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WorksheetsReconstruction
Total questions: 54
Worksheet time: 1hrs 2mins
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Class
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1.
Carpetbaggers moved south to
a)
Control politics
b)
Stop violence against African Americans
c)
Take advantage of southern economic conditions
d)
All of the above
2.
What does white supremacy mean?
a)
The movement for equal rights for all races
b)
The idea that whites are superior
c)
Whites are less important than blacks
3.
What case created the doctrine of "separate but equal"?
a)
the Civil Rights Cases
b)
Marbury v. Madison
c)
Plessy v. Ferguson?
d)
Mc Culloch v. Maryland
4.
Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?
a)
Nathan Bedford Forrest
b)
John Wilkes Booth
c)
Henry Clay
d)
John Breckinridge
5.
Which of the following was not a part of the Freedman's Bureau?
a)
Helped reconnecting slaves with their families
b)
Helped create African American Colleges
c)
Helped feed slaves
d)
Forced African Americans to become sharecroppers
6.
A Northerner who moved to the South to take advantage of the poverty is called a...
a)
Carpetlegger
b)
Carpetmatcher
c)
Carpetflyer
d)
Carpetbagger
7.
After an electoral dispute, it was agreed that Rutherford B. Hayes would become President if he ended Reconstruction. This is often referred to as:
a)
Radical Election
b)
Compromise of 1877
c)
The corrupt bargain
d)
Illegal compromise
8.
This plan threw out the governments of any state who refused to ratify the 14th amendment. It also divided the South into 5 military districts controlled by a General and Federal troops.
a)
Lincoln's Plan
b)
Johnson's Plan
c)
Radical Reconstruction
d)
Wade-Davis Bill
9.
The ruling in Supreme Court case, Plessy v. Ferguson, was significant because it upheld:
a)
That former slaves were not citizens
b)
That States had the power to secede
c)
That "Jim Crow" or segregation laws were Constitutional as long as things were equal.
d)
That "Jim Crow" or segregation laws were unconstitutional.
10.
What did the Southern Elite replace the "Slave Codes" with?
a)
The Black Codes
b)
The Jim Crow Law
c)
The 14th Amendment
d)
The 15th Amendment
11.
Which of the following was NOT used to keep citizens from voting in the south?
a)
The Grandfather Clause
b)
The Poll Tax
c)
The Mathematics Test
d)
The Literacy Test
12.
What group in Congress felt that Lincoln's plan was too lenient?
a)
Deciduous Democrats
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Wistful Whigs
d)
Fancy Federalists
13.
What happened to President Johnson after he fired Secretary of War Edwin Stanton?
a)
Nothing
b)
People praised him as a hero
c)
He was impeached
d)
He was assassinated
14.
Who wanted to readmit states to the Union when 10% of the voters took an oath of allegiance?
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Andrew Jackson
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
The Radical Republicans
15.
After the slaves were freed in 1865, how did white Southerners force African Americans to live in slave-like conditions?
a)
They got the government to send troops to bully the blacks.
b)
By not allowing blacks to move North to work in factories.
c)
They send the Ku Klux Klan to burn their job applications
d)
Black Codes allowed them to arrest unemployed blacks, Share Cropping, Literacy Tests for voting, refused to hire them, and the Ku Klux Klan was started.
16.
Who were the Scalawags?
a)
Naughty children
b)
Pirates
c)
White Southern Republicans who worked to enforce Reconstruction
d)
Northern Democrats
17.
Who were the Carpetbaggers?
a)
Northerners who went to the South carrying suitcases made of carpet who wanted to help blacks and/or make money on the Reconstruction of the South
b)
People who carry carry carpets in a bag
c)
People who installed carpet for Southerners
d)
Southerners who went to the North to profit from Reconstruction
18.
What does "separate but equal" mean?
a)
Whites and blacks should have their own, separate public places (like bathrooms, areas on the bus, etc.)
b)
When you divide up candy between you and your siblings. Everyone gets his/her own separate but equal stash.
c)
When boys and girls have different sports teams and bathrooms.
d)
When your neighbor's house is just as nice as yours.
