Civil War and Reconstruction

Civil War and Reconstruction

8th Grade

20 Qs

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Civil War and Reconstruction

Civil War and Reconstruction

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History, Social Studies

8th Grade

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Created by

Michael Beguin

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20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Rebuilding of something that has been damaged or destroyed. It was the remaking of the Southern United States after they lost their war of rebellion and slavery was officially ended and is marked by three constitutional amendments aimed at expanding the civil rights of African Americans.

Reanimation

Reconstruction

Civil War

Dred Scott Decision

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Creator of the Presidential Reconstruction plan that was lenient to former Confederate leaders, allowing them to to reclaim power and implement black codes in the South. Impeached and nearly removed from the Office of President.

Abraham Lincoln

Andrew Jackson

Andrew Johnson

John Johnson

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

As reconstruction ended and white southerners regained power, they worked to strip African Americans of their voting and civil rights. One way was to require a fee to be paid before voting. Many poor African Americans could not use their limited means to vote, giving more power to white southerners.

Poll Tax

Literacy Test

Voter Fee Act

Sharecropping

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

As reconstruction ended and white southerners regained power, they worked to strip African Americans of their voting and civil rights. One way was to require voters to demonstrate that they could read and write in order to vote. This impacted many African Americans that had been denied educational opportunities during the period of slavery.

Poll Tax

Literacy Test

Fifteenth Amendment

Segregation

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Secret society that resorted to violence and terror in order to maintain power; they used verbal threats and violence to intimidate African Americans and prevent them from voting.

al Qaeda

Radical Republicans

Carpetbaggers

Ku Klux Klan

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

System that started as a positive opportunity for African Americans but ended in a situation just like slavery. A white plantation owner rented plots of land to African Americans, loaned them seed and supplies, and the African American worked the land hoping to make enough money to pay off the loan and earn a profit. Instead, they usually ended up in debt and working for free.

Jim Crow Laws

Segregation

Sharecropping

Poll Tax

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A principle or rule that is established by the verdict of a court case; that ruling or decision is then used to determine the outcome of all similar court cases. The landmark decision in Plessy v. Ferguson makes segregation legal in the United States.

Dred Scott Decision

Legal Precedent

Dissenting Opinion

Judicial Activism

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