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WorksheetsChapter 8 AL History- Reconstruction
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
U.S. President during Reconstruction after President Lincoln was assassinated.
a)
George Houston
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Andrew Johnson
d)
Benjamin Sterling Turner
2.
President during the Civil War who made plans to bring the country back together, but was killed before he could carry out his plan.
a)
George Houston
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Ulyssess S. Grant
d)
Benjamin Sterling Turner
3.
The first African American elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama.
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Ulyssess S. Grant
d)
Benjamin Sterling Turner
4.
Was against secession before the Civil War, Alabama Governor from 1874-1878 who helped lead the state out of Reconstruction. He also had a house in Athens, which is now a library and museum.
a)
George Houston
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Ulyssess S. Grant
d)
Andrew Johnson
5.
The first U.S. president elected after the Civil War.
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Ulyssess S. Grant
d)
Andrew Johnson
6.
Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
John Wilkes Booth
c)
Ulyssess S. Grant
d)
Andrew Johnson
7.
The ________ was a secret group which frightened people to keep them from voting.
a)
Scalawags
b)
Carpetbaggers
c)
Radical Republicans
d)
Ku Klux Klan
8.
Who were the white southerners who worked with the military government to make sure the Alabama state government was run as it should be?
a)
Scalawags
b)
Carpetbaggers
c)
Radical Republicans
d)
Ku Klux Klan
9.
The Southern states were put under military rule by the U.S. Congress under the influence of the __________.
a)
Scalawags
b)
Carpetbaggers
c)
Radical Republicans
d)
Ku Klux Klan
10.
During the last months of the Civil War, President _______ made plans to bring the country back together
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Andrew Johnson
c)
George Houston
d)
Robert E. Lee
11.
The Constitution of 1868 took away from former Confederates the right to ?
a)
run
b)
vote
c)
leave
d)
leave
12.
Three black men served in the U.S. _______________ during Reconstruction.
a)
Senate
b)
committee
c)
citizens
d)
House of Representative
13.
What document led to the readmission of Alabama to the United States?
a)
The Constitution of 1868
b)
The Constitution of 1865
c)
The Constitution of 1864
d)
The Constitution of 1900
14.
The government group that was established to help the freed slaves was the
a)
Slaves No More Bureau
b)
We're All Equal Bureau
c)
Freedmen's Bureau
d)
Former Slaves Bureau
15.
The 14th Amendment
a)
gave women the right to vote
b)
gave freedmen full rights as citizens
c)
ended slavery
d)
admitted Alabama back into the Union
16.
The process of rebuilding the South was called
a)
Freedmen's Bureau
b)
Ordinance of Secession
c)
Reconstruction
d)
Constitution of 1868
17.
During Reconstruction the southern states were placed under military rule
a)
to learn how to live as the military families do
b)
to require states to have black and white citizens work together to write
c)
to remind them how hard war is so citizens would live together peacefully
18.
The word "Reconstruction" means
a)
having a party
b)
waving the flag of surrender
c)
building again
d)
drawing plans to build a house
19.
Approximately how many people were killed in the Civil War?
a)
100,000
b)
300,00
c)
500,000
d)
625,000
20.
In order for the Confederate States to be readmitted to the Union, each had to repeal the...
a)
Confederate Bill of Separation
b)
Ordinance of Secession
c)
Slave Codes
d)
Military Rule Law
21.
The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution...
a)
made freed slaves American citizens
b)
outlawed the Ku Klux Klan
c)
outlawed slavery
d)
allowed women to vote.
22.
After the Civil War, former slaves were called...
a)
freedmen
b)
lucky strikes
c)
carpetbaggers
d)
scalawags
23.
What amendment gave Africans American men the right to vote?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
24.
A former slave, who at age 33, entered first grade and eventually became a teacher.
a)
Maria Fearing
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Andrew Johnson
d)
Benjamin Sterling Turner
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