Politics of Reconstruction

What was the main goal of Reconstruction?

• To bring the southern states back into the Union

• To create a new government for the United States

• To rebuild the infrastructure of the South

• To establish military bases in the South

What was Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction known as?

• The Fifty-Percent Plan

• The Ten-Percent Plan

• The Majority Plan

• The Full Allegiance Plan

Who were the Radical Republicans?

• A group that supported Lincoln's Reconstruction plan

• Southern Democrats who opposed Reconstruction

• A group that thought Lincoln's plan was too lenient and wanted to give African Americans the right to vote

• Northern industrialists who sought to profit from the South's rebuilding

What did the Wade-Davis Bill require for a state's readmission to the Union?

• 10 percent of voters swearing allegiance to the Constitution

• A majority of voters swearing allegiance to the Constitution

• The state to pay reparations to Northern states

• All former Confederate soldiers to leave the state

What were the main requirements of Johnson's Reconstruction plan?

• States must swear allegiance to the Union and ratify the Fourteenth Amendment

• States must pay reparations and free all slaves

• States must allow African Americans to vote and hold public office

• States must swear allegiance to the Union, annul Confederate war debts, and ratify the Thirteenth Amendment

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1866 aim to achieve?

• To impeach President Johnson

• To give African Americans citizenship and equal protection under the law

• To give food and clothing to former slaves

• To establish military governance in the South

What did the Fourteenth Amendment declare?

• That the Confederate states were not part of the Union

• That states could not deny African Americans the right to vote

• That everyone born or naturalized in the United States were citizens

• That slavery was illegal in all states

Why did Congress want to impeach President Johnson?

• Because he refused to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment

• Because he supported the South

• Because he removed a cabinet member in violation of a recent law

• Because he vetoed the Civil Rights Act

What was required for a state to re-enter the Union under the Reconstruction Act of 1867?

• Approval of the Fifteenth Amendment and establishment of public schools

• Approval of the Fourteenth Amendment and allowing African American men to vote

• Swearing allegiance to the Union and adopting a new state constitution

• Paying reparations to Northern states and disbanding their militias

What helped Ulysses S. Grant win the presidency in 1868?

• His military service in the Union army

• His plan for Reconstruction

• Votes from African Americans in the South

• Support from Radical Republicans