Question to Think About As you read Section 1 in your textbook and take notes,
keep this section focus question in mind: How did the government try to solve key
problems facing the nation after the Civil War?
Use this chart to record key information from the section. Some of the information has
been filled in to get you started.
Rebuilding a Nation
Challenges That the
Nation Faced
1. How would Confederate states and sympathizers be treated?
Proposed Solutions
a.
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Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan
loyalty oath: 10% of each state’s voters must take oath
slavery: each state’s government must abolish slavery
former Confederates: pardoned if signed loyalty oath
b. The Wade-Davis Bill
• loyalty oath:
• former Confederates:
2. What provisions would The Freedmen’s Bureau
be made for those
a. main purpose:
freed from slavery?
b. examples:
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Murder of Abraham Lincoln
When
April 14, 1865
Vice President Becomes President
Who
How
From where
By whom
Political party
National
reaction
Expected
impact on
Reconstruction
Andrew Johnson
Refer to this page to answer the Chapter 16 Focus Question on page 256.
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Unit 5 Chapter 16
Section 1