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Reconstruction Era Prep

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the BIG consequence of the Hayes-Tilden election?
a)
The Reconstruction began
b)
The Reconstruction ended
c)
The Civil War ended
d)
The Civil War began
2.
Who was the supreme commander of Confederate forces during the Civil War
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
James Longstreet
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
P.G.T Beauregard
3.
Who was the supreme commander of Confederate forces during the Civil War
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
James Longstreet
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
P.G.T Beauregard
4.
The 13th Amendment...
a)
Made all people born in the US citizens
b)
Outlawed Slavery in the United States
c)
Gave black men the right to vote
d)
Declared war on the Southern rebellion
5.
The 14th Amendment...
a)
Made all people born in the US citizens
b)
Outlawed Slavery in the United States
c)
Gave black men the right to vote
d)
Declared war on the Southern rebellion
6.
The 15th Amendment...
a)
Made all people born in the US citizens
b)
Outlawed Slavery in the United States
c)
Gave black men the right to vote
d)
Declared war on the Southern rebellion
7.
Who was a Confederate sympathizer that assassinated President Lincoln in 1865?
a)
Lee Harvey Oswald
b)
Jeb Stuart
c)
John Wilkes Booth
d)
Andrew Johnson
8.
What was the largest advantage the North had over the south?
a)
It was a defensive war for them
b)
Their industrialization and factories
c)
Their superior leadership with Lincoln
d)
Their vastly superior weapons
9.
Jim Crow laws….
a)
Gave specific rules to slaves during the war on how they should act 
b)
Were the new laws that gave former slaves freedoms like voting 
c)
Were set up by the Freemen’s Bureau to protect the southern blacks who were in danger
d)
We made to segregate southern life for blacks and whites and keep blacks 2nd class citizens
10.
Disenfranchisement occurred heavily in the South after the war. What is it?
a)
The killing of innocents
b)
Preventing people from voting
c)
The stealing of lands
d)
The enslaving of people
11.
Lynching was a common practice after the war, what was it used for?
a)
To protect Southerners from occupying Northern troops
b)
To help rebuild the homes destroyed by the war
c)
To intimidate former slaves and keep them as lesser citizens
d)
To punish southerners who rebelled against the North
12.
"Pap" Singleton and the Exodusters wanted to do what after the war?
a)
Help rebuild southern society
b)
Go west and create black communities
c)
Flee and live in the safer northern states
d)
Get revenge on former slave owners with violence
13.
Which Black Activist would say “Blacks and White should just live separately. Let's go back to Africa!”
a)
Booker T Washington
b)
Marcus Garvey
c)
WEB Du Bois
d)
Morgan Freeman
14.
Which Black Activist would say  “Segregation is an abomination and must be ended immediately!”
a)
Booker T Washington
b)
Marcus Garvey
c)
WEB Du Bois
d)
John Cena
15.
Which black activist would most likely say “respect must be earned through hard work and patience?”
a)
Booker T Washington
b)
Marcus Garvey
c)
WEB Du Bois
d)
James Earl Jones