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Total questions: 56
Worksheet time: 42mins
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Class
Date
1.
The 14th Amendment was passed to _______.
a)
Give African Americans the right to vote.
b)
End Segregation
c)
Ban Slavery
d)
Guarantee equal protection under the law for all citizens
2.
The 13th Amendment was established to _______
a)
End the Civil War
b)
End Segregation
c)
Ban Slavery
d)
Allow African Americans to vote
3.
The 15th Amendment was established to _______
a)
End the Civil War
b)
End Segregation
c)
Ban Slavery
d)
Allow African Americans to vote
4.
The goals of the 13th, 14th, and 15th, amendments were to______.
a)
Help African Americans integrate into freedman society.
b)
Guarantee equal protection under the law for all citizens.
c)
To aggravate former confederate soldiers.
d)
Help the South integrate in the Union.
5.
This was the title given to Northerner’s who exploited the South during Reconstruction.
a)
Contractors
b)
Carpetbaggers
c)
Congressmen
d)
Senators
6.
This granted full citizenship to African Americans.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
c)
Civil Rights Act of 1866
d)
Civil Rights Act of 1957
7.
Jim Crow laws were designed to do which of the following except
a)
Passed to discriminate against African Americans.
b)
Help segregate whites and African Americans.
c)
Help those in the South rebuild from the Civil War
d)
Made discrimination practices legal in many communities and states
8.
All of the following are true of life after the Civil War except_____.
a)
Discrimination did not stop after the Civil War or Reconstruction.
b)
Discrimination stopped after the Civil War or Reconstruction.
c)
“Jim Crow” laws institutionalized a system of legal segregation.
d)
Black Codes limited the economic choices of newly freedmen
9.
After the Civil War, Southern Military leaders
a)
Could hold public office
b)
Could not hold public office
c)
Were imprisoned for war crimes
d)
Had their land taken as punishment
10.
After the Civil War, African Americans
a)
Could hold public office
b)
Could not hold public office
c)
Were given reparations
d)
Gained equality
11.
This organization helped newly freed African Americans
a)
Freedman's agency
b)
DMV
c)
Red Cross
d)
Freedman's bureau
12.
This person believed preservation of the Union was more important than punishing the South.
a)
Jim Crow
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Fredrick Douglas
d)
Abraham Lincoln
13.
This person urged Southerners to reconcile with Northerners at the end of the war when some still wanted to fight.
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Fredrick Douglas
d)
Abraham Lincoln
14.
This person fought for adoption of constitutional amendments that guaranteed voting rights
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Fredrick Douglas
d)
W.E.B Dubois
15.
Which mountain range is found in the Southeast region?
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Appalachian Mountains
c)
Southeastern Mountains
d)
Okefenokee Mountains
16.
Which of these would you most likely see in the Southeast region?
a)
Desert
b)
Beach
c)
Volcano
d)
Polar Bear
17.
The Southeast region is good for growing crops because of its flat land, rich soil and long growing season.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
Which state is shown?
a)
Georgia
b)
Florida
c)
Texas
d)
Arkansas
19.
The southeast region touches which ocean?
Note: the picture is from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Note: the picture is from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
a)
Atlantic
b)
Pacific
c)
Arctic
d)
Indian
20.
Which Southeast State?
a)
North Carolina
b)
Tennessee
c)
Virginia
d)
Georgia
21.
Which Southeast State?
a)
Louisiana
b)
Mississippi
c)
Florida
d)
Kentucky
22.
Which Southeast State?
a)
Mississippi
b)
Massachusetts
c)
Missouri
d)
Louisiana
23.
Which Southeast State?
a)
Virginia
b)
Kentucky
c)
West Virginia
d)
Florida
24.
Which Southeast State?
a)
Texas
b)
Arkansas
c)
New York
d)
Tennessee
25.
Which Southeast State?
a)
Mississippi
b)
Florida
c)
Maine
d)
South Carolina
26.
Which Southeast State?
a)
Kentucky
b)
California
c)
Mississippi
d)
Alabama
27.
Which Southeast State?
a)
New Hampshire
b)
Arkansas
c)
Georgia
d)
West Virginia
28.
Which Southeast State?
a)
Montana
b)
North Carolina
c)
Kentucky
d)
Georgia
29.
Which Southeast State?
a)
Florida
b)
Georgia
c)
Alabama
d)
Louisiana
30.
Which Southeast State?
a)
Virginia
b)
South Carolina
c)
Rhode Island
d)
North Carolina
31.
What was the economy of the South based on?
a)
Agriculture
b)
Mining
c)
Industry
d)
Warfare
32.
Which city is identified by A on the map?
a)
New Orleans
b)
Houston
c)
Atlanta
d)
St. Louis
33.
Which city is located furthest west on this map?
a)
Pittsburgh
b)
New York City
c)
Philadelphia
d)
Boston
34.
What state is this?
a)
Michigan
b)
Louisiana
c)
Maryland
d)
Wisconsin
35.
What state is highlighted on the map?
a)
New Jersey
b)
New York
c)
Vermont
d)
Deleware
36.
Which three Amendments where designed to ensure equality for African Americans?
a)
17th,18th,19th
b)
13th,14th,15th
c)
13th,14th,16th
d)
8th,9th,10th
37.
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
38.
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
39.
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
40.
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 forcibly assigned to work for white landowners.
a)
Freedman's Bureau Laws
b)
Reconstruction Acts
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
41.
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
42.
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
43.
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
44.
After an electoral dispute resulting in the Compromise of 1877, it was agreed that Rutherford B. Hayes would become President if
a)
he would create a new Freedmen's Bureau
b)
he ended Reconstruction and removed troops from the south
c)
he would allow African Africans full rights in the North only
d)
he created pro-cotton legislation in Congress
45.
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
46.
The main goal of Reconstruction was to......
a)
rebuild the South
b)
rebuild the North
c)
reunite the North and the South
d)
create more factories in the North
47.
What did the Freedman's Bureau provide?
a)
money, food, transportation
b)
food, clothing, schools, medical care
c)
homes, transportation, jobs
d)
jobs, schools, legal care
48.
Which effects were specifically for the North?
a)
many men died and financial losses
b)
the economy grew and factories produced more goods
c)
the land was left in ruins
49.
Which effects were specifically for the South?
a)
all answers are correct
b)
the land was left in ruins
c)
the war was fought on Southern soil
d)
railroads and homes were destroyed
50.
Which Amendment states that anyone born in the United States is a citizen?
a)
14th
b)
15th
c)
16th
d)
13th
51.
Abolished slavery throughout the United States.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
52.
The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution affected the lives of millions of African Americans by —
a)
A. providing them with voting rights
b)
B. guaranteeing their freedom of speech
c)
C. providing them with access to the court system
d)
D. guaranteeing their permanent freedom from slavery
53.
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
54.
Guaranteed all men the right to vote no matter their race.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
55.
Which of these occurred as a result of the 15th Amendment?
a)
African American families divided by slavery are reunited
b)
Newly freed men and women move west to claim free land
c)
African American men voted in the 1872 presidential election
d)
Newly free men and women were allowed to apply for U.S. citizenship
56.
The election of Hiram Rhodes Revels in 1870 was significant because he was the first African American to —
a)
F. win an election as a member of the Democratic Party
b)
G. win a majority of the popular vote in Mississippi
c)
H. serve as a member of the U.S. Senate
d)
J. run for public office in the South
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