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WorksheetsPost Civil War America HIST 1302
Total questions: 73
Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Specified that a southern state could be readmitted into the Union once 10 percent of its voters (from the voter rolls for the election of 1860) swore an oath of allegiance to the Union.
a)
Oath of Allegiance
b)
Reconstruction Amendments
c)
Ten Percent Plan
d)
Black Codes
2.
Laws passed by Southern states in 1865 and 1866, after the Civil War. These laws had the intent and the effect of restricting African Americans' freedom, and of compelling them to work in a labor economy based on low wages or debt.
a)
Oath of Allegiance
b)
Reconstruction Amendments
c)
Tenure of Office Act
d)
Black Codes
3.
Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendmentsto the United States Constitution, adopted between 1865 and 1870, the five years immediately following the Civil War. The amendments were important in implementing the Reconstructionof the American South after the war.
a)
Oath of Allegiance
b)
Reconstruction Amendments
c)
Tenure of Office Act
d)
Black Codes
4.
A promise to be faithful to a body, organization or country
a)
Oath of Allegiance
b)
Reconstruction Amendments
c)
Tenure of Office Act
d)
Black Codes
5.
A United States federal law that was intended to restrict the power of the President of the United States to remove certain office-holders without the approval of the Senate.
a)
Oath of Allegiance
b)
Reconstruction Amendments
c)
Tenure of Office Act
d)
Black Codes
6.
an agency of the War Department set up in 1865to assist freed slaves in obtaining relief, land, jobs,fair treatment, and education.
a)
Freedman's Bureau
b)
Bureau of Slave Affairs
c)
National Association for The Advancement of Colored People
d)
Association of Civil Rights for Former SLaves
7.
A person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.
a)
Scalawag
b)
Carpetbagger
c)
Opportunist
d)
Yankee
8.
A white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during Reconstruction, often for personal profit. The term was used derisively by white Southern Democrats who opposed Reconstruction legislation.
a)
Scalawag
b)
Carpetbagger
c)
Opportunist
d)
Yankee
9.
Essentially, this turned the South into a conquered military state, which mainly divided the South into five regions, each governed by a Union general.
a)
Ten Percent Plan
b)
Reconstruction Acts
c)
Oath of Allegiance
d)
Tenure of Office Act
10.
A secret society in the southern U.S. that focuses on white supremacy and terrorizes other groups.
Formed first in the days of Reconstruction, it was reborn in the Early Twentieth Century.
Formed first in the days of Reconstruction, it was reborn in the Early Twentieth Century.
a)
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
b)
Knights of Pithias
c)
The Odd Fellows
d)
The Society of the Circle
11.
American lawyer and politician who served as Secretary of War under the Lincoln Administration during most of the American Civil War.
a)
William Seward
b)
Andrew Johnson
c)
Edward Stanton
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
12.
United States Senator and Secretary of State. Responsible for purchasing Alaska from Russia.
a)
William Seward
b)
Andrew Johnson
c)
Edward Stanton
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
13.
General who commanded the US Army during the Civil War and later became the 18th President of the US (1869-77). His greatest Civil War victory was at Vicksburg, Mississippi, and he accepted the surrender of Robert E Lee at Appomattox Court House.
a)
William Seward
b)
Andrew Johnson
c)
Edward Stanton
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
14.
The 17th President of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869.Johnson became president as he was vice president at the time of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
The first President to have impeachment proceedings used against him.
The first President to have impeachment proceedings used against him.
a)
William Seward
b)
Andrew Johnson
c)
Edward Stanton
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
15.
A Democratic party political leader of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who was president from 1885 to 1889 and again from 1893 to 1897 — the only president ever to serve nonconsecutive terms.
a)
Charles Guiteau
b)
William (Boss) Tweed
c)
Grover Cleveland
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
16.
American writer and lawyer who was convicted of the assassination of James A. Garfield, the 20th President of the United States.
a)
Charles Guiteau
b)
William (Boss) Tweed
c)
Grover Cleveland
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
17.
A formal charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office.
a)
Impeachment
b)
Conviction
c)
True Bill
d)
Arrainment
18.
the post-Civil War political strategy of appealing to voters by recalling the passions and hardships of the recent war.
a)
Waving the Bloody Shirt
b)
Flying the Revolutionary Flag
c)
False Flag Campaign
d)
Raising the Bloody Flag
19.
Major stockholders in the Union Pacific Railroad formed a company and gave it contracts to build the railroad. They sold or gave shares in this construction to influential congressmen.
a)
Teapot Dome Scandal
b)
Credit-Mobilier Scandal
c)
Chinese Exclusion Act
d)
Immigration Reduction Bill
20.
