WorksheetsReconstruction Review
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 42mins
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1.
If you had been a White Southerner during this time, what would your goal(s) have been for Reconstruction?
a)
I would want my life to return to as normal as possible with very little change.
b)
I would want equal voting rights for all African Americans.
c)
I would want President Lincoln to follow through with his plan to abolish slavery.
d)
I would want to extend the Freedman’s Bureau to protect the rights of African Americans.
2.
Many Southerners felt that carpetbaggers were people who moved from the North to ______________.
a)
help promote Johnson’s Reconstruction plan.
b)
build schools and churches with the Freedman’s Bureau.
c)
economically take advantage of Southerners devastated by the war.
d)
join the KKK and promote the Black Codes.
3.
What was the aim or aims of African Americans during Reconstruction?
a)
Reunite with their families
b)
Enjoy the freedom that had been denied to them
c)
Establish strong communities and places to worship
d)
All of these
4.
How did the 13th amendment protect the rights of African Americans and improve their opportunities?
a)
African American men were able to hold political office.
b)
African American men were able vote.
c)
A. African Americans were freed.
d)
A. African Americans were made citizens, thus gaining “equal protection under the law.”
5.
How did the 14th amendment protect the rights of African Americans and improve their opportunities?
a)
African American men were able to hold political office.
b)
African American men were able vote.
c)
A. African Americans were freed.
d)
A. African Americans were made citizens, thus gaining “equal protection under the law.”
6.
How did the 15th amendment protect the rights of African Americans and improve their opportunities?
a)
African American men were able to hold political office.
b)
African American men were able vote.
c)
A. African Americans were freed.
d)
A. African Americans were made citizens, thus gaining “equal protection under the law.”
7.
How did the Freedman’s Bureau impact the lives of African Americans?
a)
It helped former slaves find family members sold as slaves.
b)
It gave them money to travel west and find jobs.
c)
It provided them food, clothing, education, and medical care.
d)
It guaranteed them the right to vote.
8.
Which was a system used in the South after the Civil War in which farmers rented land from a landowner by promising to pay the owner back with a certain amount of money they made from selling their crops?
a)
feudalism
b)
Freedman’s Bureau
c)
sharecropping
d)
segregation
9.
After Reconstruction, blacks were not allowed to sit in the same areas at the theater as whites. They had to sit in the back part of the theater, while whites sat at the front of the theater. This is an example of:
a)
desegregation
b)
integration
c)
segregation
d)
reconstruction
10.
Because of the rise of discriminatory groups such as the KKK, the rights and opportunities of newly freed African Americans were affected. What is one way they were affected?
a)
African Americans were terrorized and intimidated.
b)
African Americans were able to vote.
c)
African Americans were free to build communities and reunite with families.
d)
African Americans were able to sign sharecropping agreements.
11.
What impact did the event portrayed have on the start of the Reconstruction Era?
a)
Abraham Lincoln was unable to follow through with his harsh Reconstruction plans and punish the South for starting the war.
b)
A new hope was given to the Confederate Army and the Civil War went on for several more months.
c)
Abraham Lincoln was unable to follow through with his mild Reconstruction plans to let the South re-join the Union.
d)
The Reconstruction Era began peacefully as the North and South joined together to honor their fallen leader.
12.
Which of the following describes how Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction compared with Lincoln’s plan?
a)
Both Lincoln and Johnson wanted to make it very difficult for the South to rejoin the Union.
b)
Johnson’s plan was similar to Lincoln, but he wanted to punish the southern elite.
c)
Lincoln’s plan was very harsh, but Johnson’s plan was much easier.
d)
Johnson’s plan involved passing out sugar cookies and candy canes to all the freedmen.
13.
Who were the white southerners that worked to support the government during Reconstruction?
a)
Republicans
b)
Confederates
c)
Sherman's Army
d)
Scalawags
14.
A group of laws that kept segregation alive in the South were called?
a)
Reconstruction laws
b)
Confederate laws
c)
Jim Crow Laws
d)
Virginia Laws
15.
Which of the following best describes the aim of Reconstruction for Congress?
a)
Congress didn't do anything to protect freed slaves after the Civil War.
b)
Congress didn't want freed slaves to be free so that slavery could continue.
c)
Congress wanted freed slaves to remain free after all of the fighting in the Civil War.
d)
Congress vetoes the 14th Amendment which recognized African Americans as citizens.
16.
All of the following were Andrew Johnson's aims for Reconstruction EXCEPT...
a)
Johnson didn't want to continue with Lincoln's basic plan.
b)
Johnson required southern landowners to ask for a presidential pardon.
c)
Johnson vetoed the 14th Amendment which recognized African Americans as citizens.
d)
Johnson wanted to continue Lincoln'd basic plan but also wanted to embarass the southern elite.
17.
Which of the following was NOT a result of the Compromise of 1877?
a)
the end of Reconstruction
b)
removal of all federal troops from the South
c)
African Americans were abandoned by the federal government.
d)
African Americans were given full rights by the Federal Government.
18.
How did Reconstruction impact African Americans and poor white Southerners economically?
a)
Both groups were no longer in poverty
b)
both groups were able to buy land and grow crops
c)
both groups were dependent upon landowners for land and credit
d)
both groups had total control over crops and money and other groups were jealous.
19.
How did Reconstruction impact the southern elite?
a)
their status changed, and they were no longer elite
b)
they regained political control at the end of Reconstruciton
c)
the became more wealthy because they didn't have to pay taxes for schools.
d)
they were forced to find other ways to work their land with the loss of slaves.
20.
All of the following were goals of the KKK except...
a)
Intimidation
b)
Relief
c)
Violence
d)
Voter Fraud
21.
Sharecropping allowed African Americans to be socially independent, but kept them dependent in what way on the plantation owner?
a)
Economically
b)
Emotionally
c)
Physically
d)
Politically
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