Events

Question 1

10% of a state’s voters had to swear an oath of loyalty to the U.S. in order for the voters to organize a new state government.

Answer 1

Lincoln’s 10% plan

Question 2

Passed by Republicans in Congress, but never signed into law by Lincoln. Majority of white males would have to sign the loyalty oath before a state could return to the Union.

Answer 2

Wade-Davis Bill

Question 3

Provided emergency relief to those displaced by the war.

Set up schools to teach reading and writing, helped find jobs, and helped to resolve disputes between whites and blacks.

Answer 3

Freedmen’s Bureau

Question 4

Abolished slavery

Answer 4

13th Amendment

Question 5

Made freedmen citizens of the United States

Answer 5

14th Amendment

Question 6

Gave freedmen voting rights

Answer 6

15th Amendment

Question 7

Radical Republicans plan for reconstruction

Answer 7

Radical Reconstruction

Question 8

When an official is accused of a crime and fired from office

Answer 8

Impeachment