19.
Who were the radical republicans?
a)
Northerners who wanted to belong to the Klu Klux Klan
b)
Southerners who liked to be friends with Southern Democrats
c)
Southern Republicans who had to make many changes before their states could be readmitted to the union. Also legislators who wanted the South punished for the Civil War
d)
Northerners who hated carpetbaggers
20.
What was the Compromise of 1877?
a)
The outcome of the battle of Gettysburg
b)
An agreement that all slaves would be freed.
c)
An agreement that started the Reconstruction.
d)
An agreement that the president would withdraw all troops from the South, appoint a Southerner to his cabinet, and allow Southerners to hold government offices. It ended the Reconstruction.
21.
What were literacy tests?
a)
PARCC tests for African Americans
b)
MAP tests for all Southerners
c)
Some states required voters to prove they could read before they were allowed to vote
d)
Blacks were allowed to be freed only if they could read and write
22.
What were the Jim Crow Laws?
a)
Laws that all crows in the South must be named Jim
b)
Laws to keep blacks and white separate in public places
c)
Laws that helped African Americans get equal rights
d)
Laws that ensured all blacks would be treated equally to whites
23.
What was the Ku Klux Klan?
a)
A group the used violence and terrorism to try to keep blacks from having civil rights and white Southern Republicans from supporting blacks
b)
Dudes in pointy white hats who like to eat at Waffle House
c)
A gang of Northerners who hate African Americans
d)
A club that helped African Americans get more rights
24.
What agency established by congress in 1865 provided food, clothing, medical supplies to needy blacks?
a)
Freedmen's Bureau
b)
American Red Cross
c)
Wounded Warriors
d)
United Negro Fund
25.
What was the greatest success of the Freedmen's Bureau?
a)
Finding Jobs for Blacks
b)
Opening freedom Schools
c)
Issuing out land
d)
Providing hospital care for the sick
26.
Who was Abraham Lincoln's Vice President that took office after Lincoln's assassination?
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Rutherford B. Hayes
c)
Andrew Johnson
d)
Andrew Jackson
27.
The series of laws enacted during reconstruction to limit the civil rights of blacks were known as?
a)
Slave codes
b)
Black Codes
c)
White Codes
d)
Civil Rights Codes
28.
What secret organization started after the Civil War, using intimidation methods and violence to influence society?
a)
Union League
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Freedmen's Bureau
d)
Talented Tenth
29.
What did Radical Republicans support before and after the Civil War?
a)
African Americans and women should not be able to vote.
b)
African Americans should only be allowed to live in the North.
c)
Children under the age of 13 should not be allowed to work.
d)
African Americans should have equal rights.
30.
Which of the following best describes the Southern economy after the Civil War?
a)
Slow recovery still dependent on agriculture
b)
Recovering because it built factories and industrialized
c)
Immigration from Europe helped the economy
d)
African Americans led the economic recovery
31.
Which of the following best describes Sharecropping for African Americans?
a)
African Americans owned their own land
b)
African Americans rented land at low prices until they could buy it from the owner
c)
African Americans farmed the land giving half of what they grew to the owner of the land
d)
African Americans were given 40 acres of land to farm
32.
Why was the Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson important?
a)
It outlawed lynching
b)
It ended Reconstruction
c)
It declared that poll taxes were illegal
d)
It ruled that segregation was constitutional
33.
Which of the following best describes what made the Reconstruction Acts work?
a)
Southerners gradually accepted the equality of African Americans
b)
President Andrew Johnson supported the reforms
c)
The South was occupied with troops to enforce the reforms
d)
The Compromise of 1877
34.
Which of the following best describes the result of former Confederates being barred from registering to vote in 1867?
a)
Elections were not run properly
b)
No elections were held in many states
c)
White women were the largest group of voters
d)
Freedmen were the largest group of voters
35.
