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WorksheetsReconstruction
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 18mins
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1.
The 13th amendment to the Constitution was the first of the "Reconstruction Amendments," What was the purpose of this amendment?
a)
to give women the right to vote
b)
to allow the Confederate States to re-enter the Union
c)
to give African Americans the right to vote
d)
to abolish slavery
2.
The 15th amendment to the Constitution was the last of the "Reconstruction Amendments," and it was ratified in 1870. What was the purpose of this amendment?
a)
to give African Americans the right to vot
b)
to establish a federal income tax
to establish a federal income tax
c)
to give women the right to vote
to give women the right to vote
d)
to officially end the "Reconstruction Era"
3.
Strict punishment of Confederate veterans and financial assistance to African Americans were policies pushed by which of the following group during the Reconstruction Era?
a)
Radical Democrats
Radical Democrats
b)
Moderate Republicans
c)
Radical Republicans
d)
Moderate Democrats
4.
The 14th amendment to the Constitution was the second of the "Reconstruction Amendments." What was the purpose of this amendment?
a)
to give African Americans the right to vote
b)
to give all American citizens equal protection under the law
c)
to abolish slavery
d)
to officially terminate the government of the Confederate States of America
to officially terminate the government of the Confederate States of America
5.
One of the most heavily debated programs of Reconstruction was the Freedman's Bureau. While it had mixed results, the primary goal of this program was to:
a)
prevent the African American population from voting in federal elections.
b)
establish the "sharecropping" system to make sure that white farmers continued to employ African Americans.
c)
provide newly freed slaves with food, shelter, work, and education.
d)
to enforce "Black Codes," or laws that treated African Americans as second-class citizens
6.
Which of the following men assassinated President Abraham Lincoln only two weeks after the Civil War ended?
a)
John Wilkes Booth
b)
Edwin Stanton
c)
Thaddeus Stevens
d)
Samual Tilden
7.
The members of Congress battled with both presidents because they felt that the Presidential Reconstruction Plans:
a)
were too focused on helping the freed African slaves, but not on helping the poor, white farmers.
b)
were too strict to allow the Union to ever be reunited as it was prior to the Civil War.
c)
were too lenient on the Southern states that had rebelled against the Union.
d)
were created too quickly without consulting the former leaders of the Confederate states.
8.
The term "scalawag" refers to a small and useless animal. What types of people were described as "scalawags" during the Reconstruction Era?
a)
Northern citizens who moved south to take advantage of the disorder and destruction
b)
Southern Republicans who were sympathetic to the Northern politicians in the South.
c)
Newly freed slaves who were competing for jobs with the poor, white population.
d)
Veterans of the Civil War who refused to return to civilian life in the South.
9.
In 1866, a group formed in the South to fight against the rising influence of African Americans in the South. Members of this group often turned to violence and intimidation, What was the name of this controversial group?
a)
Sons of the Confederacy
b)
Neo-Nazis
c)
Ku Klux Klan
d)
Black Separatists
10.
A sharecropper is a farm worker who does not receive any money for his work. Instead, he is paid with a share of the crops that he helped grow. Why did many African Americans accept this kind of an arrangement during the late 1800s?
a)
Crops (such as cotton and tobacco) were more valuable than money.
b)
Sharecroppers were treated better than paid employees
c)
People agreed to be sharecroppers in order to avoid having to work in the factories.
d)
There were so few paying jobs for African Americans that they were willing to accept any kind of work they could find.
11.
Northerners who came to South Carolina during Reconstruction were often called "carpetbaggers" because they carried their belongings in a carpet bag. Which of the following describes why South Carolinians despised the carpetbaggers so much?
a)
They added heavily populated areas of South Carolina that were already extrememly overcrowded by the end of the Civil War.
b)
They tried to make the cities in South Carolina mirror the major cities in the North
c)
The used the destruction of the South for political and financial gain
d)
They stopped South Carolinians from organizing another rebellion against the North.
12.
