8.1 Reconstruction Vocabulary Quiz

1. Andrew Johnson

• A) This former Confederate General became the leader and founder of the Ku
• B) Escaped slavery by sailing a Confederate ship to freedom. After the war, he was elected to the U.S. Congress as a representative from South Carolina.
• C) He was the 19th president (Republican) of the United States, who ended Reconstruction with his election, and returned the southern states to “Home Rule.”
• D) He was the 17th president (Democrat) who took office after Lincoln was assassinated. He was impeached, but was not removed from office.

2. Robert Smalls

• A) This former Confederate General became the leader and founder of the Ku
• B) Escaped slavery by sailing a Confederate ship to freedom. After the war, he was elected to the U.S. Congress as a representative from South Carolina.
• C) He was the 19th president (Republican) of the United States, who ended Reconstruction with his election, and returned the southern states to “Home Rule.”
• D) He was the 17th president (Democrat) who took office after Lincoln was assassinated. He was impeached, but was not removed from office.

3. Rutherford B. Hayes

• A) This former Confederate General became the leader and founder of the Ku
• B) Escaped slavery by sailing a Confederate ship to freedom. After the war, he was elected to the U.S. Congress as a representative from South Carolina.
• C) He was the 19th president (Republican) of the United States, who ended Reconstruction with his election, and returned the southern states to “Home Rule.”
• D) He was the 17th president (Democrat) who took office after Lincoln was assassinated. He was impeached, but was not removed from office.

4. Nathan Bedford Forest

• A) This former Confederate General became the leader and founder of the Ku
• B) Escaped slavery by sailing a Confederate ship to freedom. After the war, he was elected to the U.S. Congress as a representative from South Carolina.
• C) He was the 19th president (Republican) of the United States, who ended Reconstruction with his election, and returned the southern states to “Home Rule.”
• D) He was the 17th president (Democrat) who took office after Lincoln was assassinated. He was impeached, but was not removed from office.

5. This individual was a Union general who became 18th president (Republican) after the war.

• A) Charles Sumner
• B) Hiram Revels
• C) Ulysses S. Grant
• D) Samuel Tilden

6. He was the Democratic candidate in the election of 1876

• A) Charles Sumner
• B) Hiram Revels
• C) Ulysses S. Grant
• D) Samuel Tilden

7. He was the first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress. He was a senator from Ohio

• A) Charles Sumner
• B) Hiram Revels
• C) Ulysses S. Grant
• D) Samuel Tilden

8. This Senator who worked to gain rights for African Americans and limit the power of ex-confederates.

• A) Charles Sumner
• B) Hiram Revels
• C) Ulysses S. Grant
• D) Samuel Tilden

9. Scalawag

• A) This was a nickname given to northerners by southerners. These were northerners who moved south during the Reconstruction era, possibly to make money.
• B) This nickname referred to southern whites who worked with northern Republicans during the Reconstruction era to make money.
• C) This is the name for African Americans that migrated to Kansas from the Mississippi River area after the Civil War.
• D) This political group demanded civil rights for former slaves

10. Carpetbagger

• A) This was a nickname given to northerners by southerners. These were northerners who moved south during the Reconstruction era, possibly to make money.
• B) This nickname referred to southern whites who worked with northern Republicans during the Reconstruction era to make money.
• C) This is the name for African Americans that migrated to Kansas from the Mississippi River area after the Civil War.
• D) This political group demanded civil rights for former slaves