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WorksheetsSC History Reconstruction
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 16mins
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Class
Date
1.
Why was President Lincoln's goals for reconstruction?
a)
End the war as quickly as possible
b)
Punish the South
c)
Punish the Confederates
2.
What were the main points of Lincoln's Reconstruction plan?
a)
10% of Population had to swear allegiance to the Union
b)
Southern States had to ratify the 13th amendment
c)
States would have to write new constitutions
d)
all of these
3.
How was Lincoln's Plan and Johnson's plan different?
a)
Johnson's plan required 50% of the population to swear allegiance
b)
Johnson's plan required southern elites to individually request pardons
c)
Johnson's plan required all Confederate military leaders to be tried and killed
4.
What was congress' objective for their reconstruction plan?
a)
To ensure Southern Punishment
b)
To protect Freedmen and Republican political power
c)
To protect the rights of southern elites
d)
To not allow Confederates return in politics
5.
What did SC & other southern Legislatures do during the months following Appomattox, when congress was not in session?
a)
Passed Black Codes and elected former Confederates to office
b)
Passed laws giving women political power
c)
Set up programs to give housing and medical aid for Freedmen
d)
Set up programs to give Fredmen Jobs
6.
What were the provisions of the Congressional Plan for Reconstruction?
a)
Confederates couldn't hold office
b)
Southern States readmitted to the union
c)
Black males earned voting rights
d)
All of these
7.
Who had to approve Southern States new constitutions before they could re-enter the Union?
a)
The President
b)
Congress and Eligible voters
c)
Congress only
d)
Supreme Courts
8.
How did President Johnson significantly change Reconstruction Policy?
a)
Supported the 14th amendment
b)
Vetoed an extension of the Freedman's Bureau & opposed the 14th amendment
c)
Encouraged the use of Military force
d)
Extended the power of the Freedman's bureau
9.
What was "radical" about the plans for Radical Reconstruction?
a)
The South was split into Military districts
b)
South was to pay fines
c)
Southern Confederates were to be arrested and sent to Washington
10.
What role did sharecropping play in SC?
a)
Aided economic reconstruction
b)
no affect on economic reconstruction
c)
made African Americans rich
11.
Who was the Freedman's Bureau created to assist?
a)
Union Soldiers & their families
b)
Confederate soldiers and their families
c)
Children that lost everything
d)
Anyone who was affected by the war
12.
In what ways did the Freedman's Bureau provide assistance?
a)
food and clothing
b)
medical care and protection
c)
education and job opportunities
d)
all of these
13.
Why was the Bureau forced to take back land, once given to Freedmen?
a)
President Johnson pardoned the white owners and returned their property
b)
Lincoln declared the act of distributing land was unconstitutional
c)
Congress wanted the land to build schools and hospitals
d)
Bureau needed the land to sell in order to fund the programs
14.
What was the underlying reason President Andrew Johnson was impeached?
a)
Refusal to support the 13th amendment
b)
Power struggle with Congress over Reconstruction
c)
Refusal to appoint justices to the Supreme Court
15.
What was the most important contribution of the Freedman's Bureau?
a)
Food banks over the South
b)
Churches and Community centers
c)
Over one thousand schools throughout the south
16.
After Civil War, what was required of southern states before they could form new governments?
a)
Turn over plantations to be distributed to Freedmen
b)
Turn over Confederate officers to be tried for treason
c)
Ratify & abide by the 13th amendment
17.
How did the 13th amendment impact the lives of African and White populations in the south?
a)
Little change to AA, but profound change to whites
b)
Profound changes to AA but little changes to whites
c)
caused AA and whites to unite and work together
d)
Forced whites to respect and recognize AA rights
18.
Why were Black Codes enacted?
a)
Provide free farmland to African Americans
b)
Restrict the rights of former slaves
c)
Guarantee civil rights to AA
d)
Support the Freedman's Bureau
19.
What did the 14th amendment do?
a)
Made slavery illegal
b)
Granted citizenship and equal protection
c)
granted the right to vote
20.
What impact did the 13th amendment and Civil War have on the plantation owners in SC?
a)
Not much impact was affected
b)
Many sustained property damage but not affected by the 13th amendment
c)
Owners lost their work force and suffered significant damage to their land
21.
What was the purpose of the 15th amendment?
a)
give AA the right to vote
b)
Officially end the Reconstruction era
c)
Gave women the right to vote
22.
How did sharecropping impact the lives of Freedmen?
a)
It had a positive impact, because it allowed Freedmen to provide for their families
b)
It kept slaves tied to the plantation system and in a cycle of debt
c)
It gave Freedmen complete control of the plantation system
23.
What did plantation owners and small farmers have in common during the period of reconstruction?
a)
Both were resentful of Freedmen & used violence and intimidation against AA
b)
Both tries to help Freedmen integrate into society
c)
Both wanted to move toward manufacturing and trade
d)
both wanted to enforce the provisions of the Reconstruction amendments
24.
Which describes the impact on SC women during the reconstruction period?
a)
They weren't impacted
b)
Brought profound positive change to women and gave many civil rights
c)
Wives of elite and small farmers lost social status but gained civil rights
d)
All women gained the right to vote
25.
What were true of Freedmen in the South?
a)
Worked to consolidate families and communities
b)
Established churched and organizations
c)
Returned to areas they knew best including former plantations
d)
all of these
26.
Who are northern immigrants who came to SC as teachers, missionaries, and/or entrepreneurs?
a)
Scalawags
b)
Patriots
c)
Loyalists
d)
Carpetbaggers
27.
Which describes the participation of AA in government during the Reconstruction period in SC?
a)
Rarely participated in politics
b)
Had Greater political power in SC than any other state
c)
They were banned from participating in politics
d)
Served in ALL political offices including the Governorship
28.
Which best describes the reconstruction government's lasting legacy in SC?
a)
Created vigilante groups
b)
Granted suffrage for AA and White females
c)
Established social service programs for the blind/deaf, public health care & public schools
d)
Relocated the state's capital from Charleston to Columbia to ease tensions.
29.
In 1866, a group formed in the South to fight against the rising influences of AA. What was the name of that group?
a)
Sons of Anarchy
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Federalist
d)
Partisans
30.
What incident involved the killing of 6 black militia members by a white mob in Aiken County?
a)
Nat Turner Rebellion
b)
Hamburg Massacre
c)
Stono Rebellion
d)
Denmark Vessey Plat
31.
What was the result of the election of Wade Hampton to the governorship of SC?
a)
Reconstruction came to an end in SC as the democratic party took over government
b)
AA were able to gain more rights
c)
Policy continued to provide protection to AA
32.
What was the result of the Confederacy withholding cotton from European markets?
a)
Great success
b)
It backfired on the confederacy
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