WorksheetsReconstruction Review
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 1hrs 2mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This was the rebuilding of the country after the Civil War?
a)
Sherman's March to the Sea
b)
Reconstruction
c)
WWI
d)
Freedmen's Bureau
2.
This amendment says all male citizens can now vote.
a)
13th
b)
15th
c)
19th
d)
23rd
3.
This group helped newly freed slaves with food, medical care, jobs, housing and schooling.
a)
Sharecropping
b)
Jim Crow Laws
c)
Reconstruction
d)
Freedmen's Bureau
4.
This amendment abolished slavery.
a)
12th
b)
13th
c)
14th
d)
15th
5.
Segregation means .......
a)
separation based on race
b)
separation based on gender
c)
coming together
d)
get rid of
6.
This amendment says if you are born here you are a citizen.
a)
12th
b)
13th
c)
14th
d)
15th
7.
System of farming where plantation owners would lend former slaves a place to live in exchange for farming crops
a)
Sharecropping
b)
Freedmen's Bureau
c)
Jim Crow Laws
d)
Slavery
8.
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.
9.
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
10.
What impact did Jim Crow laws have on African American?
a)
They kept them separated from the whites in all aspect of public life
b)
They granted them the right to vote
c)
They brought more African Americans and whites closer together
d)
they led to the creation of the Grange
11.
What problem did many farmers have under the sharecropping system?
a)
They were forced to grow cash crops instead of food.
b)
They often were trapped in a cycle or circle of debt.
c)
Many sharecroppers were forced to buy goods on credit.
d)
All choices are true.
12.
Laws passed by southern states soon after the Compromise of 1877. These laws legalized segregation whites and blacks to use separate facilities.
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Black Codes
c)
Freedman's Bureau
d)
Reconstruction
13.
The Ku Klux Klan
a)
Gave aid to newly freed slaves
b)
Were terrorists who used violence against freed slaves and their supporters
c)
Started off hurting Blacks, but later helped them
d)
No longer exist today
14.
What are the three factors that impacted different populations during the Reconstruction Era?
a)
equality, slavery, constitutional amendments
b)
power, strength, rights
c)
political, economical, social
15.
Who became the president when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Andrew Jackson
c)
Andrew Johnson
d)
Ulysses Grant
16.
What was Johnson's main aim?
a)
to humiliate the elite southerners
b)
to take away the southerners land
c)
to grant pardons
17.
Which term was used by Southerners to describe people that moved south to make money by taking advantage of the war-torn economy?
a)
scalawags
b)
sharecroppers
c)
social elite
d)
carpetbaggers
18.
What was Lincoln's vision for Reconstruction?
a)
Return the South to its previous way of life
b)
Make it difficult for the South to reenter the Union
c)
See freed slaves as equals
d)
Reunite the nation quickly
19.
Why was the KKK able to obtain a great deal of power in the South?
a)
The Klan provided jobs
b)
The Klan received public support
c)
Local governments had no legal right to stop it
d)
Local governments did little to stop it
20.
What was the agreement that said Democrats would vote for the Republican candidate in exchange for removal of troops in the South?
a)
Civil Rights Act of 1875
b)
Compromise of 1877
c)
Missouri Compromise
d)
Reconstruction Compromise
21.
Which of the following marked the end of Reconstruction in 1877?
a)
development of the sharecropping systems
b)
withdrawal of federal troops in the South
c)
election of a Democratic President
d)
Success of the Freedman's Bureau
22.
The Ku Klux Klan often resorted to violence to accomplish its goal. This violence was usually designed to:
a)
protect personal property.
b)
retaliate against previous acts of violence.
c)
intimidate the victims.
d)
prevent the spread of more violence.
23.
Which of the following exclusion tactics did Southern blacks NOT face when attempting to vote?
a)
picture identification
b)
literacy test
c)
grandfather clause
d)
poll tax
24.
Toward the end of Reconstruction, most of the Southern elite:
a)
brought back the institution of slavery
b)
moved to the North and West
c)
Regained their elite status in the South
d)
lost everything they had
25.
Most African Americans in the South did which of the following during Reconstruction?
a)
established communities in the South
b)
Took over the Southern elite's plantations
c)
bought acres of land for farming
d)
moved to North and West
26.
Which of the following is a political effect of Reconstruction for elite southerners?
a)
Supported the interest of African Americans
b)
Regained control of the government
c)
voted and elected African Americans and White Republicans
27.
Which of the following is an economic effect of Reconstruction on African Americans?
a)
took advantage of the South
b)
Sharecropping caused them to become in debt
c)
Reestablished cotton production at little cost
28.
Which of the following is an economic effect of Reconstruction on elite southerners?
a)
took advantage of the south
b)
sharecropping caused them to be in debt
c)
reestablished cotton production at little cost
29.
Which of the following is a social effect of reconstruction on African Americans?
a)
retained their social position
b)
opportunity to attend school
c)
called carpetbaggers
30.
Which of the following is a social effect of Reconstruction on elite southerners?
a)
retained their social position
b)
opportunity to attend school
c)
called carpetbaggers
31.
Which of the following is a social effect of Reconstruction on some northerners?
a)
retained their social position
b)
opportunity to attend school
c)
called carpetbaggers
32.
Why did congress impeach President Johnson?
a)
They felt Johnson didn't deserve to be the President.
b)
They felt Johnson allowed the South to form governments too quickly and they were run by Confederate leaders.
c)
They felt Johnson was responsible for Lincoln's assassination.
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