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?