Name:_________________________ Test Date: ____ Reconstruction - Chapter 12 Study Guide A. Review the Essential Questions: To what extent can political goals of war be achieved through military victory? To what extent can a society be rebuilt after war? How does a democratic government compel obedience to law? To what extent does a reform movement fulfill its goals? B. Review Main Ideas: 1. Explain three major problems the South faced at the end of the Civil War? How did these problems contribute to ongoing tensions? 2. Identify and describe the plans for Reconstruction the Lincoln, Johnson, and Congress had. LINCOLN’S PLAN Anything similar? JOHNSON’S PLAN CONGRESS 3. How did life change for African Americans during Reconstruction? What problems still remained? 4. Summarize the “sharecropping system.” How did it affect farmers in the South? 5. What was the KKK and how did it attempt to undermine the changes made during Reconstruction? 6. Why was Johnson impeached? 7. Was Reconstruction a success or a failure? Why? 8. How did the period of Reconstruction get the nickname of “the Second Civil War”? B. Review the Important Terms (Be able to identify each and explain its significance) to reconstruct Lincoln’s Plan for Reconstruction Congress’ Plan (Radical Reconstruction) Johnson’s Plan Abraham Lincoln Assassination John Wilkes Booth Andrew Johnson to impeach process of Impeachment Ulysses S. Grant Freedman’s Bureau 13th Amendment 14th Amendment 15th Amendment KKK Black Codes Effects of Reconstruction to pardon carpetbagger scalawag sharecropping tenant farmer Hayes and Tilden Election Compromise of 1876 C. Review the Important Illustrations, Maps, and Charts, Activities (What does each map, chart, or illustration tell you about the material in the chapter?) Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, (a personal voice), p. 351 Thaddeus Stevens (key players), p. 382 Southern Military Districts (map), p. 354 Major Reconstruction Legislation (Chart) p.355 Freedman’s School p. 356 Sharecropping and Tenant Farming (cause and effect), p. 364 Point/ Counterpoint Success of Reconstruction p. 372 Jim Crow Map Lab Sharecropping Simulation The Ku Klux Klan: A Secret History Prom Night in Mississippi