WorksheetsReconstruction
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 17mins
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Class
Date
1.
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
2.
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
3.
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
4.
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
5.
What amendment abolished slavery?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
16th
6.
Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?
a)
Nathan Bedford Forrest
b)
John Wilkes Booth
c)
Henry Clay
d)
John Breckinridge
7.
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
8.
What problem did many farmers have under the sharecropping system?
a)
They were forced to grow cash crops instead of food.
b)
They often were trapped in a cycle or circle of debt.
c)
Many sharecroppers were forced to buy goods on credit.
d)
All choices are true.
9.
Laws passed by southern states soon after the Compromise of 1877. These laws legalized segregation whites and blacks to use separate facilities.
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Black Codes
c)
Freedman's Bureau
d)
Reconstruction
10.
The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War.
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Freedman's Bureau
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
11.
Made African Americans citizens.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
12.
Guaranteed all men the right to vote no matter their race.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
13.
Abolished slavery throughout the United States.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
14.
The organization put in place after the Civil War to provide food, clothing, health care and education in the South was known as:
a)
The Civil Rights Committee
b)
The Freedmen's Bureau
c)
The Welfare Committee
d)
The Salvation Army
15.
What were "Literacy Tests" use for?
a)
To test if someone was smart enough to work
b)
To test if someone was smart enough to run for office
c)
To test if someone was smart enough to vote
d)
To test if someone was smart enough to own land
16.
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
17.
What would cause the South to be poor after the Civil War?
a)
Confederate Generals were arrested
b)
The South rejoined the North
c)
The Ku Klux Klan was formed
d)
The slaves were set free
18.
Which of the following is not true about Literacy Tests for African Americans during the Reconstruction?
a)
The tests were graded by African Americans
b)
The tests were wordy and confusing
c)
The tests were timed
d)
The tests were graded by whites
19.
In both sharecropping and slavery, all of the following are true except...
a)
African Americans were poor
b)
African Americans worked in fields
c)
African Americans worked under white men
d)
African Americans had to pay for their tools and food
20.
All of the following are successes of Reconstruction except...
a)
The 13th Amendment
b)
The advent of sharecropping
c)
The Freedman's Bureau
d)
The 15th Amendment
21.
All of the following are failures of Reconstruction except...
a)
The formation of the KKK
b)
The use of Literacy Tests against African Americans
c)
The introduction of sharecropping
d)
The Freedman's Bureau
22.
Who was the most powerful in sharecropping?
a)
Slaves
b)
Ex-slaves
c)
Landowners
d)
White workers
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