Chapter 10 - A Time for Rebuilding

Question 1

Who was President of the United States at the end of the Civil War?

Answer 1

Andrew Johnson

Question 2

What was the period of rebuilding after the Civil War called?

Answer 2

Reconstruction

Question 3

What amendment to the US Constitution outlawed slavery?

Answer 3

13th

Question 4

In your own words explain Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction.

Answer 4

1. Southern states would be pardoned if they repealed the Ordinance of Secession.
2. Southerner’s would take an oath of loyalty to the US.
3. After enough people took the oath, the state could form a new state government.
4. The state would have to ratify the 13th amendment, outlawing slavery.
5. The state would rule secession null & void.

Question 5

Who assassinated President Lincoln?

Answer 5

John Wilkes Booth

Question 6

What right did the constitution of 1868 take away?

Answer 6

Took away the right to vote for 40,000 former Confederates in the state.

Question 7

Who were the three blacks from Alabama elected to the US House of Representatives?

Answer 7

Benjamin Sterling Turner, Jeremiah Haralson, James Thomas Rapier. All were Republicans.

Question 8

Why were whites who came South during Reconstruction called “carpetbaggers”?

Answer 8

They carried their clothes in suitcases made of heavy carpet-like cloth. Some came to help, others to make money, or try to get elected to political office.

Question 9

What are Scalawags?

Answer 9

white Alabamians who cooperated with the military government during Reconstruction.