The Challenges of Reconstruction: Text 1. Explain an Argument Explain why some Northerners wanted to give the
freed African Americans in the South “forty acres and a mule.” Explain why
Southerners opposed this policy.

2. Identify Supporting Details Identify three details that support the following
main idea: the Civil War devastated the South.

3. Summarize What happened to former slaves after they were emancipated?

Competing Reconstruction Plans: Text
4. Compare and Contrast Use the graphic organizer below to compare and
contrast how Lincoln and the Radical Republicans believed the South should
be treated after the Civil War. Include information about the plans proposed
by each.

5. Draw Conclusions Why did Lincoln support the Freedmen’s Bureau but
oppose the Wade-Davis Bill?

6. Draw Inferences Why did many Northerners, including the Radical
Republicans, believe the Southerners deserved to be punished?

The Johnson Presidency and Reconstruction: Text
7. Compare and Contrast How were Johnson’s views about Reconstruction
different from Lincoln’s?

8. Summarize How did Southerners limit the rights of former slaves? Give
several examples.

Congress Passes a Plan for Reconstruction: Text
9. Cite Evidence How might Reconstruction have gone differently if Lincoln
had still been alive? Support your answer with evidence from the text.

10. Identify Cause and Effect Why were the Radical Republicans so powerful
in the years following the Civil War?