(6) Johnson vs. Republican Radicals

required Senate consent to dismiss officials that had been appointed with the Senate's consent

Tenure of Office Act

By December 1865, the Southern states had complied with Johnson's Plan.

True

Select the THREE factors that made up the Johnson Plan.

amnesty granted to most Confederates who took the Oath of Loyalty Southern states could form governments after they canceled Confederate debt Southern states had to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment

limited civil and economic rights of blacks

Black Codes

helped ex-slaves make transition to freedom

Freedmen's Bureau

made freed slaves citizens of the United States

14th amendment

In recognition of the importance of the Black vote, the Republicans passed the

15th amendment

ensured the right to vote for black males

15th amendment

all states readmitted to Union

1860

Republicans who voted not to impeach President Johnson

7 martyrs

Lincoln's successor

Andrew Jackson

The president who granted amnesty to those Confederates who took the Oath of Loyalty to the Union was President:

Andrew Johnson

president had to issue commands through General of the Army

Command of the Army Act

The first Reconstruction Act divided the South into seven military districts.

False

Select the items that made Johnson's plan unacceptable to the Radicals.

New Southern congressmen would impair Republican control of Congress. It did not punish the South enough. It did not guarantee blacks' right to vote in the South.

investigated conditions in the South

investigated conditions in the South

According to Congress, the Southern states would avoid military occupation by doing all of the following except:

refuse to extend black suffrage