The 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution...
a)
guarantees African Americans free speech
b)
Outlawed slavery in the United States
c)
gave African Americans the right to vote
d)
rejoined the South and the North
36.
Who wanted to readmit states to the Union when 10% of the voters took an oath of allegiance?
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Andrew Jackson
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
The Radical Republicans
37.
Which is untrue about President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction Plan?
a)
The North will forgive most who take an oath of loyalty to the Union
b)
No pardons will be available to high ranking Confederate officers or rich Southerners
c)
The North will not ever allow the South to ever fully readmit the United States
d)
Southern states must approve 13th Amendment before being readmitted
38.
The 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution...
a)
Gave African Americans citizenship
b)
Gave African Americans the right to vote
c)
Freed the slaves
d)
Gave landowners the right to sharecrop
39.
This plan threw out the governments of any state who refused to ratify the 14th amendment. It also divided the South into 5 military districts controlled by a General and Federal troops.
a)
Lincoln's Plan
b)
Johnson's Plan
c)
Radical Republicans
d)
Wade-Davis Bill
40.
The 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution...
a)
Gave African Americans the right to own businesses
b)
Freed the Slaves
c)
Gave African American men the right to vote
d)
Forced African Americans back into slavery
41.
These were laws that made it illegal for African Americans to live or work in certain areas and allowed whites to arrest African Americans who were not working. Once arrested they would be forced to work for white landowners.
a)
Freedman's Bureau
b)
Reconstruction
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
42.
What does this photo say about how newly freed slaves were treated during Reconstruction?
a)
Everyone was getting along, regardless of race
b)
They were treated worse that slaves
c)
They were provided more opportunities
d)
Whites worked with African Americans to fix the problems of the South
43.
What ended Reconstruction?
a)
Plessy v. Ferguson
b)
the Civil Rights Cases
c)
Compromise of 1877
d)
Lincoln's assassination
44.
African Americans gained political representation under which plan?
a)
Johnson's
b)
Lincoln's
c)
Radical Republicans
45.
How were carpetbaggers viewed by the South?
a)
Unwanted
b)
Welcomed
c)
Heroes
d)
God figures
46.
The first African American US senator was
a)
Thaddeus Stevens
b)
Frederick Douglas
c)
Hiram Revels
d)
Blanche K. Bruce
47.
What clause of the 14th amendment was Plessy v. Ferguson based on?
a)
dual citizenship
b)
segregation
c)
due process
d)
equal protection
48.
What did the 14th Amendment do?
a)
It outlawed slavery in every state in the union.
b)
It allows Congress to impeach a president.
c)
It gave women the right to vote
d)
It made everyone born in the US a citizen of the US and required laws to be applied equally to all US citizens.
49.
What is impeachment?
a)
When a president is charged with a high crime or a misdemeanor by the House of Representatives.
b)
When the president commits a crime and gets sent to jail.
c)
When the president is too supportive of some laws instead of others.
d)
When the president wastes too much government money.
50.
Which amendment gave African American men the right to vote?
a)
15th
b)
14th
c)
13th
d)
11th
51.
Which amendment abolished slavery?
a)
15th
b)
14th
c)
13th
d)
1st
52.
Which of the following best describes why Northerners lost interest in the Reconstruction in the 1870’s?
a)
They had their own economic problems and were tired sending troops to the South to enforce the purpose of the Reconstruction.
b)
They believed that the South was rebuilt and needed no more from the Federal Government
c)
They believed that equality between the races had been achieved
d)
The Ku Klux Klan was defeated so there was no need for keeping the military in the South
53.
Which amendment gave citizenship rights to African Americans?
a)
15th
b)
14th
c)
13th
d)
3rd
54.
What did sharecropping and tenant farming have in common during the Reconstruction?
a)
They both forced freedmen into debt peonage which was not that much different than slavery
b)
They both helped freedmen to create equality in schools and education
c)
They both forced freedmen to migrate westward
d)
They both helped freedmen to own land
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