Reconstruction Era Vocabulary and Facts

What was Lincoln's 1863 plan to readmit Southern states once 10% of voters pledged loyalty called?

• Ten Percent Plan

• Wade-Davis Bill

• Reconstruction Act

• Freedmen's Bureau Plan

Who were the Republicans that wanted to punish the South and protect freedmen during Reconstruction?

• Radical Republicans

• Southern Democrats

• Whigs

• Copperheads

What was the name of the federal agency that aided freedmen with food, housing, and education after the Civil War?

• The Freedmen's Bureau

• The Reconstruction Corps

• The Emancipation Agency

• The Union Relief Office

What acts put the South under military rule and required ratification of the 14th Amendment during Reconstruction?

• Reconstruction Acts (1867)

• Homestead Act (1862)

• Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)

• Missouri Compromise (1820)

Who was Lincoln's successor that opposed Radical policies and whose leniency led to impeachment attempts?

• Andrew Johnson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Rutherford B. Hayes

• James A. Garfield

What was the name of Johnson's lenient plan that allowed ex-Confederates to regain power during Reconstruction?

• Presidential Reconstruction

• Radical Reconstruction

• Reconstruction Act Plan

• Freedmen's Bureau Plan

What were the Southern laws restricting freedmen's rights and serving as a precursor to Jim Crow segregation called?

• Black Codes

• Reconstruction Acts

• Emancipation Proclamations

• Civil Rights Amendments

Which amendment abolished slavery in 1865?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 12th Amendment

Which amendment granted citizenship and equal protection, becoming the cornerstone of later civil rights rulings?

• 14th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 10th Amendment

Which amendment gave voting rights regardless of race in 1870?

• 15th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 16th Amendment