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WorksheetsReconstruction Unit
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
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Class
Date
1.
What was Congress's aim for the Reconstruction?
a)
Humiliate white Southerners
b)
Easy plan
c)
Return everything to as normal as possible
d)
war was not fought in vain and freedmen be free
2.
What was the purpose of the Freedman's Bureau?
a)
Discriminate against African Americans
b)
Move to the South for a better life
c)
Helped the African Americans
d)
Helped ALL people in need of assistances
3.
What impact did the Compromise of 1877 have on the Reconstruction Era?
a)
Federal troops were removed from the South
b)
End of the Reconstruction
c)
African Americans were left abandoned
d)
All of the above
4.
What was the relationship called when the poor whites and freedmen were dependent on the land owners for credit and land?
a)
Sharecropping
b)
Carpetbaggers
c)
Scalawags
d)
KKK
5.
What was the overall purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?
a)
Give freedom to all African Americans
b)
To restrict White Southerners
c)
To discriminate against African Americans
d)
To protect the African Americans, but not allow them to vote
6.
Which discriminatory group used voter fraud, violence, and intimidation against the freedmen?
a)
Congress
b)
Carpetbaggers
c)
Scalawags
d)
Ku Klux Klan
7.
How did the White Southerners feel about Carpetbaggers?
a)
Thought they came to help
b)
Thought they came to look for gold
c)
Thought they came to end the Civil War
d)
Thought they came to take advantage of people
8.
Were the Southern Elite affected by the Reconstruction? How?
a)
Gained political power back
b)
lose money, but still remain powerful
c)
Needed to find ways to earn money since Plantation systems failed
d)
all of the above
9.
What was the 13th amendment?
a)
Gave all people the right to vote
b)
All Equal Rights
c)
Limited Freedom
d)
Gave some slaves freedom
10.
Did the Emancipation Proclamation free ALL slaves?
a)
Yes
b)
Had nothing to do with freeing Slaves
c)
Freed only Slaves up North
d)
Freed some of the Slaves living in Confederate States
11.
Who was the first line of assistance to ALL people living in the South?
a)
Southerners
b)
Northerners
c)
Congress
d)
Carpetbaggers
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