A United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers.
a)
Teapot Dome Scandal
b)
Credit-Mobilier Scandal
c)
Chinese Exclusion Act
d)
Immigration Reduction Bill
21.
The time between the Civil War and World War I during which the U.S. population and economy grew quickly, there was a lot of political corruption and corporate financial misdealings and many wealthy people lived very fancy lives.
a)
Age of Imperialism
b)
Gilded Age
c)
Age of Aquarius
d)
Guilded Age
22.
U.S. Supreme Court case from 1896 that upheld the rights of states to pass laws allowing or even requiring racial segregation in public and private institutions such as schools, public transportation, restrooms, and restaurants.
a)
Plessy v. Ferguson
b)
Dred Scot v. Sandford
c)
Marbury v. Madison
d)
Brown v. Board of Education
23.
Republican political activists who bolted from the United States Republican Party by supporting Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland in the United States presidential election of 1884. They switched parties because they rejected the financial corruption associated with Republican candidate James G. Blaine.
a)
Scalawags
b)
Carpetbaggers
c)
Yankees
d)
Mugwumps
24.
Abstention by governments from interfering in the workings of the free market.
a)
Laissez faire
b)
Capitalism
c)
Free Market
d)
The invisible Hand
25.
Adopted by Congress in 1887, this authorized the President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians.
a)
Davis Act
b)
Dawes Act
c)
Dewey Act
d)
Douglass Act
26.
Required that railroad rates be "reasonable and just," but did not empower the government to fix specific rates.
a)
Sherman Anti Trust Act
b)
Interstate Commerce Act
c)
Credit Mobilier ACt
d)
Dawes Act
27.
a leading American railroad developer and speculator. He has been referred to as one of the ruthless robber barons of the Gilded Age, whose success at business made him one of the richest men of his era.
a)
Jay Gould
b)
Andrew Johnson
c)
Charles Guiteau
d)
Edwin STanton
28.
A large business with significant market power. It is often used in a historical sense to refer to monopolies or near-monopolies in the United States during the Second Industrial Revolution in the 19th century and early 20th century.
a)
Trust
b)
Sole Proprietorship
c)
Corporation
d)
Joint Stock Company
29.
Components that are, for practical purposes, identical. They are made to specifications that ensure that they are so nearly identical that they will fit into any assembly of the same type.
Often credited to Eli Whitney.
Often credited to Eli Whitney.
a)
Interchangeable Parts
b)
Factory System
c)
Assembly Line Components
d)
Cotton Gin
30.
Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone.
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Nicholas Tesla
d)
Cyrus McCormick
31.
United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Nicholas Tesla
d)
Cyrus McCormick
32.
American industrial leader of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Carnegie, a self-made man, immigrated to the United States from Scotland without money and made millions in the steel industry.
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Andrew Carnegie
d)
Cornelius Vanderbilt
33.
The combination in one company of two or more stages of production normally operated by separate companies.
a)
Vertical Integration
b)
Horizontal Integration
34.
the process of a company increasing production of goods or services at the same part of the supply chain. A company may do this via internal expansion, acquisition or merger.
a)
Vertical Integration
b)
Horizontal Integration
35.
The first inexpensive industrial process for the mass-production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace.
a)
Bessemer Process
b)
Sterling Silver Process
c)
Gilding
d)
Burnt Process
36.
The nickname for when E. Drake searched for oil but no one believed he would discover any; however, it turned out to be a huge success
a)
Drake's Folly
b)
Drake's Feud
c)
Drake's Mistake
d)
Drake's Search
37.
Controlled by Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, with the goal of quickly reuniting the country. It can be said to have begun with the Emancipation Proclamation. Their moderate programs were opposed by the Radical Republicans,
a)
Presidential Reconstruction
b)
Radical Reconstruction
38.
Believed blacks were entitled to the same political rights and opportunities as whites. They also believed that the Confederate leaders should be punished for their roles in the Civil War.
a)
Presidential Reconstruction
b)
Radical Reconstruction
39.
Which Amendment gave citizenship to the African Americans?
a)
12th
b)
13th
c)
14th
d)
15th
40.
What did Rutherford B. Hayes do that ended reconstruction?
a)
Sent more troops to the south
b)
Override Veto's
c)
Removed the Military from the south, not giving protection to African Americans
d)
Did nothing
41.
Which Amendment gave African Americans the Right to Vote?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
16th
d)
15th
42.
This group helped educate African Americans, provide legal aid and fed former slaves.
a)
KKK
b)
Freedman's Bureau
c)
Radical Republicans
d)
Democrats
43.
