The Reconstruction of the South

What was the major problem after the Civil War? 

• what kind of flag to have

• What president should they have

• how to bring the north and south back together as one country

What was the radical republican's solution to become one nation?

• punishing the south

• gradually ease the south back into the country

What did Lincoln and the Radical Republicans have in common to reunite the south? 

• Required states to allow freed slaves to vote.

• Everyone in the south had to serve one year in prison.

• Both wanted to rejoin the North and the South.

What was one quality of Lincoln's 10% plan? 

• Required 10% of voters in the South to swear an oath of loyalty.

• Offered amnesty (exemption of being convicted ) to everyone who swore an oath to the US it also let the leaders of the Confederacy rejoin!!

• Required southern states to allow freed slaves the right to vote.

What was one major difference between Lincoln and the Radical Republicans? 

• the both did not want to reunite the south

• Radical republicans said that former confederates were not allowed to be part of government and Lincoln offered amnesty to all southerns who swore loyalty.

• Lincoln wanted only white males from the south who never fought against the north in government office

Why could a deal never be worked out between Lincoln and the Radical Republicans? 

• they fired Lincoln

• Lincoln was assassinated

   

   

• Lincoln gave up the precidency

How were Andrew Johnson and Abraham Lincoln different? 

• Johnson was a Democrat and Lincoln was a Republican. 

• Both are correct

• Lincoln was from the North and Johnson was from the South

What did the Freedmen's Bureau do? 

• assassinate President Lincoln

• to make amendments

• provide support to former slaves to receive education

What else besides education did the Freedmen's Bureau do?

• Gave seized land to former slaves

• Gave houses to former slaves

• Gave food to former slaves

What are they going to talk about next time

• First impeached President 

• WW II