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Chapter 16 Reconstruction and the New South 1863-1896
Homework Questions (answer these on a separate piece of paper) Each answer should be a
minimum of three sentences long.
Section 1 Rebuilding the Nation (Pages 546-551)
1. What hardships did the South face after the Civil War?
*2. What were some differences between Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction and the Wade-Davis Plan?
Why did Congress want to be tougher on the South than Lincoln’s plan?
3. What were the goals of the Freedmen’s Bureau and what were some of its accomplishments?
Section 2 The Battle over Reconstruction (Pages 552-557)
1. List at least three things that were done by the Radical Republicans on the top of page 555.
*2. Explain the purpose of the 14th and 15th amendments?
3. (ANSWER ONE OF THE FOLLOWING)What can I learn from this section that could help me in my
own life or what important lesson is in this section or can I compare something in this section to what has
happened before or recently or what else would I like to know or I was surprised by...or what is the most
important point for me about this section or what about human nature can I learn from this section.
Section 3 The End of Reconstruction (Pages 558-563)
1. Why did Reconstruction end in the South?
*2. Describe the cycle of poverty that many freedmen went through.
3. What were three ways that southern states took away the rights of African Americans?
* = Two of these questions will be on your chapter test.
Section 1: Rebuilding the Nation (Pages 546-551)
1. In Lincoln’s ten percent plan, ten percent refers to what?
10% of voters had to swear an oath of loyalty to the United States
2. In the Wade-Davis plan, what percent of voters has to swear loyalty to the United States? 50%
3. What were freedmen? Former slaves who were freed by the war.
4. What were some actions that the Freedmen’s Bureau took?
A. first goal was to provide emergency relief to people affected by the war.
B. set up schools teach freedmen to read and write
C. help freedmen find jobs
5. While some people criticized Lincoln’s 10% plan saying he was being too easy on the South, his main goal when
Reconstruction started was to quickly restore the Union and make it easy on the South.
Section 2: The Battle over Reconstruction (Pages 552-557)
1. The Civil Rights Act in 1866 was meant to try and help the free blacks of the South that were being
discriminated against with the Black Codes.
13th Amendment
1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have
been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation
2. The meaning of the 13th amendment is that slavery is abolished.
3. “or any place subject to their jurisdiction” means where? Territories of the United States
4. According to the 13th amendment, when can slavery still be used? Punishment for a crime
5. What did the Radical Republicans in Congress want? A strict or hard form of Reconstruction.
6. One conflict over the plan for Reconstruction was between President Andrew Johnson and the Radical
Republicans.
7. What was a carpetbagger? Southerners who went south to start businesses or purse political office.
8. Why was the Ku Klux Klan started? Some whites were angry about being shut out of power
Section 3: The End of Reconstruction (Pages 558-563)
1. Widespread corruption occurred under what President during Reconstruction? Ulysses S. Grant
2. The purpose of the Grandfather Clause was to ensure only whites could vote.
3. With segregation and the idea of “separate but equal” most facilities for whites and black
WERE
WERE NOT equal.
4. During Reconstruction, in order to become more self-sufficient, the South started to develop its industry.
5. Which amendment guaranteed equal protection of the laws? 14th amendment.
6. A pardon for a group of people is called? Amnesty
7. What is a poll tax? A personal tax to be paid before voting
8. The laws passed by southern states that barred mixing of the races and promoted segregation was called?
Jim Crow Laws.