the act gave too much ​ (b)   to the federal government. He also rejected the principle of ​ (c)   for African Americans. ​ ​ (d)   , however, overrode Johnson's ​ veto .

• veto
• executive
• power
• money
• equal rights
• equity rights
• Democrats
• Congress

2. Johnson versus Congress

3. What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1866?

• The act provided African Americans with the same legal rights as old Americans.

• The act provided white Americans with the same legal rights as African Americans.

• The act provided African Americans with the same legal rights as white Americans.

• The act provided African Americans with same of the legal rights as white Americans.

Johnson versus Congress

Fearing that the ​​ (a)   might be overturned, ​ (b)   proposed the ​ (c)   amendment.

• Civil Rights Act
• Reconstruction Acts
• Republicans
• Democrats
• 14th
• 15th

1866 Elections

1. President Johnson and most ​ (a)   opposed the Fourteenth Amendment. To help the Democrats, Johnson traveled around the country defending his ​ (b)   plan. Johnson's speaking tour was a ​ (c)   .  It did little to win ​ (d)   for the Democratic Party. Two major ​ (e)   in the South also hurt Johnsonś campaign.​

• Democrats
• Republicans
• Reconstruction
• Ten Percent
• disaster
• decision
• votes
• voices
• riots
• wrong decisions

Congress Takes Control of Reconstruction

1. The 1866 elections gave the ​ (a)   Party a commanding two-thirds ​ (b)   in the ​ (c)   and Senate.

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• Republican
• majority
• Democratic
• minor
• House
• General Assembly

1. Congress Takes Control of Reconstruction

2. In March ​ (a)   , Congress passed the first of several ​ ​ (b)   Acts. These laws divided the South into ​ (c)   districts. A U.S. ​ (d)   commander controlled each district.​ ​

• 1867
• 1866
• Civil Rights
• Reconstruction Acts
• 5
• 10
• military
• enlisted
• Reconstruction