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WorksheetsUNIT 1 REVIEW RECONSTRUCTION
Total questions: 80
Worksheet time: 2hrs 33mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What types of things did the Freedman's Bureau help out with?
a)
Reuniting family members
b)
voting rights
c)
veterans rights
d)
relocation
2.
Booker T. Washington
a)
Felt African Americans should work hard, have a good character then get equal rights
b)
believed in immediate equality for African Americans
c)
was the founder of Howard University
d)
was part of the Niagara Movement
3.
Define segregation
a)
integration
b)
separation
c)
including all
d)
taking people out of a group
4.
Jim Crow laws
a)
were practiced only in the North
b)
were mainly involved with choosing jury members
c)
were created by the Supreme Court of the U.S.
d)
segregated African Americans and whites
5.
The Scalawags
a)
were northerners who moved to to the South
b)
were Southerners who promoted Reconstruction
c)
mostly voted for Lincoln
d)
were loved by Southerners
6.
Carpetbaggers
a)
were Southerners who worked for the Reconstruction government
b)
sold lugguge
c)
were Northerners who moved to the South to assist during Reconstruction
d)
were kicked out of the North
7.
How did Southerners restrict the execution of the 15th Amendment?
a)
literacy tests
b)
driving tests
c)
blood tests
d)
math tests
8.
This was the government's plan to rebuild the South and reunite the United States.
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Progressive Era
c)
Gilded Age
d)
Urbanization
9.
Who did the Radical Republicans attempt to impeach?
a)
Lincoln
b)
Johnson
c)
Grant
d)
Hayes
10.
How many military zones was the South divided into?
a)
1
b)
3
c)
5
d)
7
11.
What split the south into five military districts?
a)
Plessy v. Ferguson
b)
The KKK Act
c)
The Reconstruction Acts
d)
The Force Act
12.
Northerners who migrated to the mostly destroyed post-war south to make large profits and/or help freedmen were known as
a)
Scalawags
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Carpetbaggers
d)
Sharecroppers
13.
What types of people were described as "scalawags" during the Reconstruction Era?
a)
Northern citizens who moved south to take advantage of the disorder and destruction
b)
Southern Republicans who were sympathetic to the Northern politicians in the South.
c)
Newly freed slaves who were competing for jobs with the poor, white population.
d)
Veterans of the Civil War who refused to return to civilian life in the South.
14.
After an electoral dispute resulting in the Compromise of 1877, it was agreed that Rutherford B. Hayes would become President if
a)
he would create a new Freedmen's Bureau
b)
he ended Reconstruction and removed troops from the south
c)
he would allow African Africans full rights in the North only
d)
he created pro-cotton legislation in Congress
15.
Many southern states passed laws after the Compromise of 1877. The laws that legalized the segregation of whites and blacks were called
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Black Codes
c)
Freedman's Bureau
d)
Reconstruction
16.
Reconstruction was the process of
a)
rebuilding the South after the Civil War
b)
creating land zones for freedmen after the Civil War
c)
instituting Black Codes for former slaves
d)
eliminating the plantation economy in the South
17.
The 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution
a)
Gave African Americans citizenship/equal protection under the law
b)
Gave African American men the right to vote
c)
Ended slavery throughout the United States
d)
Ended inequality in the United States
18.
The 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution
a)
Gave African Americans citizenship/equal protection under the law
b)
Gave African American men the right to vote
c)
Ended slavery throughout the United States
d)
Ended inequality in the United States
19.
The 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution
a)
Gave African Americans citizenship/equal protection under the law
b)
Gave African American men the right to vote
c)
Ended slavery throughout the United States
d)
Ended inequality in the United States
20.
During Reconstruction, most former Confederate states
a)
were placed under military rule for a time
b)
were readmitted into the Union, but only after promising to end slavery within 10 years
c)
given full representation in Congress without issue
d)
supported the immediate end of slavery throughout the U.S.
21.
Which Amendment abolished slavery in the US?
a)
12th
b)
13th
c)
14th
d)
15th
22.
Who wanted to punish the South during Reconstruction?
a)
Democrats
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Scalawags
d)
Carpetbaggers
23.
