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Reconstruction
Reconstruction question-answer, Amendments,Resistance, Freedmen
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How did the Lincoln plan treat Confederate soldiers? | they got amnesty |
| What was the name Lincoln's plan was known by? | the 10% Plan |
| Why was Lincoln's plan known as the 10% Plan | a state could rejoin the Union when 10% of its citizens had signed a loyalty oath to the Union. |
| How was order kept in the South at the beginning of Reconstruction? | The Union army occupied the south |
| What was the stated reason that Congress tried to impeach Pres. Johnson. | He violated the Tenure of Office Act when he tried to fire his Secretary of State. |
| What were the real reason that Congress tried to impeach Pres. Johnson. | He resisted their program for Reconstruction |
| Why were southern whites able to commit crimes of intimidation against Freedmen to keep them from voting? | Southern juries were made of up of white people who commonly refused to convict people of those crimes. |
| How were white southerners able to restrict the Freedmen from voting without violating the 14th amendment | They used the poll taxes and literacy tests. Grandfather Clause was used to allow white people to vote without those obstacles. |
| Which reconstruction plan allowed southern states to pass Black Codes? | Johnson's plan |
| Which reconstruction plan favored military occupation of the south? | Congressional Reconstruction |
| Which reconstruction plan allowed the Democratic Party to regain control in the south after the war? | Johnson's Plan |
| What opinions and feelings in the north helped lead to the end of reconstruction. | 1-People were tired of the issue. 2-People felt that the Federal government had taken too much authority. 3-Military occupation was expensive. |
| What economic issues helped lead to the end of reconstruction? | The Panic of 1873 led people to be more concerned with their economic problems than the rights of the Freedmen. |
| What event led to the formal end of reconstruction? | The election of 1876 was a tie between Hayes and Tilden. This led to the Compromise of 1877 where Hayes became president and, in return, military occupation of the south ended. |
| The myth of the Lost Cause included this idea about reconstruction governments in the south | They were led by Freedmen and other Republicans and were therefore corrupt. |
| Freedmen joined what political party. | Republicans |
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