Reconstruction Plans

Front

Whose plan was called "The 10% Plan"?

Back

Abraham Lincoln

Answer explanation

Lincoln's plan required that only 10% of a state's population had to pledge their loyalty to the Union in order to re-apply for statehood. Ten percent also had to accept the Emancipation Proclamation.

Front

In which speech did Abraham Lincoln give a clue that his Reconstruction Plan would be very lenient on the South?

Back

2nd Inaugural Address

Answer explanation

In his 2nd Inaugural Address, Lincoln promised that his Reconstruction plan would have "malice toward none, with charity for all," so that the burden of the process would not lay heavy on the South.

Front

What did the 13th Amendment formally abolish?

Back

slavery

Answer explanation

Congress proposed, and the states ratified the 13th Amendment, freeing the slaves in border states. Lincoln had freed all slaves in rebelling states back in 1863 when he issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Now slavery was illegal in each state in the US.

Front

Which branches of government argued over who should be in charge of Reconstruction?

Back

Executive and Legislative

Answer explanation

Presidential Reconstruction refers to the plans of the Executive branch

Congressional Reconstruction refers to the plans of the Legislative Branch.

Both branches wanted to control the Reconstruction process.

Front

Which plan was the strictest when it came to punishment of the Southerners?

Back

Radical Republican's Plan

Front

What did the Radical Republicans want to do with wealthy planter's land?

Back

confiscate it and divide it among the freedmen

Front

What did the Radical Republicans require those former Southern leaders to do before they could hold office again?

Back

get pardoned by Congress

Front

Andrew Johnson agreed with the leniency of Lincoln's Plan

Back

True

Answer explanation

Andrew Johnson was a former slaveholder from Tennessee, one of the states that seceded from the Union & fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War. He pardoned many ex-Confederates: VA, 2,070; AL 1,361; GA 1,228; MS, 765; SC, 638; NC, 482; TX, 269; LA, 142; TN, 93; AR, 41; WV, 39; FL, 22; KY, 11; MO, 10

Front

Which was NOT part of the Radical Republicans plan to re-admit southern states back into the Union? Options: Southern states must write a new state Constitution, Southern states must give African American full rights as citizens, Southern states must guarantee that African Americans could vote, Former Confederate officials and military officers must vote yes on every issue

Back

Former Confederate officials and military officers must vote yes on every issue

Answer explanation

Radical Republicans did not want any former Confederate official to have a say about how Reconstruction would work. No one who served in the Confederacy could vote on any matter concerning reconstruction.

Front

What did the Radical Republicans want to see happen if southern states refused to obey Reconstruction laws?

Back

military forces sent into the South

Answer explanation

Within a year, Congress was dominated by Radical Republicans and they swiftly sent US troops into the south to supervise and enforce reconstruction.