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The Reconstruction Era
Guided Reading
Lesson 2 The Radicals Take Control
Protecting African Americans’ Rights
Reading for Accuracy Use your textbook to decide if a statement is true or false. Write T or F in the blank. If a statement is false, rewrite it to make it true.
1. Radical Republicans were glad to seat the new Southern senators and representatives in Congress.
2. The black codes were passed to help control African Americans.
3. Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to enforce the black codes.
4. President Andrew Johnson supported the opinions of the Radical Republicans.
5. Congress overrode Johnson's veto of the Civil Rights Act of 1866.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONHow do new ideas change the way people live?
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6. The purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment was to grant citizenship to African Americans.
7. Some people in the South reacted to the Fourteenth Amendment with violence against African Americans.
Radical Republicans in Charge
Answering Questions As you read the section, answer the questions below.
1. Evaluating What was the significance of the congressional elections of 1866?
Describing Complete the table.
Radical Reconstruction: The Reconstruction Acts
Act Requirements
First Reconstruction Act 2.
Second Reconstruction Act 3.
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4. Defining What was the Tenure of Office Act?
5. Explaining Why did the House of Representatives vote to impeach President Johnson?
6. Analyzing What was the result of Andrew Johnson’s impeachment trial in the Senate?
from the Fifteenth Amendment
“The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”
7. Summarizing What did the Fifteenth Amendment guarantee?
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