The Reconstruction plans of President Abraham Lincoln, and later President Andrew Johnson, were not liked by everyone. In fact, the members of Congress battled with both presidents because they felt that the Presidential Reconstruction Plans:
a)
were too focused on helping the freed African slaves, but not on helping the poor, white farmers.
b)
were too strict to allow the Union to ever be reunited as it was prior to the Civil War.
c)
were too lenient on the Southern states that had rebelled against the Union.
d)
were created too quickly without consulting the former leaders of the Confederate states.
13.
The Ku Klux Klan was a terrorist organization that started during Reconstruction. The group targeted African Americans.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
After two centuries of slavery, the Black Codes passed following the Civil War finally gave African Americans the same freedoms as the white population.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
In 1868, Andrew Johnson became the first American president to be impeached. However, he was not removed from office
a)
True
b)
False
16.
Overall, Reconstruction
a)
established constitutional amendments that wouldn't be fully enforced for decades
b)
was a complete success
c)
was a complete failure
d)
was fully embraced by the South
17.
All of the following resulted from the end of Reconstruction EXCEPT:
a)
The Democrats would control the South for over 100 years
b)
Jim Crow laws were passed to segregate blacks from whites and place other limits on their rights.
c)
Sharecropping becomes the dominant economy in the South
d)
Blacks continued to enjoy increased freedoms and equality
18.
Many southern states passed laws after the Compromise of 1877. The laws that legalized the segregation of whites and blacks were called
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Black Codes
c)
Freedman's Bureau
d)
Reconstruction
19.
Northerners who migrated to the mostly destroyed post-war south to make large profits and/or help freedmen were known as
a)
Scalawags
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Carpetbaggers
d)
Sharecroppers
20.
The President that Congress tried to impeach during Reconstruction was:
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Rutherford Hayes
21.
Which of the following was NOT a part of the Freedman's Bureau?
a)
Helped reconnecting slaves with their families
b)
Helped provide African Americans with education
c)
Helped provide food for former slaves
d)
Helped create new Black Codes for freedmen
22.
Which of the following was NOT a goal of Reconstruction?
a)
Reunite the North and the South
b)
Bring back the Southern economy
c)
Develop the economic system of sharecropping for freedmen
d)
Determine what to do with 4 million freed African Americans
23.
Reconstruction was the process of
a)
rebuilding the South after the Civil War
b)
creating land zones for freedmen after the Civil War
c)
instituting Black Codes for former slaves
d)
eliminating the plantation economy in the South
24.
What did the Radical Republicans want to give African Americans?
a)
40 acres and a mule
b)
Full Citizenship and right to vote
c)
A weekly paycheck
d)
Jobs to take care of their family
25.
Newly freed African-Americans formed the
a)
NAACP
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Freedman's Bureau
d)
Congress
26.
What amendment guaranteed that all citizens, regardless of race have equal protection under the law?
a)
12th Amendment
b)
13th Amendment
c)
14th Amendment
d)
15th Amendment
27.
What amendment ended slavery?
a)
12th Amendment
b)
13th Amendment
c)
14th Amendment
d)
15th Amendment
28.
What amendment gave voting rights to African American males?
a)
12th Amendment
b)
13th Amendment
c)
14th Amendment
d)
15th Amendment
29.
After the Civil War, slavery was replaced with
a)
Minecraft
b)
Sharecropping
c)
Jobs
d)
Free Labor
30.
Jim Crow laws included
a)
literacy tests, poll taxes and a grandfather clause
b)
grandfather clause, physical exam, court cases
c)
english requirements, photo id, citizenship
d)
all blacks in voting, women could vote, food tax
31.
When racial groups are separated from one another, this is called _____________.
a)
segregation
b)
impeachment
c)
sharecropping
32.
__________________ is an unfair difference in the treatment of people.
a)
discrimination
b)
separation
c)
tenant
33.
When a government official is charged with wrongdoing in office, he may be _____________.
a)
impeached
b)
forgot
c)
profited
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