Presidential Reconstruction

Question 1

What was one requirement of President Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction?

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All Southern states had to abolish the practice of slavery.

Question 2

The response in the North to Black Codes increased support for

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Radical Republicans.

Question 3

As part of his Reconstruction plan, President Johnson thought the South should be treated

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gently.

Question 4

Unlike the Radical Republicans who were in Congress during Reconstruction, the Moderate Republicans

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believed that too much change would create more conflict.

Question 5

Why did President Johnson’s background put him at odds with the Republicans in Congress during Reconstruction?

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Johnson was a Southern Democrat who had been proslavery before the war.

Question 6

How did Lincoln’s reaction to the Wade-Davis Bill preserve his plan for Reconstruction?

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Lincoln used a pocket veto to kill the bill so he could continue his plan.

Question 7

As state governments were reestablished in the South under Johnson’s Reconstruction plan,

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many in the North felt the South should be punished more harshly.

Question 8

President Johnson’s Pardon of 1865 benefited

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white Southerners.

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