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RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Use the statement below to answer the question that follows."The Confederate States chose to secede of their own free will. Now that they have been defeated, those former states belong to the US government as federal territory. Thus it is the role of Congress to determine how and when those territories will be re-admitted to the Union and who will be allowed to represent the newly admitted states."Who would have been most likely to make this statement at the beginning of Reconstruction?(HINT:Who wanted to help the freedmen and punish the south after the Civil War?)
A
Andrew Johnson
B
Abraham Lincoln
C
a Radical Republican
D
a Congressional Democrat
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -For more than 80 years, people in the Northern and Southern states had been debating the issues that ultimately led to war: economic policies and practices, cultural values, the extent and reach of the Federal government, and, most importantly, the role of slavery within American society.

Detailed explanation-2: -Radical Republicans wanted to punish the South for starting the war. They also wanted to be sure new governments in the southern states would support the Republican Party.

Detailed explanation-3: -Known as the 10 Percent Plan, it requires only 10% of a former Confederate state’s voters to pledge the oath before the state can begin the process of readmission into the Union. Early 1864: President Lincoln begins Reconstruction in the Union-occupied former Confederate state of Louisiana.

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