Directions: Read each question carefully.  Then click on the link in order to answer the question.  You must copy and paste the questions into Google Docs and then share your answers with me when you are finished.  You must write your answers in your own words.  If you cut and paste I will not accept it. 

Section 1. Policies of Reconstruction
Abraham Lincoln   Read the entire web page in order to answer the questions below.  

1. What state was under Union control during the Civil War? "Reluctant member of the Confederacy"
2. Summarize the "Reconstruction Proposal of December 1863.
3. After reading "Reaction, Reconciliation and the Reelection in 1864" why did President Lincoln's statement anger Radical Republicans?​

Radical Republicans Read the entire web page in order to answer the questions below. 

1. How did the Republican party begin?
2. What did Radical Republicans believe?  (List at least 4 beliefs) 
3. When did Radical Republicans begin to loose their power?

Impeachment of Andrew Johnson  Read the entire web page in order to answer the questions below. 

1. When did Andrew Johnson become President?
2. How did the Radical Republicans respond to Johnson's policies?
3. Describe why Johnson was impeached and the outcome of the impeachment proceedings.​

Section 2.  Struggles of the Freedmen
Freedmen's Bureau  Read the entire web page in order to answer the questions below. ​

1. Describe the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau. 
2. Who was Commissioner in May 1865?
3. What benefits did it offer? 
4. When and how was it created?

Sharecropping    Read the entire web page in order to answer the questions below. ​​

1. What happened to land in the South following the Civil War?
2. Explain how the system of sharecropping worked. 
3. Explain why sharecropping created a cycle of debt for farmers. ​