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Unit 7.5 (Ch. 9) “Stop!” Reading Questions
Directions: Read all the questions before reading the chapter. Then the class will read
the chapter aloud. When we come to the answer of the first question, the class calls out,
“Stop!” At that point, we stop reading to write down the answer to the question. We
continue reading until we get to the next answer, and so on. The answers are found in
order of the reading of the chapter. You do not need to use turnaround sentences. One
word answers are acceptable for this assignment although sometimes it will be
appropriate to use complete sentences or even constructed responses. This is an in-class
assignment that should be done together as a class. However, if you’re absent, you
need to read the chapter and answer the questions you missed on your own at home.
Additionally, if we do not finish in class, it becomes homework.
1. What was Reconstruction?
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2. What were two beliefs that Lincoln had that made him want to treat Southerners
fairly after The Civil War?
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3. How did Radicals want to reward former slaves?
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4. What rights did Freedmen expect to receive during Reconstruction as a reward for
supporting the Union?
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5. What was a Scalawag?
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6. What was a carpetbagger?
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7. Explain Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan. What did he promise, and what did
Southerners have to do in return?
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8. What did the Louisiana Constitution of 1864 do?
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Why did John Wilkes Booth murder President Lincoln?
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10. Who became president after Lincoln was murdered?
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11. What were the Black Codes?
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12. Who did the Northerners blame for the New Orleans Riot that killed nearly 200
people and why?
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13. Why did congress pass the Military Reconstruction Act? What did it do?
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14. Name 2 behaviors that suggest Louisiana’s Reconstruction legislature had become
politically corrupt.
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15. Name another organization during Reconstruction that showed signs of
corruption.
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16. What 4 things did the Constitution of 1868 provide for the first time in Louisiana
history?
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17. What 2 requirements to reenter the Union did Louisiana finally fulfill in 1868?
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18. Name 2 systems designed to help revive Louisiana’s devastated land following
The Civil War. Explain how each system worked.
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19. What was the Freedmen’s Bureau?
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20. List 5 things that the Freedmen’s Bureau did to help.
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21. What was the difference between the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and the Knights of the
White Camellia?
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22. Why did the KKK form and what did they do?
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23. What state agency was designed to prevent election fraud?
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24. What made P.B.S. Pinchback go down in history?
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25. What became known as the bloodiest incident in America during Reconstruction?
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26. What was the White League?
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27. Why did some people want the Liberty Place Monument to be removed?
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28. What was the compromise that was made in congress in 1877?
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