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Chapter19:TheReconstructionEra
Lesson1PlanningReconstruction
1. WhywasitnecessarytohaveaperiodofreconstructionaftertheCivil
War?
2. InhisTenPercentPlan,whatrequirementsdidLincolnproposeforSouthern
statestorejointheUnion?
3. AsexpressedintheWadeDavisBill,whatdidtheRadicalRepublicanshope
toaccomplishthroughtheirplanforReconstruction?
4. WhatwereAndrewJohnsonsReconstructionpolicies?
5. WhatdidtheThirteenthAmendmentaccomplish?
Lesson2TheRadicalsTakeControl
1. WhatwasthepurposeofblackcodespassedbySouthernstates?
2. WhydidCongresspasstheCivilRightsActof1866?
3. DescribetherightsgrantedintheFourteenthAmendment.
4. WhywasPresidentJohnsonimpeached?
5. WhichamendmentprotectedthevotingrightsofAfricanAmericans?
Lesson3TheSouthDuringReconstruction
1. WhatroleswereAfricanAmericansabletoplayingovernmentduring
Reconstruction?
2. Whatarescalawagsandcarpetbaggers?
3. WhatwastheKluKluxKlan?
4. WhydidthesharecroppingsystemariseaftertheCivilWar?
Lesson4ThePostReconstructionEra
1. Whywasacommissionneededtodecidethepresidentialelectionof1876?
2. HowdidRepublicansguaranteeDemocratswouldsupportthecommissions
decisiontonameRutherfordB.Hayespresident?
3. WhatarethreethingsSouthernwhitesusedtolimitAfricanAmericans
votingrights?
4. WhatSupremeCourtcaseestablishedtheseparatebutequaljustificationof
segregation?
5. EvaluatetheoverallsuccessorfailureofReconstructionatimprovingthe
livesofAfricanAmericansintheSouth.