Module 10-Reconstruction

How did President Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction differ from that of President Lincoln?

• Johnson’s plan gave former slaves the right to vote

• Johnson’s plan made the South’s return to the Union quick and easy

• Johnson’s plan prevented wealthy southern landowners from taking the oath of allegiance.

• Johnson’s plan required any state that wanted readmission to ratify the Fifteenth Amendment

Match the following

• abolished governments formed in the former Confederate states

• Fourteenth Amendment

• declared that states that prevented male citizens from voting would lose a percentage of their congr

• Fifteenth Amendment

• offered assistance, such as medical aid and education, to freed slaves

• Freedmen’s Bureau Act

• stated that no one could be kept from voting due to race, color, or previous condition of servitude

• Civil Rights Act of 1866

Why did the Radicals want to impeach Andrew Johnson?

• They disagreed with his loose interpretation of the Constitution.

• They believed he was too strict toward wealthy southern landowners.

• They felt he was not carrying out his obligation to enforce the Reconstruction Act.

• They believed that he provided former slaves with too much protection under the law.

Match to show whether each characteristic describes carpetbaggers or scalawags.

• Scalawags

• They had switched political party affiliations.

• Scalawags

• Most southerners viewed them as traitors.

• Carpetbaggers

• Many were part of the Freedmen’s Bureau.

• Carpetbaggers

• Most were committed to civil rights issues.

• Carpetbaggers

• They were northerners who moved to the South.

How did the new Republican governments obtain money to pay for the programs they instituted?

• through loans from northern capitalists

• by increasing taxes throughout the South

• by borrowing money from the federal government

• through investments from wealthy southern landowners

Which of the following helped lead to the growth of the southern economy after the Civil War? Choose the three correct answers.

• the improvements to the railroads

• the increase in the production of cotton

• the repayment of all the Confederate debts

• the diversification of the products in the region

• the increase in the number of textile mills in the region

Which of the following benefits did volunteer organizations provide to African Americans?

• They founded schools that helped to increase literacy rates.

• They worked to reunite families that had been split apart.

• They offered opportunities to gain leadership skills.

• They provided job training for former slaves.

Which of the following was true of African Americans and land ownership after the Civil War?

• Many freed African Americans were able to keep the plots of land that they had farmed at the end of the war.

• The government enacted programs to successfully provide African Americans with suitable farmland.

• Many landowners refused to sell land to African Americans out of fear of losing cheap labor.

• The majority of African Americans became landowners during Reconstruction.

Which of the following was a part of the system of sharecropping? Choose the two correct answers.

• Each worker was paid a wage by the landowner.

• Each worker was given a small plot of land by the landowner.

• Each worker was allowed to keep the entire harvest to sell for a profit.

• Each worker rented the land from the landowner in exchange for cash.

• Each worker was required to give a share of the crops to the landowner at harvest.

How did the change in northern support for Reconstruction affect the Republicans?

• They became more committed to implementing their plan for Reconstruction.

• People began to desert the party as most lost interest in Reconstruction policies.

• A new group of Radicals emerged to campaign for civil rights and Reconstruction.

• They turned to the judicial branch to impose the changes needed for Reconstruction.