Reconstruction Lesson

USHC 3.3 RECONSTRUCTION

Multiple Choice

The loss of farms, crops, and enslaved labor as a result of the Civil War meant that the

• Northern economy almost completely shut down.

• Southern economy almost completely shut down.

• entire nation’s economy had to be rebuilt.

• entire nation had to suffer without food.

Multiple Choice

The goal of Reconstruction was

• to give all people the

  right to vote, thus strengthening our Democracy as a whole.

• the re-establishment of full participation of the southern states in the Union based on the South’s acceptance of the outcome of the war.

• to rebuild our

  relationship with Great Britain as one of our strongest allies and trading

  partners.

• rebuilding the South.

Multiple Choice

The Wade Davis Bill was:

• legislation requiring a majority of a state’s prewar voters to swear loyalty to the Union before restoration could begin

• legislation requiring two thirds of a state's population to swear loyalty to the Union before restoration could begin

• legislation requiring 10% of a state's prewar voters to swear loyalty to the Union before restoration could begin

Multiple Choice

During Reconstruction, which of the following did the Southern states enact in order to restrict the rights of the freedmen?

• Black Codes

• Freedman's Bureau Bill

• Slave Codes

Multiple Choice

What divided the South into five military districts?

• Black Codes

• Reconstruction Act of 1867

• the Emancipation Proclamation

• 13th Amendment

Multiple Choice

The 13th Amendment

• said everyone born in the United States

  was a citizen.

• abolished slavery in the United States.

• gave every citizen the right to vote

Multiple Choice

The 14th Amendment

• said everyone born in the United States

  was a citizen.

• abolished slavery in the United States.

• gave every citizen the right to vote

Multiple Choice

The 15th Amendment

• said everyone born in the United States

  was a citizen.

• abolished slavery in the United States.

• gave every citizen the right to vote

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the African American pioneers who moved to the Great Plains after the Civil War?

• The Exodusters

• The Sodbusters

• The Pioneers

Multiple Choice

Federal agency set up to help former slaves and poor whites receive education, health care, food and clothing:

• NAACP

• Feedman's Bureau

• Black Codes

Multiple Choice

How was the sharecropping arrangement entered into by many African Americans similar to the practice of slavery?

• Sharecroppers depended on white farmers for food, clothing, and other basic necessities.

• Sharecropping kept African Americans economically dependent on white farmers.

• Sharecroppers were forced to observe the same religious practices of the land owner for whom they worked.

• Sharecropping was closely regulated by the government with strict rules about working conditions

  and hours.

Review....

Multiple Choice

What goal influenced Radical Republicans actions after the Civil War?

• Preventing blacks from gaining voting rights in the South

• Helping Southern whites maintain political power

• Supporting the initiatives of the new president, Andrew Johnson

• Punishing the Confederate state for their role in the Civil War

Multiple Choice

During Reconstruction, efforts by white southerners to minimize the impact of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments led the federal government to take what action?

• Reduce funding for the Freedmen’s Bureau

• use the military to enforce Reconstruction policies

• allow state governments input in creating new Reconstruction policies

• block efforts of the Republican Party in southern states

Multiple Choice

The underlying reason for the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson was

• His policies toward Native American Indians

• His refusal to appoint new justices to the Supreme Court

• A power struggle with Congress over Reconstruction

• The Credit Mobilier scandal

Multiple Choice

After the Civil War, freedmen in the South had difficulty improving their economic condition because

• The federal government confiscated their 40-acre grants

• Migration of factory workers from Northern cities had created competition for jobs

• Literacy for formerly enslaved persons was prohibited

• The system of sharecropping kept them in a cycle of poverty

Multiple Choice

What derogatory nickname was given to northerners who come to the South following the Civil War?

• Carpetbaggers

• Radical Republicans

• Reconstructionist

• Scalawags