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Question 1

What was life like when Southerners returned home after the War?

Answer 1

Lands were in ruins and the economy was in collapse.

Question 2

This was the rebuilding of the South and bringing them back into the Union.

Answer 2

Reconstruction

Question 3

This was Lincoln’s Plan for Reconstruction.

Answer 3

Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction (PAR)

Question 4

What did the PAR call for?

Answer 4

• offer of amnesty (pardon) to all Southerners who took an oath of loyalty to the union and accepted the end of slavery
• allowed states to organize new governments when 10% of their voters took oath

Question 5

What was the problem with Lincoln’s Plan?

Answer 5

Many felt that it was too moderate and not harsh enough.

Question 6

What did the Radicals do to Lincoln’s plan?

Answer 6

They didn’t allow it to pass because they immediately hated it.

Question 7

What did the Radical Republicans counter Lincoln’s Plan with?

Answer 7

They countered it with a plan of their own that was seen as too harsh.

Question 8

What did the Radical Republicans’ plan consist of?

Answer 8

• preventing Southern leaders from returning to power
• making the Republican party a powerful institution in the South
• federal government helping African Americans achieve political equality by guaranteeing their right to vote

Question 9

What did Lincoln do to the Radical Plan?

Answer 9

He vetoed it.

Question 10

What did the Wade-Davis Bill propose?

Answer 10

• requirement of a majority of adult white men in the south to take an oath of allegiance
• allow states to hold constitutional conventions to create new governments
• forcing each state to abolish slavery, repudiate state debts, and deny voting to former Confederate officials

Question 11

What did Lincoln do to the Wade-Davis Bill?

Answer 11

He pocket vetoed it. (basically let it sit there and expire.)

Question 12

This was established by Congress as a result of thousands of freedmen following General Sherman and his troops for food and shelter.

Answer 12

Freedmen’s Bureau

Question 13

What was the Freedmen’s Bureau designed to do?

Answer 13

• feed and clothe Southern refugees using army surplus supplies
• help find work for freedom
• negotiate labor contracts with planters
• establish courts to deal with problems

Question 14

What was the Freedmen’s Bureau’s biggest accomplishment?

Answer 14

Providing education to former slaves by establishing schools, colleges, housing, and pay for teachers.