Reconstruction

Reconstruction was necessary because...

• The North was devastated by the Civil War.

• the Union, made up of the North and South, needed to be put back together

• the many laws made during the Civil War needed to be simplified

• everyone agreed that they had to work together to support freed slaves

The Reconstruction amendments sought to...

• punish the southern states for the Civil War

• keep freed black men oppressed and inferior to white men

• free slaves and support the rights and equality of black men

• protect the traditional Southern way of life while ending slavery

How did Johnson act during Reconstruction?

• he was harsh on the South as punishment for the war.

• He was harsh on Southern leaders but not on the people.

• He was lenient towards Southern leaders, who prevented change.

• He encouraged Southern governments to create Black Codes.

How did the "Radical Republicans" respond to Johnson?

• They praised him for his hard work and perseverance.

• They fought against him to make laws that would change the South.

• They supported his efforts to give the South freedom in creating new laws.

• They removed him from office for not doing enough to punish the South.

Reconstruction ended when...

• Republicans sacrificed Reconstruction for Hayes' electoral victory.

• violent pro-white groups rose up to resist racial equality

• Samuel J. Tilden won the popular vote in the 1876 election.

• the South had fully established governments that supported equality.

What are TWO central ideas of this text?

• Northerners and Southerners wanted to put the war quickly behind them and return to peace.

• President Johnson wanted to punish the South for its rebellion but Congress limited his power to do so.

• Many Northerners wanted to punish the Southerners for their treason and defiance.

• Reconstruction ended in a stalemate, with neither the Republicans nor Democrats wielding significant power in the South.

• President Johnson was impeached for continuously working against Congress by not only vetoing their approved laws, but defying new approved, legal legislation.

Which statement best describes the relationship between the Ku Klux Klan and Reconstruction?

• The Klan emerged to fight for stronger protection of whites against retaliating former slaves.

• The Klan formed after Reconstruction ended in order to provide structure to disorderly states.

• The Klan formed to fight against Reconstruction policies that gave citizenship and rights to freed blacks.

• The Klan formed to create terror in the Reconstruction Era South as punishment to the ruling Southern Democrats.

How do the Black Codes help us understand the Radical Republicans?

• Radical Republicans rose to power in order to enforce the Black Codes and racial equality.

• After the Black Codes were created, southern freed blacks voted Radical Republicans into power to protect their voting rights.

• Radical Republicans rose to power to fight inequality found in institutionalized discrimination such as slavery or the Black Codes.

• Radical Republicans rose to power because they feared the Black Codes would legalize slavery once again.