Download The Reconstruction Era: Guided Reading Lesson 1: Planning

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THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA
Lesson 1
How do new ideas change the way people live?
Answering Questions As you read the section, answer the questions below.
1. Define by giving two meanings of the word reconstruction.
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2. Describe Lincoln’s reconstruction plans.
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3. Describe the Radical Republican’s reconstruction plans.
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4. What was the Wade-Davis Bill? What became of it?
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5. Describe what the Freedman’s Bureau was AND give examples of what it did.
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6. What happened on April 14, 1865? AND Who became president?
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7. Describe Johnson's Reconstruction Plans by making a list of his main ideas about Reconstruction.
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Answer Key
1. the period of rebuilding the South after the Civil War; plans for bringing Southern states back into the Union
2. Answers will vary somewhat. Ten Percent Plan: voters in Southern states asked to take loyalty oath to
Union; when 10 percent took oath, state would form new government; state would have to adopt a constitution
that banned slavery.
3. Answers will vary slightly. Wade-Davis Bill: majority of white male adults had to pledge loyalty to the Union;
only white males who swore they did not fight against the Union could vote for delegates to state constitutional
conventions; state constitutions had to ban slavery; former Confederates could not hold public office.
4. Lincoln refused to sign the bill into law.
5. Answers will vary somewhat. The Freedmen’s Bureau helped African Americans adjust to life after slavery
by providing food, clothing, and medical care; by helping to find work; and by setting up schools and colleges.
6. Lincoln was assassinated; Vice President Andrew Johnson
7. Answers will vary somewhat. Give amnesty to most who swore loyalty; high-ranking Confederates had to
appeal to the president; no equal rights for African Americans; outlaw slavery; ratify Thirteenth Amendment.
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