Author Question: As Republicans planned for Reconstruction, A. they were hampered by the fact that no thought had ... (Read 53 times)

cnetterville · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

President Abraham Lincoln's 10 percent plan for the South referred to the

A. number of white voters required to take loyalty oaths before setting up a state government.

B. percentage of freed slaves who must be given the right to vote before setting up a state government.

C. ratio of federal troops to freed slaves in each Southern state.

D. area of land in each state that should be reserved for former slaves.

E. ratio of federal to state money to be spent in rebuilding the Southern economy.

Question 2

As president, Andrew Johnson

A. offered some form of amnesty to Southerners who pledged their loyalty to the United States.

B. long delayed presenting his own plans for Reconstruction.

C. proposed delaying the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment.

D. quickly sided with the Radical Republicans.

E. argued the South should be readmitted to the Union without conditions.

Question 3

The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln

A. was intended to bring Andrew Johnson into the presidency.

B. saw John Wilkes Booth convicted of the murder of the president.

C. involved a larger conspiracy to kill other members of the administration.

D. had been planned at the highest levels of the Confederate government.

E. brought a Radical Republican to the presidency.

Question 4

As Republicans planned for Reconstruction,

A. they were hampered by the fact that no thought had been given to the task until the end of the war.

B. Radicals sought a range of punishments for white Southerners.

C. Conservatives sought many conditions to readmit the former Confederate states.

D. President Lincoln suggested that no conditions be put on the former Confederate states.

E. moderates believed the South should be readmitted without any concessions on black rights.