L1 Chapter 22 (14th) The Ordeal of Reconstruction

What was one of the main questions following the Civil War?

• How to rebuild the economy?

• What about the freed blacks?

• How to expand the territory?

• Who will lead the army?

Who headed the Freedmen's Bureau?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Johnson

• Gen. O. O. Howard

• Ulysses S. Grant

What was the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?

• To provide military support

• To offer financial loans

• To provide food, clothing, health care, and education

• To establish new states

What was the "10 Percent Plan"?

• A plan to reduce taxes by 10%

• A plan to admit Southern states after 10% of voters took an oath of loyalty

• A plan to increase military presence by 10%

• A plan to allocate 10% of resources to education

What did the Wade-Davis Bill require?

• 10% of voters to take an oath

• 50% of voters to take the allegiance oath and safeguards to protect freed blacks

• Immediate re-admittance of Southern states

• Complete military control over the South

What was President Andrew Johnson's approach to Reconstruction?

• He followed Lincoln's 10% Plan.

• He implemented a strict military rule.

• He abolished the 13th Amendment.

• He refused to allow Southern states to rejoin the Union.

What were the "Black Codes" designed to do?

• Grant voting rights to freed blacks.

• Ensure stable labor force by restricting freedoms of freed blacks.

• Provide education to freed blacks.

• Abolish slavery completely.

What was the purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment?

• To abolish slavery.

• To grant citizenship and civil rights to freedmen.

• To establish the income tax.

• To create a federal banking system.

What was the reaction of Radical Republicans to Johnson's Reconstruction policies?

• They fully supported his policies.

• They wanted a slower Reconstruction with major social and economic changes.

• They agreed with Johnson's vetoes.

• They wanted to abolish the Reconstruction altogether.

What did the Reconstruction Act of March 1867 do?

• It divided the South into 10 military districts.

• It abolished the 14th Amendment.

• It divided the South into 5 military districts.

• It granted immediate black suffrage.