Reconstruction Plans for South review
(10 Total Questions)

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1. The Freeman’s Bureau was established to:

a. Protect the legal rights of ex-confederate soldiers after the war
b. Protect the legal rights of southerners during Reconstruction
c. Protect the legal rights of formerly enslaved people during Reconstruction

2. The key issues related to Reconstruction were:

a. The status of seceded states and formation of their state governments
b. Should confederate soldiers allowed the full rights of citizenship
c. Could newly freed slaves earn wages for working on farms and/or factories

3. The Black Codes did what:

a. Added legal protections for African Americans to vote and own land
b. Ensured ex-slaves were not free men but free African Americans with limited rights
c. Offered bonuses for African Americans to work as laborers

4. The Freedmen’s Conventions consisted of:

a. Land Owning planters and Factory workers
b. Emancipated Southerners and Free Northerner Blacks
c. Christian missionaries and Woman suffragettes


5. The 14th Amendment granted full citizens’ rights to African Americans.

True or False


6. The 15th Amendment granted the right to vote to African Americans.

True or False



7. Describe the “three” requirements of Lincoln’s Plan: (2 pts each)
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8. Describe the “three” formulas of the Wade Davis Bill: (2 pts each)
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9. Describe the “three” requirements of Johnson’s Plan: (2 pts each)
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10. What were the “three” motivating factors of the Radical Republicans Plan: (2 pts each)
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