Reconstruction in the United States

According to the Radical Republicans' plan, what should happen to plantation owners' land?

• Confiscate it with the promise to return it if they remained loyal to the Union for 10 years

• auction it off to pay a war debt

• take it away and divide it among the freedmen who worked it

• hand it over for the government to run

Whose plan was rejected by Congress?

• Lincoln's

• Johnson's

• Radical Republicans

• All of the above

What did Johnson say would have to happen if military and political leaders of the South wanted their rights back as citizens?

• Nothing at all --- it would be automatic once their state was readmitted

• Ask for a special pardon from him

• Go to prison for 3 years

• Pay a large fine

Whose plan demanded that the South recognize and accept the 13th Amendment outlawing slavery?

• Lincoln

• Johnson

• Radical Republicans

• All of the above

According to Johnson, were the Black Codes passed by southern states constitutional?

• YES

• NO

According to President Johnson's plan, could all freedmen vote?

• YES

• NO

Which plan wanted to leave the rights of freedmen in the hands of each state ?

• Lincoln's

• Johnson's

• Radical Republicans

• all of the above

According to President Lincoln and President Johnson, was secession a crime that deserved a harsh punishment?

• YES

• NO

According to the Radical Republicans' plan, should former confederate military officers vote on issues concerning African Americans ?

• Yes

• No

Whose plan was the friendliest towards the freedmen?

• Lincoln's

• Johnson's

• Radical Republicans