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US-Reconstruction 1
Study Guide for Reconstruction Plans Worksheets #1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What were Abraham Lincoln’s guiding principles for restoring the Union after the Civil War? | to accomplish the task as rapidly as possible and ignore calls for punishing the South. |
| Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan talked about amnesty, define amnesty. | An official pardon |
| Under Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan, what did southerners have to do to receive amnesty? | take an oath of loyalty to the United States pledge to obey all federal laws pertaining to slavery |
| Under Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan, who was excluded from the amnesty? | High Confederate officials and military leaders |
| Under Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan, when could states launch a new government and elect representatives to Congress? | When one-tenth of the number of voters who had participated in the 1860 election had taken the oath of loyalty within a particular state, |
| Which three states quickly accepted Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan? | Louisiana, Arkansas and Tennessee |
| Under Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan, what did each state have to officially do before civil governments could be set up | after conventions in each state officially abolished slavery, repudiated their debts, and canceled the acts of secession. Representatives were elected to serve in Congress. |
| Who did not accept Lincoln’s plan for reconstruction? | the Lincoln plan was not acceptable to Congress, which rejected the representatives. |
| What about Lincoln’s plan did Republicans in Congress object to? | its leniency and lack of protections for freed slaves |
| What was the plan of the Wade-Davis Bill for restoring the Union? | A state must have a majority within its borders take the oath of loyalty A state must formally abolish slavery No Confederate officials could participate in the new governments. |
| What did Lincoln do to the Wade-Davis Bill? | Lincoln did not approve of this plan and exercised his pocket veto. |
| Why did Congress pass the Wade-Davis Manifesto? | They were angry with Lincoln for the pocket veto |
| What did the Wade-Davis Manifesto do to Lincoln? | It had little impact because the military news from the South improved; Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign restored Lincoln’s popularity and helped assure his reelection. |
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