End of Reconstruction

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best defines the term Reconstruction?

• The amendment that outlawed slavery

• The time period (1865-1877) when former confederate states were reintegrated into the country.

• The amendment that guaranteed citizenship to newly freed enslaved people and gave them equal protection.

• Strict states laws passed after the Civil War.

Multiple Choice

Which Reconstruction Plan was the strictest for southerners to rejoin the Union?

• Andrew Johnson's Plan

• Radical Republicans

• Jim Crow

• Lincoln's 10% Plan

Multiple Choice

What is a Carpetbagger?

• A Carpetbagger was a type of luggage used in the 19th century.
• A Carpetbagger was a Northerner who moved to the South after the American Civil War to become rich.

• A Carpetbagger was a nickname for a famous Southern general during the Civil War.
• A Carpetbagger was a term for a skilled weaver in the textile industry.

Multiple Choice

What is a scalawag?

• Southern whites who supported the Republican Party and Reconstruction policies
• Native Americans who supported the Union during the Civil War
• Former slaves who supported the Republican Party and Reconstruction policies
• Northern whites who supported the Democratic Party and Reconstruction policies

Match

Match the following

• 13th amendment

• 14th amendment

• 15th amendment

• Sharecropping

• Reconstruction

Abolished slavery

Grants citizenship

Right to vote for men

Agriculture work former slaves had to do

Period after the Civil War

• Abolished slavery

• Grants citizenship

• Right to vote for men

• Agriculture work former slaves had to do

• Period after the Civil War

Multiple Choice

Which Reconstruction Plan allowed southern states to rejoin the Union as long as 10% of voters swore a loyalty oath?

• Lincoln's Plan

• Andrew Johnson's Plan

• Rutherford B Hayes

• Radical Republicans

Multiple Choice

What is a poll tax?

• A poll tax is a tax levied on property ownership.
• A poll tax is a tax levied on goods purchased.
• A poll tax is a tax levied on corporations only.
• A tax a person had to pay to be able to vote.

Multiple Choice

What is a literacy test?

• A physical fitness test to evaluate strength and endurance
• An assessment used to evaluate a person's ability to read and write.
• A cooking test to assess culinary skills
• A psychological assessment to measure emotional intelligence

​Literacy Test - KEY (more than one right answer on some of them)

Multiple Choice

The Presidential Election of 1876 resulted in...

• military supervision of the south
• the restoration of voting rights for white southerners
• the end of Reconstruction in the south
• equal rights for African Americans

Multiple Choice

What compromise marked the end of Reconstruction?

• Compromise of 1865
• Compromise of 1888
• Compromise of 1877
• Compromise of 1901

Multiple Choice

Why were federal troops stationed in the south during Reconstruction?

• To enforce federal laws, protect the rights of newly freed slaves, and maintain order.
• To promote industrialization in the South
• To support the Confederacy
• To establish new state governments

Categorize

Options (4)

Rutherford B Hayes as President

Fed troops leave south

South govts under Democratic control

Discrimination allowed to worsen

Results of the Compromise of 1877

Republicans

Democrats

Multiple Choice

All of the following resulted from the end of Reconstruction EXCEPT:

• Ku Klux Klan is founded
• Jim Crow laws were passed to segregate blacks from whites and place other limits on their rights. 
• Sharecropping becomes the dominant economy in the South
• Blacks continued to enjoy increased freedoms and equality