Restoration or Reconstruction?

What was the position of the Lincoln Administration at the beginning of the war with regards to the South after the war?

• Reconstruction (a rebuilding of the South)

• Restoration (bringing the South back into the US with all it's institutions intact)

Why did Lincoln believe in this course?

• Secession was illegal and thus the Southern States never "really" left

• Secession was Unconstitutional and thus the Southern States never "really" left

• For both of these reasons

In opposition to the Lincoln administration and the idea that the South would carry on as before, what did the Radical Republicans see the Civil War as a chance to do? What did they hope would happen after the war? (2-3 sentences)

T or F: One of the bills proposed by Radical Republicans sought to divide the South into territories after the war. 

• True

• False

What was Thaddeus Stevens view of the South were it to lose the war?

• he believed that the South never really left the Union

• he believed the South would be a conquered province

T or F: The Emancipation Proclamation did not change the discussion for what would happen after the war.

• True

• False

What affect the the Emancipation Porclamation have on the outcome of the war/ What did it mean for the restoration debate?