Name: ______Period: ______
Rebuilding the Union Reading Guide
pp. 533-537
1. Define Radical Republicans: ______
2. After the Civil War ended in ______, the South faced the ______of building a new ______not based on ______.
3. Define Reconstruction (use glossary!) ______
4. The President established the ______
a. This federal agency set up ______and distributed ______
5. How was Andrew Johnson different from Abraham Lincoln? (3 examples!) ______
6. President Andrew Johnson believed that Reconstruction was the job of the ______and not ______.
a. What did Johnson do for most Southerners? ______
7. Define Black Codes: ______
a. Give (2) two examples: ______
8. How did Congress let Johnson know how they were going to handle Reconstruction? ______
9. What was the aim of the Radical Republicans? (be thorough!) ______
10. What did the Civil Rights Act of 1866 say? ______
a. What did Johnson do to it? ______
b. How did Congress respond? ______
11. Summary of Fourteenth (14th) Amendment: ______
a. Who refused to support the Fourteenth Amendment? ______
12. Radical Reconstruction was a time in which ______controlled ______.
a. Reconstruction Acts divided ______
b. Before Southern States could join the Union they must:
i. ______
ii. ______
13. In 1867, ______chose delegates to draft ______. Almost all were Republicans and came from three groups:
a. Scalawags: ______
b. Carpetbaggers: ______
c. African Americans: ______
14. When were the former Confederate states let back into the Union? ______
15. President Johnson ______against many of Congress’s ______during Radical Reconstruction.
16. Why did Congress vote to impeach President Johnson? (be thorough!) ______
17. Define impeach: ______
18. What was the eventual outcome of the impeachment? ______
19. Based on what you just read…what do you think the climate of the United States was like at this time? Be thoughtful and use full sentences!
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