Reconstruction Planning

Question 1

Describe the South after the CW? (4 answers)

Answer 1

A. Destruction in the So.
1.cities + land ruined
2. 2/3 railroad tracks/roads destroyed
3.Confederate $ (printed) worthless
4.4million freedmen (ex-slaves) -no edu./jobs

Question 2

Define reconstruction?

Answer 2

Period of time/rebuilding of Southern states after CW

Question 3

What was Lincoln’s plan called?

Answer 3

Ten % plan

Question 4

What did the Ten % Plan state? (2 answers)

Answer 4

1. For each So. state voters take oath/state loyalty to Union
2. state Constitutions ban slavery-approve 13th am.

Question 5

Define amnesty?

Answer 5

forgiveness for any crimes committed (except confederate leaders)

Question 6

Who were Radical republicans, what they want?

Answer 6

group of Republican representatives
1. more radical approach to reconstruction
2. tougher plan than Lincoln’s

Question 7

What was the Freedmen’s Bureau?

Answer 7

federal gov. agency to help ex slaves (freedmen)

Question 8

What was the Freedmen’s Bureau main job?

Answer 8

help African Americans adjust to life after slavery

Question 9

What are 4 things the FB did?

Answer 9

1. provided food+clothing
2. provided med. care
3. helped people get land to farm/work
4. set up schools w/ No. teachers

Question 10

What was the most important effect FB did?

Answer 10

started the public education system in the South

Question 11

What happened on April 14 1865?

Answer 11

Pres. Abe Lincoln was assasinated

Question 12

Who killed Lincoln?
Where?

Answer 12

1. John Wilkes Booth
2. Ford’s Theater, Washington D.C

Question 13

Who became Pres. after April 14, 1865?

Answer 13

Vice Pres. Andrew Johnson

Question 14

What did Johnson’s plan state? (3 answers)

Answer 14

1. give amnesty to So. who swore an oath to Union (leaders had to ask for pardon)
2. So. States outlaw slavery-ratify 13th am.
3. pardoned whites are allowed to vote

Question 15

What does the 13th am. state?

Answer 15

abolishes slavery