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9.10 – Reconstruction: Success or Failure?
p. 365 Setting the Stage – Why do you think Lincoln wanted to have
Reconstruction go quickly?
Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction – What were Lincoln’s plans for
Reconstruction? (2 sentences)
p. 372 Changes in state government – How did Republicans change state
governments?
Resistance to change – Why were many white Southerners upset about the
economics of the new government? Why were they upset about the social
make up of the new government?
The Klan in North Carolina – What was the original goal of the Ku Klux Klan?
p. 366 Johnson supports Lincoln’s plan – What was Johnson’s
Reconstruction program? (2 sentences)
Anger over Black Codes – Why were many members of Congress and
citizens of the Union opposed to Black Codes?
p. 368 Setting the Stage – How did the views of radical and moderate
Republicans differ in 1865?
The extension of the Freedmen’s Bureau – How did the Freedmen’s Bureau
help people? Who was helped?
p. 374 Setting the Stage – Why were Democrats/Conservatives upset about
the NC government after the Civil War?
The spread of terror in North Carolina – What goal did the Ku Klux Klan
achieve? What is an example of a tactic they used?
The impact of Reconstruction on North Carolina – How did life change
during Reconstruction for African Americans? How did white North
Carolinians benefit from Reconstruction?
Social improvements – How did Reconstruction programs help the state?
The clash between Johnson and Congress – What did President Johnson
think of the Radical Republicans?
Congress in control – Who was put in charge of the South’s Reconstruction?
How do you think people who lived in the South felt about this? Why?
Redeemers (sidebar) – Why did Redeemers raise new taxes?
Reconstruction’s legacy – How was Reconstruction a failure? (2 sentences)