SS8H6 TOTD 2

What was President Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction called? 

• 10% Plan 

• 100% Plan 

• Congressional Plan

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  Radical Republican Plan

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Compared to the President Lincoln's plan, the Congressional plan for Reconstruction placed greater emphasis on which TWO goals?

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  assisting in the economic recovery of the South and
  enforcing segregation to prevent racial violence

• punishing the South for its role in the Civil War and
  protecting the rights extended to African Americans

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  readmitting states to the Union as quickly as possible and returning democrats to political power

• establishing the KKK and returning former Confederate leaders to power

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How did the Lincoln, Johnson, and Congressional Reconstruction plans compare?

• Lincoln and Johnson prioritized rebuilding the South, while Congress prioritized the fair treatment of former Confederates.

• Lincoln and Johnson prioritized the harsh punishment of former Confederates, while Congress prioritized diplomacy and negotiation.

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  Lincoln and Johnson prioritized restoring the Union, while Congress prioritized protecting the rights of formerly enslaved people.

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  Lincoln and Johnson prioritized ensuring citizens' loyalty, while Congress prioritized preventing Confederate states from rejoining the Union.

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How do the goals of the Freedmen's Bureau and the Ku Klux Klan compare?

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  The Freedmen's Bureau sought to seize property from white Southerners to give to Black Americans, while the Ku Klux Klan sought to protect the political rights of all people in the South.

• The Freedmen's Bureau sought to prevent Black Americans from being denied the right to vote, while the Ku Klux Klan sought to deny Black Americans their social and political rights.

• The Freedmen's Bureau sought to punish white Southerners who disagreed with emancipation, while the Ku Klux Klan sought to encourage public debate about the effects of Reconstruction.

• The Freedmen's Bureau sought to restrict Black Americans' ability to exercise their right to vote, while the Ku Klux Klan sought to convince white Southerners to start another secessionist movement.

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What was the main purpose of Freedmen's Bureau?

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  help slaves adjust to their newfound freedom

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  battle terrorist groups like the Ku Klux Klan

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  serve as a voice for former plantation owners

• establish black codes to limit freed slaves rights

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What was the 14th Amendment a response to?

• the mistreatment of Southerners by the federal government

• the passage of Jim Crow laws by state governments in the South

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  the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson

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  the passage of federal laws limiting Black voting rights

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The white primary was outlawed largely because it violated which amendment?

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  12th amendment

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  13th amendment

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  15th amendment

• 16th amendment

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What was ONE reason whites removed African American/Black legislators from the Georgia General Assembly during Reconstruction?

• to end Jim Crow laws

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  to gain political power

• to reinforce military rule

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  to promote New South goals

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What is the difference between the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment?

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  The 13th Amendment protects the rights of slave owners while the Emancipation Proclamation protects the rights of the slaves.

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  Both documents make slavery illegal within the United States, but the Emancipation proclamation was created during the Civil War while the 13th Amendment was created after the war.

• The signing of the Emancipation Proclamation was the only way the states that seceded from the Union would be readmitted into the United States.

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  The Emancipation Proclamation only frees the slaves belonging to the Confederate States while the 13th Amendment made the institution of slavery illegal within the United States.

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What impact did the 15th Amendment to the Constitution have on the African American population?

• African American men and women began to practice their new gained freedoms and used their right to vote to elect several females into political office. 

• Male citizens of all races were able to cast their vote in public elections allowing for more men of color to represent the needs of their voters.

• The Ku Klux Klan was forced to end its violence towards people of color that were attempting to vote.

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  Slavery and involuntary servitude was made illegal within the United States and these newly freedmen were granted citizenship.

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