Reconstruction Era Multiple Choice Worksheet

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

Which amendment officially ended slavery in the United States?

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 12th Amendment

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

Who were Carpetbaggers?

• Former slaves who moved north

• Southern farmers

• Northerners who moved South after the Civil War

• Confederate generals

Why were Scalawags disliked in the South?

• They were former slaves

• They supported Reconstruction policies

• They joined the KKK

• They refused to vote

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

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

What was President Lincoln’s main goal for Reconstruction?

• Punish the South

• Divide the country

• Restore the Union quickly and fairly

• End voting

What percentage of voters had to take an oath under Lincoln’s plan?

• 50%

• 10%

• 25%

• 75%

What did Radical Republicans want to grant freedpeople?

• Land only

• Civil rights and political power

• Military control

• Church leadership