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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
Required each state to have a majority (50%) of males in the state take an oath of loyalty to the Union.
a)
Ten Percent Plan
b)
Wade-Davis Bill
c)
Johnson Plan
d)
Reconstruction Acts
2.
What did the 13th Amendment do?
a)
Made slavery illegal in the entire US
b)
Made slavery illegal in the south
c)
Made slavery legal in the west
d)
Made slavery illegal in the north
3.
The 15th amendment to the Constitution was the last of the "Reconstruction Amendments," and it was ratified in 1870. What was the purpose of this amendment?
a)
to give African Americans the right to vote
b)
to establish a federal income tax
to establish a federal income tax
c)
to give women the right to vote
to give women the right to vote
d)
to officially end the "Reconstruction Era"
4.
The 14th amendment to the Constitution was the second of the "Reconstruction Amendments." What was the purpose of this amendment?
a)
to give African Americans the right to vote
b)
to give all American citizens equal protection under the law
c)
to abolish slavery
d)
to officially terminate the government of the Confederate States of America
to officially terminate the government of the Confederate States of America
5.
Strict punishment of Confederate veterans and financial assistance to African Americans were policies pushed by which of the following group during the Reconstruction Era?
a)
Radical Democrats
Radical Democrats
b)
Moderate Republicans
c)
Radical Republicans
d)
Moderate Democrats
6.
The members of Congress battled with both presidents because they felt that the Presidential Reconstruction Plans:
a)
were too focused on helping the freed African slaves, but not on helping the poor, white farmers.
b)
were too strict to allow the Union to ever be reunited as it was prior to the Civil War.
c)
were too lenient on the Southern states that had rebelled against the Union.
d)
were created too quickly without consulting the former leaders of the Confederate states.
7.
Which of the following describes Abraham Lincoln's "10 percent" plan?
a)
A Confederate state could re-enter the Union whenever it repaid 10 percent of the damages that were suffered in the state during the Civil War
b)
A Confederate state could re-enter the Union 10 percent of the states already included in the United States agreed that it could enter.
c)
A Confederate state could re-enter the Union only if it agreed that it would be given 10 percent less representation in the federal government than it had prior to the Civil War
d)
A Confederate state could re-enter the Union whenever 10 percent of its voters took a vow of allegiance to the United States
8.
What split the south into five military districts?
a)
Plessy v. Ferguson
b)
KKK
c)
Reconstruction Acts
d)
Force Acts
9.
Edwin Stanton whom Johnson fired served as the Secretary of _______?
a)
War
b)
Defense
c)
Treasury
d)
Education
10.
The end result of Johnson's impeachment hearing was?
a)
Johnson was removed from office by majority vote.
b)
Acquittal by one vote.
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