8th Grade SS, Unit 10

Lincoln's early plan for Reconstruction included which of the following? Select ALL that apply.

• Top Confederacy officials would never be allowed to hold office

• When a majority of citizens meet requirements, amnesty would be granted and property returned

• When 10% of voters take an oath of allegiance to the Union, the state could elect a new officials and rejoin the Union

• Confederacy must immediately pay back all war debt

The ​ (a)   Plan was vetoed by Lincoln for fear that the ​ (b)   would fight even harder.

• Wade-Davis
• Confederates
• Ten Percent
• Reconstruction
• Indians
• Union

Match the following Amendments to the US Constitution with their description

• Guarantees the rights of all US citizens

• 14th Amendment

• Grants all Black males the right to vote

• 13th Amendment

• Ends slavery in the US

• 15th Amendment

Match the following people with their desciption

• Leader of Radical Republicans

• Radical Republicans

• President after Lincoln is assassinated

• Thaddeus Stevens

• Abolitionist Republicans

• Major Henry Wirz

• Commandant of Andersonville Prison

• Andrew Johnson

After the war, Northern soldiers returned home to find their homes and crops destroyed. Southern soldiers found that little had changed.

• True

• False

Which of the following were part of Johnson's Proclamation of Amnesty? Select ALL that apply.

• Citizens must take an oath of loyalty to the Union

• Repeal secession and repudiate war debt

• Declines amnesty for certain plantation owners

• Requires election of new state Senators and Representatives

• Requires ratifying the 13th Amendment

What were TWO reasons the Radical Republicans seized control of Reconstruction from President Johnson?

• Unhappy with the new Congressmen chosen under his plan

• Johnson's policies were corrupt and unrealistic

• Johnson was viewed as generally incompetent

• Feared the South would gain greater representation and gain political power

The ​ (a)   were a series of laws in the ​ (b)   meant to keep Blacks as ​ (c)   citizens and control them.

• Black Codes
• South
• 2nd class
• Jim Crow Laws
• North
• 1st class

Which of the following are true about The Freedman's Bureau? Select ALL that apply.

• Established by the federal government to take care of newly freed Blacks

• Created camps and temporary housing for families

• Sanitation issues and disease lead to over 100,000 deaths

• President Johnson renews the program

• President Johnson vetoes renewal of the program

How does the Republican-controlled Congress respond to President Johnson's veto of a civil rights bill?

• Sustain the veto and revise the bill

• Override the veto and introduce the 14th Amendment

• Negotiate a compromise that satisfies both parties

• Ignore the veto and pass the bill into law