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Reconstruction

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Immediately following the Civil War, which group in Congress opposed Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?
a)
frustrated whigs
b)
angry democracts
c)
disillusioned independents
d)
radical republicans
2.
Which amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
16th
3.
Immediately following the Civil War and during Reconstruction, the intent of the Ku Klux Klan was to
a)
Register blacks to vote
b)
Protect blacks from violence
c)
help blacks find jobs
d)
Prevent blacks from voting
4.
Which amendment to the US Constitution guarantees equal protection under the law?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
16th
5.
Register blacks to vote, help former slaves, help poor southern whites- These statements were goals of which organization?
a)
Black Codes
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Radical Republicans
d)
Freedmen's Bureau
6.
Following the Civil War, most freedmen in the South made their living as
a)
tradesmen
b)
carpenters
c)
sharecroppers
d)
farmers
7.
Immediately following the Civil War, there was a concerted effort by southern whites to maintain
a)
civil disobedience
b)
integration
c)
equality
d)
white supremacy
8.
The public school system in GA was the result of laws passed during
a)
the Civil War
b)
the Antebellum period
c)
World War I
d)
Reconstruction
9.
The radical republican plan for Reconstruction was meant to
a)
Appease angry white landowners
b)
Foster further resentment
c)
Please Southern Democrats
d)
Punish the South for the Civil War
10.
Which amendment to the US Constitution granted black males the right to vote?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
16th
11.
Which BEST explains the reason the 14th Amendment was added to the Constitution?
a)
It was passed in response to the actions of the Freedmen's Bureau.
b)
It was passed in response to the actions of the Ku Klux Klan.
c)
It was passed in response to the passage of the black codes in the South.
d)
It was passed in response to attempts in the South to prevent blacks from voting.
12.
Which statement BEST describes the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau during Reconstruction?
a)
Register newly freed slaves to vote
b)
manage the distribution of farm land and animals to newly freed slaves
c)
help newly freed slaves adjust to their freedom
d)
provide education, training, and social services for newly freed slaves.
13.
Which statement accurately describes Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?
a)
Lincoln's plan consisted of numerous steps and would take years to complete.
b)
Lincoln's plan consisted of a few steps and was meant to be completed quickly.
c)
Lincoln's plan mirrored the radical republicans' plan.
d)
Lincoln's plan reflected the thinking of the majority of his party.
14.
These were laws passed in 1865 and 1866 in the former Confederate states to limit the rights and freedoms of African Americans
a)
13th amendment
b)
Freedmen's Bureau 
c)
Black codes
d)
Sharecropping
15.

Carpetbaggers were...

a)

Northerners coming to the South to help the Confederates regain power

b)

Southerners going North to escape former-Confederate hostility

c)

Northerns coming to the South to help the Freedmen

d)

Southerners going North to help abolitionists

16.

Which of the following is true about sharecropping

a)

Sharecropping favored the freeedmen.

b)

Many freedmen were able to buy new homes through sharecropping

c)

Most sharecroppers remained in debt or in a cycle of poverty

d)

Many state governments offered loan for sharecropping farmers.

17.
At the end of a harvest, a sharecropper would usually pay a land owner:
a)
the cash that was earned when the crops were sold.
b)
a portion of the crops that were produced.
c)
nothing.
d)
all of the crops that were produced.
18.
What was Lincoln’s Plan for Reconstruction?
a)
a.  Preserve the Union and end the Civil War as soon as possible
b)
a.  Send military control to the South and punish all Confederate Veterans
c)
a.  End the use of slave labor in the South and give all African Americans the right to vote
d)
a.  Prolong the war to punish the South and expel the Southern states from the Union
19.
A negative nickname given to northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War
a)
Carpetbagger
b)
Scalawag
c)
Redeemers
20.
Negative nickname given to Southerners who supported the Republicans during Reconstruction
a)
Carpetbagger
b)
Scalawag
c)
Redeemers
21.

Divided the south into 5 districts and placed them under military rule; required Southern states to ratify the 14th amendment

a)

14th Amendment

b)

15th Amendment

c)

Congressional Reconstruction

d)

Military Reconstruction

22.

A process led by Radical Republicans that led to usage of military force to protect blacks' rights

a)

Military Reconstruction

b)

Congressional Reconstruction

c)

13th Amendment

d)

!4th Amendment

23.

A system in GA after the Civil War in which prisoners were leased to companies for their labor

a)

Discrimination

b)

Military Reconstruction

c)

Convict Lease System

d)

Congressional Reconstruction

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