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Presidential Reconstruction Reading
Pg. 446-447
Read Section 23.2 and answer the questions below.
1. In your own words describe the two major aims of Andrew Johnson’s Reconstruction plan (Presidential
Reconstruction).
1 – Southern states had to create new governments that were loyal to the union and respected federal
authority
2 – Slavery had to be abolished
2. What 5 things did Southern states have to do under Johnson’s Reconstruction plan (President
Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan)?
1 – Former confederate states could rejoin the union once it had written a new state constitution
2 – Elect a new state government
3 – Repealed its act of secession
4 – Cancelled war debts
5 – Every southern state had to ratify the 13th amendment
3. What did the Thirteenth Amendment do (President Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan)?
Abolished slavery throughout the United States
4. What problems do you think freedmen would have had after the 13th Amendment (List 2) (The
Freedmen’s Bureau)?
“Free from individual but a slave of society” – Frederick Douglass
No money, no food, no jobs
5. In your own words, describe what the Freedmen’s Bureau did (The Freedmen’s Bureau).
Provided food and medical care to both blacks and whites in the south
6. What was the most lasting benefit of the Freedmen’s Bureau (The Freedmen’s Bureau)?
Education. The Freedmen’s Bureau built schools for African Americans between 1865 and 1872.
7. What were the three purposes of black codes (Black Codes)?
1 – Limit the rights of freedmen
2 – Help planters find workers to replace their slaves
3 – Keep freedmen at the bottom of the social order