Chapter 12-1 _ Rebuilding the U.S. 1865-1877

Question 1

1. What is the period involving the federal government’s efforts at rebuilding the South after the Civil War called?

Answer 1

1. reconstruction
   
   2. Also known as: the second civil war

Question 2

2. For how many years did this period last?

Answer 2

12

Question 3

3. What required millions of federal dollars to repair in the South during Reconstruction?

Answer 3

all the infrastructure

Question 4

4. What important questions needed to be answered during this period of Reconstruction?

Answer 4

1. What do you do with the four million freed slaves?
   
   2. Do the slaves that are now free get equal rights?
   3. Can the former slaves vote?
   4. How much should the government provide with money and help to these refugees?
   5. What about the confederate states and how do you deal with the states that seceded, who let them back in?
   6. What should the states be required to do to be able to come back into the union?
2. Can confederate soldiers vote and can they hold office?
3. Which branch of government had the constitutional power to determine the rules for Reconstruction?

Question 5

5. Which two branches of the federal government argued over who had the power to determine the rules for punishment and readmission to the Union?

Answer 5

President Executive Branch
2. Congress legislative branch

Question 6

6. Who did President Lincoln believe was responsible for causing the war?

Answer 6

Individual citizens

Question 7

7. What had these people committed by waging war against the federal government?

Answer 7

treason

Question 8

8. What presidential power did he use to justify his right to determine the conditions for readmission to the Union?

Answer 8

pardon

Question 9

9. What was the name of Lincoln’s plan to allow the rebel states back into the Union?

Answer 9

10% plan

Question 10

10. What were the two steps that each state had to accomplish before Lincoln would allow it back into the Union?

Answer 10

1. 10% of voters from each confederate state had to take an oath of allegiance to the U.S.
   The states also had to pass the 13th amendment

Question 11

11. What type of Republicans supported Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan?

Answer 11

moderate republicans

Question 12

12. What were the Republicans who strongly opposed Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan called?

Answer 12

radical republicans

Question 13

13. What congressional power did these Republicans claim gave them the power to set the rules for Reconstruction?

Answer 13

congress has the power to admit new states

Question 14

14. What was the name of the Radical Republicans’ plan to allow states back into the Union?

Answer 14

Wade Davis bill

Question 15

15. Explain the requirements of the Wade-Davis Plan.

Answer 15

1. a majority of the voters from each confederate state has to take an oath of allegiance to the U.S.
   2. In order to qualify to vote or run for office, a person would be required to take an oath that he had never voluntarily given aid to to the Confederacy
   Each state must ratify the 13th amendment
   Each state must guarantee universal male voting rights

Question 16

16. Why were the Radical Republicans determined to give black males the right to vote?

Answer 16

they new that the black males would vote for republicans

Question 17

17. What did Lincoln do to the Wade-Davis Bill because he believed it was too punitive (punishing)?

Answer 17

he vetoes it

Question 18

18. What was the name of the government agency that Lincoln and the Radical Republicans created to address the needs of southern freed blacks and poor whites?

Answer 18

the freedmen’s bureau

Question 19

19. List six things that this federal government program provided freedmen and poor whites?

Answer 19

shelter
clothing
healthcare
jobs
education
food