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Civil War and Reconstruction

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following statements describe the system of sharecropping? Select all that apply.

a)

Sharecropping contracts were fairly drawn up to benefit both parties.

b)

An affordable way for freedmen to rent farmland.

c)

Required that sharecroppers give a portion of their harvest to the landowner.

d)

Often resulted in African Americans being trapped in a cycle of debt.

2.
Vocab word for formerly enslaved people
a)
Carpetbaggers
b)
Freedmen
c)
Abolitionists
d)
Scalawags
3.
What amendment abolishes slavery?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
10th
4.
Which amendment enforced the Emancipation Proclamation?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
16th
5.
Who assassinated President Lincoln? 
a)
John W. Booth
b)
Leon Czolgosz
c)
Lee Harvey Oswald
d)
John Hinckley Jr. 
6.

What gave former slaves the right to vote?

a)

13th amendment

b)

14th amendment

c)

15th amendment

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

7.
The organization that helped African Americans adjust to freedom
a)
Ku Klux Klan
b)
Black Codes
c)
Scalawags
d)
Freedmen's Bureau
8.
When Abraham Lincoln died, this Vice President took over
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Michael Jackson 
c)
Michael Johnson
d)
Andrew Johnson
9.
These were laws that restricted the rights of African Americans, which were repealed during Reconstruction.
a)
Freedmen's Bureau
b)
Emancipation Proclamation 
c)
Black Codes
d)
White Codes
10.
This granted full citizenship to all people born in the United States
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th amendment 
c)
15th amendment
d)
Jim Crow Laws
11.
This secret society used fear and violence to deny rights to freed men and women
a)
Illuminati 
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Scalawags
d)
KKK
12.
What group in Congress felt that Lincoln's plan was too easy on the South?
a)
Ku Klux Klan
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Abolitionists
d)
Freedmen
13.
Poll taxes, literacy tests, and the grandfather clause were all put in place to restrict
a)
voting rights
b)
immigration
c)
public education
d)
slavery
14.

Which of the following is true about the Radical Republicans?

a)

They wanted to establish equality for former slaves.

b)

They wanted Reconstruction to end quickly and easily.

c)

They worked closely with President Andrew Johnson to develop the Reconstruction Acts.

d)

They fought against the passage of the 14th amendment.

15.

Which Reconstruction Plan was considered "quick and simple"?

a)

Lincoln's 10% Plan

b)

Radical Reconstruction

c)

Johnson's Plan

16.

Which Reconstruction Plan was considered a harsh punishment for the South?

a)

Lincoln's 10% Plan

b)

Radical Reconstruction

c)

Johnson's Plan

17.

Which Reconstruction Plan was used?

a)

Lincoln's 10% Plan

b)

Radical Reconstruction

c)

Johnson's Plan

18.
Lincoln's assassination meant that readmission of the Southern states would be...
a)
quick and simple
b)
long and difficult
19.
Which amendment did not apply to women?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
20.

Which Reconstruction Plan required Confederate officers to come to the president for a pardon to humiliate them?

a)

Lincoln's 10% Plan

b)

Radical Reconstruction

c)

Johnson's Plan

21.

Which of the following is best supported by the information in the graph?

a)

The North had more access to cotton to manufacture uniforms.

b)

The South had poor internal transportation.

c)

The Union had a smaller army because they didn't allow African Americans to fight.

d)

The South sent a majority of their recruits to work in manufacturing plants.

22.
The name give to the north was what?
a)
Confederacy
b)
Rebels
c)
Union
d)
Revolutionaries
23.
Who was the leading general of the Confederate army?
a)
Grant
b)
Lee
c)
Jackson
d)
McClellan
24.
Where did the South finally surrender unconditionally to the Union?
a)
Antietam
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Richmond
d)
Appomatox
25.
The Civil War began when Confederate forces launched an attack at which location?
a)
Fort Sumter
b)
Fort Williams
c)
Fort Western
d)
Fort Apache
26.
What did the North call its strategy to blockade the South's coastline and gain control of the Mississippi River?
a)
Anaconda Plan
b)
Rattlesnake Plan
c)
Scorpion Plan
d)
Blockade Plan
27.
In which battle did the North take control of the Mississippi River?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Bull Run
c)
Antietam
d)
Vicksburg
28.
What was Lincoln's main goal throughout the Civil War?
a)
to abolish slavery
b)
to end British control of the Western territories
c)
to make a profit selling war supplies
d)
to preserve the Union
29.
Who was the president of the Confederates States of America?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Andrew Jackson
d)
James Buchanan
30.
Which battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Antienam
c)
Vicksburg
d)
Bull Run
31.
Who was the general of the Union that led the North to victory?
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
"Stonewall" Jackson
d)
Winfield Scott
32.
Who was the general of the Confederates?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
"Stonewall" Jackson
c)
Winfield Scott
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
33.

Which battle is known as the single bloodiest day in US History?

a)

Gettysburg

b)

Antienam

c)

Vicksburg

d)

Bull Run

34.

What major accomplishment is Hiram Rhodes Revels known for?

a)

1st African American U.S. senator

b)

1st African American soldier in the 54th Regiment

c)

Led the impeachment of Andrew Johnson

d)

Defendant in the case that legalized "separate, but equal."

35.

Though it didn't actually free any slaves, the Emancipation Proclamation stated that

a)

African Americans in the border states were free

b)

African Americans in the rebellious southern states were free

c)

African Americans in the northern states were free

36.

Which post-Civil War law provided nearly free land in the Great Plains?

a)

Dawes Act

b)

Homestead Act

c)

Morrill Act

d)

Reconstruction Acts

37.

Which post-Civil War law gave away tribal land, forcing Native Americans to assimilate into white society?

a)

Dawes Act

b)

Homestead Act

c)

Morrill Act

d)

Reconstruction Acts

38.

Which of the following encouraged settlement west of the Mississippi?

a)

Dawes Act

b)

Homestead Act

c)

Morrill Act

d)

Reconstruction Acts

39.

Which amendment overruled the Dred Scott Decision?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

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