
Reconstruction Era Multiple Choice Worksheet
Authored by Arthur Brook
Social Studies
8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the main purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau?
To punish former Confederate leaders
To help freedpeople and poor whites after the Civil War
To take land from Northern farmers
To enforce voting laws
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which amendment officially ended slavery in the United States?
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
13th Amendment
12th Amendment
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was “Sherman’s Reservation” best known for?
A military fort
A prison for Confederate soldiers
The promise of 40 acres and a mule
A new state capital
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who were Carpetbaggers?
Former slaves who moved north
Southern farmers
Northerners who moved South after the Civil War
Confederate generals
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why were Scalawags disliked in the South?
They were former slaves
They supported Reconstruction policies
They joined the KKK
They refused to vote
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How was sharecropping different from tenant farming?
Sharecroppers owned more land
Sharecroppers paid less
Sharecroppers did not own tools or animals
Sharecroppers worked in cities
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why did sharecropping often keep freedpeople in debt?
Crops failed every year
Taxes were too high
Landowners took most of the crop as payment
Freedpeople refused to work
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