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WorksheetsRECONSTRUCTION UNIT 9
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 4hrs 50mins
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Class
Date
1.
What important rights given to freed slaves would Frederick Douglass be excited about?
a)
Right to go swimming
b)
Right to fish in the lake
c)
Right to own land
d)
Unalienable rights as shown i the declaration of Independence
2.
What did the devastation after 4 years of fighting and the confederate states needing to be admitted cause?
a)
Colonial Era
b)
Reconstruction Era
c)
Early Republic Era
d)
Civil War Era
3.
Why can Congress add amendments to the Constitution such as the 13th, 14th and 15?
a)
The constitution must be constantly transformed to keep up with society as it changes
b)
Congress gets bored and wants to change things
c)
The Constitution cannot be amended
d)
The House of Burgesses can amend their constitution
4.
Why was the 13th Amendment written even though Lincoln had freed the slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation?
a)
Congress wanted to be involved in freeing the slaves.
b)
To make the Civil War end quicker.
c)
To ensure every freed slave was a citizen
d)
There was uncertainty whether a President could lawfully free the slaves
5.
Southern states passed the Black Codes to?
a)
To keep the slaves as slaves
b)
To limit the effects of the Reconstruction amendments
c)
To increase the number of representatives in the South
d)
To keep the Union army in the South
6.
Why were the Homestead Act, Morrill Act and Dawes Acts passed?
a)
To show how the African and Natives are different
b)
To limit the effects of the Reconstruction Amendments
c)
To improve relationships with the Native Americans
d)
To expand the development in the West
7.
What was the purpose of the Reconstruction Amendments (13th, 14th and 15)?
a)
Free Slaves
b)
Allow the freed slaves to be citizen
c)
To extend rights to African Americans
d)
To protect the rights of Southernrs
8.
The Jim Crow laws and the Black Codes were similar in that they???
a)
were a response to the lack of employment in the South
b)
To limit the effectiveness of the 14th and 15th amendments
c)
To respond to the Morill Act
d)
To protect the rights of the Native Americanas
9.
What social problems did the African Americans face during Reconstruction?
a)
Southern farmers were hiring them
b)
Violence including breaking into houses, knocking down people
c)
Limited effectiveness of the 14th and 15th amendments
d)
The Freedmen's Bureau wasn't helping them much
10.
What does this picture represent?
a)
The South being given a lot of luggage
b)
The United States forcing women to work in the factories
c)
The sharecropping rules were wring.
d)
Southern society was oppressed by the Radical Republican policies
11.
Which amendment allowed the African Americans to move freely around the United States?
a)
14th
b)
10th
c)
15th
d)
13th
12.
Who was the first black U.S. Senator?
a)
Cripus Attucks
b)
John Paul Jones
c)
Hiram Rhodes Revels
d)
Andrew Jackson
13.
The provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 was important because?
a)
It was the 1st time Congress had passed a law protecting racial minorites
b)
It was the first time with the Southern society felt the oppression of the North
c)
It was the first time the African Americans could move freely around the United States
d)
It extended rights to tenant farmers
14.
Who opposed Lincoln's idea of being humble and kind to the Southerners after the end of the Civil War?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Andrew Johnson
c)
Democratic Republicans
d)
Radical Republicans
15.
Why did the sharecropping idea NOT benefit the African Americans?
a)
They had freedom to purchase their farm land
b)
They were tied to the white landowner because they could never get out of debt
c)
General Sherman and his army destroyed all the land
d)
The Freedmen's bureau told them it was a bad idea
16.
What organization distributed clothing and food, set up a judicial system to help the blacks and white and education opportunities for the former slaves?
a)
Congress
b)
Freemen's Bureau
c)
Southern Plantation Society
d)
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