Reconstruction

Question 0

Major issues

Answer 0

• will president or congress reconstruct?

- what to do with blacks: should gov help them? Citizens? Rights?

Question 1

Reconstruction

Answer 1

• Effort to rebuild nation & reunify country during and after civil war
• economically terrible
• blacks and whites starving

Question 2

Lincoln 10% plan

Answer 2

• 3 states back in union: ARK,TN,LA
• Bring southern states back into proper relationships with nat’l gov
• Forget slavery

Question 3

Wade Davis

Answer 3

• Congress plan
• Congress tries to make it hard for southern states to come back in
• pocket veto from Lincoln

Question 4

Johnson becomes president

Answer 4

• restoration

- Congress has war with Johnson for who should read construct

Question 5

First civil right act

Answer 5

• African Americans are citizens of the US
• Power to protect rights of citizens (activist gov)
• Johnson vetos, Congress makes 14th amendment

Question 6

Freedmans bureau

Answer 6

• sets of schools for blacks by bringing down teachers from North
• creates labor contracts, banks, and courts to help them navigate law