Presidential Reconstruction Chapter 3 – Section 1 Presidential Reconstruction

1. What was Reconstruction? 2. Why was the South in much worse shape than the North after the war? 3. How long did Reconstruction last? 4. What was the physical toll on the South?

5. What was the human toll? 6. What 3 groups of people made up the South and what hardships did each face? 7. What was Lincoln’s plan for the South after the war? 8. Who were the Radical Republicans and why didn’t they like Lincoln’s plan?

9. Describe Andrew Johnson. 10. What did freedom of movement allow freed slaves to do? 11. Why did freed slaves say southern land should be redistributed? Was it? 12. What kinds of black organizations arose? Why?

13. Why was the freedom to learn so important? How did it happen? 14. What was the Freedmen’s Bureau and why was it created?

Homework Imagine you are a recently freed slave. Using specific facts from the section, explain what you are now going to do or hope to do with your life. Or You are a white southerner after the war. Again, using specific facts from the section, explain what your life is now like. What are your plans for the future.