Reconstruction Study Guide

Question 1

What was the period of rebuilding the south after the civil war

Answer 1

Reconstruction

Question 2

Who came up with the “Ten Percent Plan” which allowed a southern state to form a new government after 10% of its voters swore an oath of loyalty to the United States

Answer 2

Abraham Lincoln

Question 3

This bill was passed by republicans in congress, but lincoln refused to sign. It required a majority of white men in each southern state to swear loyalty to the union and denied the right to vote or hold office to any volunteer of the confederacy. What was the name of this bill..

Answer 3

Wade-Davis Bill

Question 4

What government agency helped former slaves by giving them food and clothing, helping them find jobs, setting up schools, and reuniting separated families

Answer 4

Freedmen’s Bureau

Question 5

Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln

Answer 5

John Wilkes Booth

Question 6

This person’s reconstruction plan became relevant after Lincoln’s assassination. It called for a majority of voters in each southern state to pledge loyalty to the United States. Each state also had to ratify the 13th Amendment

Answer 6

Andrew Johnson

Question 7

After the war, most southern states quickly ratified the Thirteenth Amendment but passed laws that limited the rights of blacks. What were these laws called that kept freedmen from gaining political or economic power

Answer 7

Black Codes