Reconstruction Questions

How did plans for Reconstruction differ?

• They were all the same.

• Some focused on punishing the South, others on rebuilding.

• They aimed to expand the South's economy.

• They sought to isolate the Southern states.

How did Radical Reconstruction increase rights for African Americans?

• By abolishing slavery

• By granting citizenship and equal protection under the law

• By establishing the Freedmen's Bureau

• By allowing African Americans to vote

How did the South resist Radical Reconstruction? In what ways did they take away some of the newly earned rights of African Americans?

• By implementing Black Codes and Jim Crow laws

• By supporting African American political participation

• By promoting racial equality and integration

• By providing economic opportunities to African Americans

Reconstruction was a success or a failure because:

• It successfully reintegrated Southern states into the Union.

• It failed to protect the rights of newly freed African Americans.

• It led to significant economic growth in the South.

• It resulted in widespread corruption and political instability.

How were African Americans denied rights when Reconstruction ended?

• Through the implementation of Jim Crow laws

• By granting them full voting rights

• By providing equal employment opportunities

• Through the abolition of segregation

Match the following plans of reconstruction to their respective creators

• Lincoln's plan

• "Lenient" plan that allowed southern states to rejoin if 10% swore oath to U.S. Pardoned rebel leaders. And allowed rebels to retain power in politics by explicitly denying rights to freedmen.

• Johnson's plan

• "Moderate" plan. States rejoin Union if 10% swore oath to U.S. Rebel leaders are punished, average soldier pardoned. Rights of freedmen not guaranteed but also not denied

• Congress plan

  (Reconstruction Act 1867)

• "Harsh" Plan that divided the South into five military districts, each governed by a Union general. Required states to ratify the 14th Amendment and grant voting rights to freedmen before readmission to the Union

Which is of these DO NOT BELONG as part of Post Civil War's Reconstruction Plans

• President Abraham Lincoln's Reconstruction Plans (13th Amendment)

• President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction Plans (Ratify 13th Amendment + State's Rights)

• The Ku Klux Klan's Reconstruction Plans (terrorized the South)

• Congressional (Radical Republican) Reconstruction Plan (13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments)

Which Reconstruction plan required 10% of state voters to pledge loyalty?

• Johnson's Plan
• Lincoln's Plan
• Congressional Plan
• Hampton's Plan

The Two Plans for reconstruction were

• Presidential and Radical

• Radical and Congressional

• Radical and Liberal

Required that Southern states must ratify the 14th Amendment to be readmitted to the Union

• Lincoln's Plan

• Johnson's Plan

• Congress' Plan