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US-Reconstruction 2
Study Guide for Reconstruction Plans Worksheets #2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why did the showdown between Congress and President Lincoln never happen? | The president was assassinated on April 14, 1865 |
| What skills did Andrew Johnson lack? | Lincoln’s skill in handling people |
| Under Johnson’s Plan for Reconstruction, who would be pardoned? | those taking a loyalty oath |
| Under Johnson’s Plan for Reconstruction, who would NOT be pardoned? | High Confederate officials Persons owning property valued in excess of $20,000 |
| Under Johnson’s Plan for Reconstruction, what two things did a state have to do before being readmitted? | abolish slavery repeal its secession ordinance |
| Why didn’t Congress object when states began complying with Johnson’s Plan for Reconstruction? | Congress was not in session |
| What happened to the states who complied with Johnson's Plan for Reconstruction when Congress reconvened? | Congress refused to seat the Southern representatives who complied with Johnson's Plan for Reconstruction |
| Just like under Lincoln, what had Johnson's Plan for Reconstruction produced? | another deadlock between the president and Congress |
| How did Senator Charles Sumner see President Andrew Johnson? | He said that "Andrew Johnson is the impersonation of the tyrannical slave power. In him it lives again." |
| What were the three main factors that motivated Radical Republicans? | Revenge Concern for the freedmen Political concerns |
| What four items made up the Radical Republicans’ wartime agenda? | Protective tariffs Pro-business national banking system Liberal land policies for settlers Federal aid for railroad development |
| Why did many Radical Republicans come around to supporting the 15th Amendment? | Republicans came around to supporting the 15th Amendment because grateful freedmen would vote Republican |
| The Civil Rights Act of 1866, the 14th Amendment, the Tenure of Office Act, and the Army Appropriations Act were designed by Congress to help the freedman and to… | demonstrate the supremacy of Congress over the President |
| What were the last two things the Radical Republicans in Congress did in 1867 and 1868 for the South and to President Johnson? | Congress passed a series of Reconstruction Acts and they began the impeachment process of President Johnson |