Who did the Radical Republicans attempt to impeach?
a)
Lincoln
b)
Johnson
c)
Grant
d)
Hayes
24.
Jim Crow Laws included __________________
a)
separate schools, restaurants and bathrooms
b)
poll taxes
c)
literacy tests in order to vote
d)
All of the above
25.
Black Codes are
a)
a coded language African Americans used
b)
laws that told people what they could wear
c)
Laws that restricted African American rights
d)
Curfew laws for African Americans
26.
What name was given to a terrorist group that used violence to keep African-Americans from having equal rights in the South?
a)
Freedman's Bureau
b)
Black Codes
c)
Jim Crow Laws
d)
Ku Klux Klan
27.
After Reconstruction, blacks were not allowed to sit in the same areas at the theater as whites. They had to sit in the back part of the theater, while whites sat at the front of the theater. This is an example of:
a)
desegregation
b)
integration
c)
segregation
d)
reconstruction
28.
What party was totally rejected in the south?
a)
Republican
b)
Democrat
c)
Tea
d)
Radical Democrats
29.
What is the period when the United States began rebuilding after the Civil War?
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Compromise of 1876
c)
Johnson's Plan
d)
Lincoln's Plan
30.
This was created to help former slaves adapt to their new freedom after the civil war ended?
a)
reconstruction
b)
Freedmen's Bureau
c)
Jim Crow Laws
d)
Black COdes
31.
I won the controversial election of 1876?
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Rutherford B. Hayes
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
32.
Northern whites who came South to profit during Reconstruction were called
a)
Scalawags
b)
Carpetbaggers
c)
Redeemers
d)
Red Shirts
33.
Former slave and abolitionist who advised President Johnson on race relations
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
John Wilkes Booth
d)
Ida B. Wells
34.
Jim Crow laws created which of the following in the south?
a)
integration
b)
segregation
c)
freedom
d)
slavery
35.
In the 1876 presidential election, Republican Rutherford B. Hayes ran against Democratic candidate _____.
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Thaddeus Stevens
c)
Samuel J. Tilden
d)
Charles "the man" Sumner
36.
_____ assassinated President Lincoln early in the Reconstruction era?
a)
Ida B. Wells
b)
Booker T. Washington
c)
Jim Crow
d)
John Wilkes Booth
37.
1st civil rights act of the United States;
a)
civil rights act of 1866
b)
civil rights act of 1776
c)
civil rights act of 1875
d)
civil rights act of 1955
38.
Where did African Americans 1st win the right to vote?
a)
Pennsylvania
b)
New York
c)
District of Columbia
d)
Alabama
39.
Which civil rights act prohibited businesses that served the public from discriminating against African Americans?
a)
civil rights act of 1866
b)
civil rights act of 1875
40.
_____ is a word meaning "separation of the races".
a)
literacy
b)
abolitionist
c)
segregation
d)
emancipation
41.
Who was president after Andrew Johnson?
a)
Samuel J. Tilden
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Rutherford B. Hayes
d)
Robert E. Lee
42.
Which of the following divided the south into 5 military districts?
a)
Civil Rights Act of 1866
b)
Reconstruction Acts
c)
13th Amendment
43.
Civil Rights activist & journalist who brought attention to the lynchings of African Americans in the South;
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
Ida B. Wells
c)
Andrew Johnson
d)
Frederick Douglass
44.
Deprived African Americans of the right to vote based on their ability to READ
a)
Poll Taxes
b)
13th Amendment
c)
literacy tests
d)
15th Amendment
45.
A ______ was a law requiring African Americans to pay before voting.
a)
Literacy test
b)
poll tax
46.
VP who became president after Lincoln was assassinated;
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Samuel J. Tilden
47.
Disagreed with Ida B. Wells as to how African Americans should respond to discrimination in the U.S.
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Samuel J. Tilden
c)
Samuel J. Tilden
d)
Booker T. Washington
48.
the __________ led to the removal of federal troops in the south.
a)
12th Amendment
b)
Civil Rights Act of 1866
c)
15th Amendment
d)
Compromise of 1877
49.
The _____ prevented the Civil Rights Act of 1866 from being repealed (removed)
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
50.
