Reading questions

As you read pages 538-549 in your textbook, answer the following guide questions.

1. In what ways did Lincoln's assassination leave a void in terms of political power?

2. In what ways did Johnson's plan for Reconstruction compare to Lincoln's? (we discussed this in class, but the book adds a few things)

3. In what ways did the South defy (go against) Johnson's reconstruction policies?

4. What were the Black Codes?

5. In what ways were the Black Codes almost necessary in the South?

6. What was the purpose behind the Freedman's Bureau?

7. What was the message behind the two political cartoons on p. 543?

8. In what ways did Johnson go against the Republican party while President?

9. How did the Reconstruction Acts of 1867 compare to Johnson's plan for reconstruction?

10. What were 'carpetbaggers'?

11. What were 'scalawags'?

12. Why did Andrew Johnson get impeached?

13. What was the purpose in passing the 15th Amendment?

14. In what ways did the KKK attempt to disrupt elections in the South?