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WorksheetsUnit 8 - Reconstruction Review
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
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Class
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1.
After slavery, African Americans in the South were
a)
Given the opportunity to receive an education
b)
Returned to slavery because no one knew what to do with them
c)
Sent west to live in California
2.
The Freedman's Bureau was established to
a)
Help Democrats retake power
b)
Help African Americans and poor white southerners after the war
c)
Makes whites work so African Americans didn't have to
3.
In order to rejoin the Union under the Radical Reconstruction government, southern states had to ratify the
a)
Emancipation Proclimation
b)
Civil Rights Act
c)
14th Amendment
4.
Lincoln's plan was called the 10 percent plan because
a)
the South had to pay 10% of its taxes to the North to rejoin
b)
10% had to leave the South and move North
c)
10% of the states male population had to swear loyalty to the Union and form a new government
5.
President Johnson wanted to forgive the South but also assured white Southerners that life would remain much as it did before the war. He accomplished this by
a)
allowing whites to continue to run Southern governments
b)
letting Confederate generals rule
c)
restoring slavery to plantations
6.
There was much conflict between Congress and President Johnson over Reconstruction, what was one bill that was passed even after Johnson’s veto?
a)
The 13th Amendment banning slavery
b)
The Civil Rights Act
c)
The Emancipation Proclamation
7.
Was Johnson removed from office after the impeachment trial
a)
Yes
b)
No
8.
What is impeachment?
a)
Removing the president from office
b)
Giving the President the chance to get a third term
c)
Bring a president up on charges in order to remove from office
9.
Why was President Johnson impeached?
a)
Violated the 14th Amendment
b)
Violated the Tenure of Office Act
c)
Fought on the side of the Confederacy
10.
What kept freed African Americans in a slavelike state
a)
The KKK
b)
Black Codes
c)
Slavery returning after the war
11.
The right to vote was granted in 1870 under the 15th amendment so that..”to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude” but this still left out which of the following groups?
a)
poor whites
b)
poor blacks
c)
women
12.
What brought Reconstruction to an end?
a)
the KKK
b)
the Enforcement Acts
c)
the Compromise of 1877
13.
African American voters were most likely to vote for
a)
republican candidates, whether black or white
b)
they didn't feel like voting
c)
southern white democrats
14.
How did Reconstruction give democrats the “Solid South?”
a)
It increased hatred for the Republican Party in the South as “Redeemers” (democrats) took back power
b)
It increased support for the Republican Party in the South as Republicans remained in power and more African Americans joined the government
c)
It created a new party in the South that supported reintroducing slavery
15.
What was the name given to the segregation laws that took place after Reconstruction
a)
Black Supremacy Law
b)
Jim Crow
c)
Sundown Laws
16.
The 14th Amendment did which of the following
a)
Freed the Slaves in the Southern States
b)
Denied Freedmen the right to vote
c)
Guaranteed Citizenship to former Slaves
17.
What did President Grant do to eliminate the KKK?
a)
he left it up to the Southern states
b)
He used the army and suspended habeas corpus
c)
nothing, he was a membe
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