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WorksheetsReconstruction #2
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
One of the main points of South Carolina’s 1868 Constitution was that it:
a)
based representation on wealth
b)
gave women voting rights
c)
based representation on population
d)
setup segregation in public places
2.
How were the state and federal elections in 1876 for chief executive similar?
a)
Democrats won both races
b)
Republicans won both races
c)
Both sides claimed victory
d)
Both were found to be unconstitutional
3.
One of the main successes of Reconstruction was
a)
full civil rights for women
b)
improved public education
c)
improved race relations
d)
decline in political corruption
4.
What labor system replaced slavery in the South during Reconstruction?
a)
Sharecropping
b)
Indentured Servitude
c)
Encomienda System
d)
Communal Farming
5.
Who did white small farmers resent because they had to compete with them for work?
a)
plantation owners
b)
women
c)
freedmen
d)
intelligentsia
6.
Democrats who wanted to end corruption and take back power in S.C. during Reconstruction were called
a)
Redeemers
b)
Blue Shirts
c)
Blue Dogs
d)
Jim Crowers
7.
The theory supported by the Ku Klux Klan that the European race was superior and should be in power is called
a)
eurocentrism
b)
eugenics
c)
white supremacy
d)
ayranism
8.
Congress divided the South into military districts and placed it under martial law by passing the
a)
Reconstruction Acts
b)
Compromise of 1877
c)
Wade Davis Bill
d)
Civil Rights Act of 1866
9.
Wade Hampton’s armed supporters were called:
a)
the Black Militia
b)
Red Shirts
c)
Scalawags
d)
the Home Guard
10.
What Civil War hero became the first African-American to be elected to the U.S. Congress from S.C.?
a)
Robert Smalls
b)
Hiram Revels
c)
Jim Clyburn
d)
Denmark Vesey
11.
The commander of the 2nd Military District which included South Carolina and North Carolina was
a)
Jubal Early
b)
Albert Sidney Johnston
c)
Daniel Sickles
d)
Daniel Chamberlain
12.
The Republican carpetbagger governor of S.C. who lost to Wade Hampton in 1876 was
a)
Daniel Sickles
b)
Daniel Chamberlain
c)
Samuel J. Tilden
d)
Rutherford B. Hayes
13.
To grant full civil rights, especially the right to vote, is called:
a)
enfranchisement
b)
amnesty
c)
impeachment
d)
emancipation
14.
To bring charges against a government official is known as
a)
enfranchisement
b)
impeachment
c)
Eminent domain
d)
emancipation
15.
What group lost wealth and power and many were forced to work during Reconstruction?
a)
plantation owners
b)
women
c)
small farmers
d)
freedmen
16.
The term for an official pardon for an illegal act is called
a)
amnesty
b)
impeachment
c)
indictment
d)
enfranchisement
17.
What was the main goal of Reconstruction?
a)
to unite the nation
b)
to create military districts
c)
to place SC in district 2
d)
to rebuild the North
18.
How did life change for the elite South Carolinian women after the Civil War?
a)
They rose to political power
b)
They voted in every election
c)
They began to do tasks formerly done by slaves
d)
They stayed home and let men take care of them
19.
Which of the following demonstrates the refusal of whites to recognize the social and political rights of the freedmen?
a)
14th amendment
b)
15th amendment
c)
Black Codes
d)
Freedmen's Bureau
20.
After the Civil War, the South
a)
was destroyed and laid in ruins
b)
kept African Americans in slavery
c)
was renamed the Confederate States of America
d)
made sharecropping illegal
21.
Which legislation passed during Reconstruction is illustrated in the picture?
a)
13th amendment
b)
14th amendment
c)
15th amendment
d)
16th amendment
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