_____ was the President who issued the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Samuel J. Tilden
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
51.
What was NOT a goal of Reconstruction?
a)
to give women the right to vote
b)
reunite north and south
c)
rebuild the south
d)
heal the wounds of a divided nation
52.
Which amendment gave black men the right to vote?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
16th
53.
What limited the opportunities and rights of blacks in the south?
a)
The Black Codes
b)
The Reconstruction Amendments
c)
The 10% Plan
d)
Congressional Plan
54.
At the end of Reconstruction, federal troops-
a)
were mainly Southern soliders
b)
lived and worked only in the North
c)
supervised the South
d)
were removed from the South
55.
Which federal relief agency worked to provide blacks with food, clothing and an education?
a)
Federal Bureau of Investigations
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Freedmen's Bureau
d)
Department of Energy
56.
Which amendment abolished slavery?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
19th
57.
What group gained control of Congress after Lincoln's assassination?
a)
Southern Democrats
b)
Former Confederates
c)
Radical Republicans
d)
Communists
58.
The 15th amendment gave the right to vote to
a)
All African Americans
b)
African American men
c)
Native Americans
d)
White Women
59.
Who was the first African American to serve in the US senate?
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Hiram Revels
d)
Barack Obama
60.
During Reconstruction the South was under Military rule
a)
True
b)
False
61.
Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?
a)
Nathan Bedford Forrest
b)
John Wilkes Booth
c)
Henry Clay
d)
John Breckinridge
62.
Northerners who went south after the Civil War to make large profits from the destruction in the south were called
a)
Scalawags
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Carpetbaggers
d)
Sharecroppers
63.
The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War.
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Freedman's Bureau
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
64.
Abolished slavery throughout the United States.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
65.
The organization put in place after the Civil War to provide food, clothing, health care and education in the South was known as:
a)
The Civil Rights Committee
b)
The Freedmen's Bureau
c)
The Welfare Committee
d)
The Salvation Army
66.
Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was known as:
a)
Wade-Davis Bill
b)
14th Amendment
c)
Ten Percent Plan
d)
Radical Republican Reunification
67.
The President that Congress tried to impeach during Reconstruction was:
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Richard Nixon
68.
Groups like the Ku Klux Klan that formed during Reconstruction helped freed slaves and worked to protect their rights.
a)
True
b)
False
69.
After an electoral dispute, it was agreed that Rutherford B. Hayes would become President if he ended Reconstruction. This is often referred to as:
a)
Radical Election
b)
Compromise of 1877
c)
The corrupt bargain
d)
Illegal compromise
70.
Former Union General who would become president
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
John Wilkes Booth
d)
Abraham Lincoln
71.
Immediately following the Civil War, there was a concerted effort by southern whites to maintain
a)
civil disobedience
b)
integration
c)
equality
d)
white supremacy
72.
Congress passed the 13th amendment which ended
a)
The draft
b)
slavery
c)
taxes
d)
rich people
73.
What did they call white Southerners who tried to cooperate with African Americans?
a)
Scalawags
b)
Traitors
c)
Yankees
d)
Goobers
74.
Separating people by their race in public places is called
a)
Emancipation
b)
Freedom
c)
Segregation
d)
The draft
75.
What was the significance of the Civil Rights Act of 1866?
a)
It was the first time Congress passed a law that protected racial minorities.
b)
It represented a shift in federal power.
c)
It was the first time Congress voted to overrule a presidential veto.
76.
This vocab word means "extreme"
a)
conservative
b)
liberal
c)
radical
d)
inception
77.
Jim Crow Laws included __________________
a)
separate schools, restaurants and bathrooms
b)
poll taxes
c)
literacy tests in order to vote
d)
All of the above
78.
Reconstruction was the process of
a)
rebuilding the South after the Civil War
b)
creating land zones for freedmen after the Civil War
c)
instituting Black Codes for former slaves
d)
eliminating the plantation economy in the South
79.
Which Civil War general became president of the United States in 1870?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
William T. Sherman
c)
Andrew Johnson
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
80.
How many military zones was the South divided into?
a)
1
b)
3
c)
5
d)
7
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