Presidential and Radical Reconstruction

Question 1

Vagrancy laws in the 1860s applied to

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people who moved from place to place without regular homes or work.

Question 2

What did the Reconstruction Act of 1867 accomplish?

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The act divided the South into five military districts. ✓ Correct

Question 3

As a result of the tension between President Johnson and the Radical Republicans,

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Congress voted to impeach President Johnson.

Question 4

Which statement best describes President Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction?

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Johnson’s plan was more lenient on the South than Lincoln’s plan.

Question 5

Radical Republicans in Congress opposed President Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction because they thought it was too

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moderate. ✓ Correct

Question 6

Radical Republicans in Congress wanted to provide more rights for formerly enslaved people, so they

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overturned several of President Johnson’s vetoes.

Question 7

Southern states resisted the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment by

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establishing poll taxes and literacy tests.

Question 8

President Johnson announced that the Union was restored in

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December 1865.

Question 9

What was one reason Congress gave for wanting to remove President Johnson from office?

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Johnson was abusing his presidential powers.

Question 10

Under President Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction, how could states be readmitted to the Union?

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State conventions had to establish new governments.

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