History
371H
Devine
Review Questions,
August 28th
1.
Why
did the Radical Republicans initially believe that President Johnson would be
sympathetic to the type of reconstruction policies they wished to pursue?
2.
Why
did Johnson disappoint the Radicals?
3.
Why
was it significant that Johnson referred to the “restoration” of the South
while the Radical Republicans referred to the “reconstruction” of the South?
4.
What
was so “radical” about the Radical Republicans’ plans for the reconstruction of
the South?
5.
Why
did there have to be a military element to the Radical Republicans’ plans for
the South?
6.
Why
did voters in the North end up withdrawing their support for the Radical
Republicans’ plans for reconstructing the South?