The Challenge of Reconstruction

After the Civil War, America faced the task of ________.

• rebuilding

• expanding overseas

• abolishing the Constitution

• forming new colonies

What was the main goal of Reconstruction?

• A) Punish the Southern states

• B) Bring Southern states back into the Union

• C) Expand the country westward

• D) End the Civil War

Helping freed enslaved people can be done by:

• Providing education and job opportunities

• Restricting their movement

• Denying them basic rights

• Forcing them to return to plantations

Rebuilding the Southern economy can be achieved by:

• Expanding industrialization

• Reducing agricultural production

• Limiting trade with the North

• Discouraging investment

In what year was the Ten Percent Plan created?

• 1863

• 1861

• 1865

• 1870

What percentage of voters needed to pledge loyalty under the Ten Percent Plan?

• 10%

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

Lincoln's Vision for Peace: The Ten Percent Plan offered forgiveness to which group?

• Most Confederates

• Union soldiers

• Abolitionists

• Northern politicians

What was one of Lincoln's goals with the Ten Percent Plan?

• To heal the nation quickly

• To punish the Southern states harshly

• To abolish all state governments

• To delay the process of Reconstruction

How did some people view the Ten Percent Plan?

• Too gentle

• Too harsh

• Too complicated

• Too expensive

Who took over as President after Lincoln?

• President Johnson

• President Washington

• President Grant

• President Adams