What were the goals of the Presidents during Reconstruction?
a)
Keep the Union Separated
b)
Punish the South
c)
Reunite The Union
d)
Who Cares?
44.
Which amendment outlawed slavery?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
22nd
45.
What laws prevented African Americans from Equal Rights during Reconstruction
a)
Civil Rights Acts
b)
Black Codes
46.
Who is someone who went to the south from the North and stole from the south
a)
Scallywag
b)
KKK
c)
Carpet Bagger
d)
Racist
47.
This amendment gave citizenship and protection to Naturally born Citizens and previous Slaves
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
16th
48.
Reconstruction
a)
rebuild
b)
destroy
49.
Ku klux klan
a)
ended slavery
b)
A hate group made up of white southerners who terrorize black Americans
c)
change to the constitution
50.
US president that rebuild the nation after the Civil War
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Andrew Johnson
c)
Abraham Lincoln
51.
Unfair laws thatlimited the rights of black americans
a)
jimm crow laws
b)
black codes
c)
segregation
52.
former slaves
a)
hate group
b)
slaves
c)
freedmen
53.
This amendment granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
54.
Passed in 1865, the amendment outlawed slavery
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
55.
A secret society of ex-Confederates who used intimidation to return political power to white men
a)
Freedom Riders
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Freedmen's Bureau
d)
Radical Republicans
56.
To charge someone with wrongdoing (in an attempt to remove him/her from office)
a)
Snitch
b)
Run 'n' go tell it
c)
Impeach
d)
Tattletale
57.
What was the goal of groups like the Ku Klux Klan?
a)
To make fun of people they believed were different
b)
To murder all African-Americans
c)
To intimidate African-Americans to from exercising their new Constitutional rights
d)
To increase immigration to America
58.
What did some radicals believe should be given to the slaves?
a)
reparations
b)
40 acres and a mule
c)
freedom
d)
apology
59.
Lincoln’s VP who became President after assassination. He also believed in Reconstruction but was not strict on Southern states.
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Rutherford B. Hayes
d)
James A. Garfield
60.
Insulting nickname for a Northerner who went South after the Civil War
a)
Yankee
b)
Carpetbagger
c)
Blues
d)
Yank
61.
Law that gave Americans the right to sue anyone trying to restrict their constitutional rights
a)
Dred Scott Decision
b)
Constitutional Law
c)
Civil Rights Act of 1871
d)
All American Act
62.
A secret society of ex-Confederates who used intimidation to return political power to white men
a)
Freedom Riders
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Freedmen's Bureau
d)
Radical Republicans
63.
To charge someone with wrongdoing
a)
Snitch
b)
Run 'n' go tell it
c)
Impeach
d)
Tattletale
64.
What rights did Homer Plessy argue had been violated by the laws that segregated society?
a)
13th and 15th Amendments
b)
13th, and 14th Amendments
c)
14th and 16th Amendments
d)
14th and 15th Amendments
65.
What was the ruling of the Plessy v. Ferguson case? (Hint: Not just the verdict, but tell me the decision of the court.)
a)
Separate but equal
b)
Separate but unequal
66.
What phrase did the Supreme Court use when it legalized segregation in Plessy v. Ferguson?
a)
that whites were "superior and different"
b)
that African Americans could be "separate but equal"
c)
that African Americans were "equal in the eyes of the law"
d)
that the Constitution provided "no civil rights protections under the law"
67.
Segregation in the South was mainly based on...
a)
hair color
b)
religion
c)
race (color of the skin)
d)
economic status
68.
What Supreme Court case ruled "separate but equal" was legal?
a)
Redskins vs Giants
b)
Aylor vs Byrd
c)
Brown vs Board of Education
d)
Plessy vs Ferguson
69.
Adopted in 1865 - abolished slavery and involuntary servitude
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendent
c)
15th Amendment
d)
16th Amendment
70.
Adopted in 1868, that makes all persons born or naturalized in the United States—including former slaves— citizens of the country and guarantees equal protection of the laws.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
16th Amendment
71.
Adopted in 1870, that prohibits the denial of voting rights to people because of their race or color or because they have previously been slaves
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
16th Amendment
72.
The separation of people based upon race or some other characteristic is referred to as?
a)
Assimilation
b)
Civil Rights
c)
Segregation
d)
Desegregation
73.
After Plessy v. Ferguson, southern states:
a)
became alarmed at the number of whites being killed by blacks.
b)
vowed to return political control to conservative Republicans.
c)
passed hundreds of segregation laws.
d)
took advantage of black farmers who could not pay their debts.
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