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WorksheetsReconstruction
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 26mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What amendment abolished slavery?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
16th
2.
The 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution...
a)
guarantees African Americans free speech
b)
Outlawed slavery in the United States
c)
gave African Americans the right to vote
d)
rejoined the South and the North
3.
The 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution...
a)
Gave African Americans citizenship
b)
Gave African Americans the right to vote
c)
Freed the slaves
d)
Gave landowners the right to sharecrop
4.
The 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution...
a)
Gave African Americans the right to own businesses
b)
Freed the Slaves
c)
Gave African Americans the right to vote
d)
Forced African Americans back into slavery
5.
Which of the following was not a part of the Freedman's Bureau?
a)
Helped reconnecting slaves with their families
b)
Helped create African American Colleges
c)
Helped feed slaves
d)
Forced African Americans to become sharecroppers
6.
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.
7.
Which of the following definitions apply to “impeach”?
a)
To remove an official from office
b)
To charge an official with a crime.
c)
To arrest an official for crimes.
d)
To put an official on trial for “mis-behavior in the White House”
8.
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
9.
These were laws that made it illegal for African Americans to live or work in certain areas and allowed whites to arrest African Americans who were not working. Once arrested they would be forced to work for white landowners.
a)
Freedman's Bureau
b)
Reconstruction
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
10.
The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War.
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Freedman's Bureau
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
11.
Made African Americans citizens.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
12.
Guaranteed all men the right to vote no matter their race.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
13.
The House of Representatives tried to get rid of President Andrew Johnson by doing what to him:
a)
impeaching him
b)
killing him
c)
bribing him to leave
d)
trying to get him out in the next election
14.
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
15.
Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was known as:
a)
Wade-Davis Bill
b)
14th Amendment
c)
Ten Percent Plan
d)
Radical Republican Reunification
16.
The President that Congress tried to impeach during Reconstruction was:
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Richard Nixon
17.
Sharecroppers had little chance of making a profit and getting ahead.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
Construct means to...
a)
bind
b)
change
c)
break
d)
build
19.
Segregation means .......
a)
separation based on race
b)
separation based on gender
c)
coming together
d)
get rid of
20.
With Jim Crow laws, blacks and whites could attend the same schools.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
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
22.
Jim Crow laws legally segregated African Americans and white people.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
Lincoln believed --
a)
the South should form its own country and separate from the Union
b)
Preservation of the Union was more important than punishing the South
c)
Charity should be given to the North for their trouble fighting the Civil War
d)
It was important to preserve the Union and punish the South
24.
How can the provisions stated in the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments best be summarized?
a)
Protection is only provided for male citizens under the law
b)
Protection is guaranteed for all citizens under the law
c)
Protection is only provided for certain ethnic groups under the law
d)
Protection is not guaranteed to enslaved citizens under the law
25.
The constitutional amendments that were adopted during Reconstruction --
a)
provided political and legal rights for African Americans
b)
increased the rights of southern soldiers
c)
limited the number of years in a presidential term
d)
allowed federal money to be spent on building construction
26.
This Reconstruction plan said a state could rejoin if 10% of its population swore an oath of loyalty
a)
Lincoln's Plan
b)
Johnson's Plan
c)
Radical Republican's Plan
d)
Grant's Plan
27.
Who became the president when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Andrew Jackson
c)
Andrew Johnson
28.
Where were most factories located or built before the Civil War?
a)
The South
b)
The North
c)
The East
d)
the West
29.
Why was Lincoln's 10 Percent Plan not put in to effect?
a)
The war wasn't finished yet
b)
He became Secretary of State
c)
He was assassinated
d)
He lost the war
30.
What is one word that best describes Lincoln's Plan for Reconstruction?
a)
Harsh
b)
Punitive
c)
Lenient
d)
Unfair
31.
Who wanted to punish the South during Reconstruction?
a)
Democrats
b)
Radical Republicans in Congress
c)
Scalawags
d)
Carpetbaggers
32.
What did Congress' plan include?
a)
Passed the 14th amendment recognizing citizenship of African Americans
b)
Placed Northern military troops in the Southern states to protect the freedmen
c)
Required the southern states to write new constitutions
d)
All of the above
33.
What was Andrew Johnson's main goal?
a)
Preserve the union and end the Civil War as quickly as possible
b)
To continue Lincoln's policy, but be easier on the Southern elite.
c)
To establish Black Codes that replaced the Slave Codes
d)
Ensure the war was not fought in vain and that freed slaves were indeed, fr
34.
What was the aim of Congress' plan for reconstruction?
a)
Give African Americans more rights
b)
Allow the South to take away rights from slave owners
c)
sent military to help capture more slaves.
35.
What was the aim of the Radical Republicans?
a)
Southern states had to rewrite their constitution to recognize the 14th amendment
b)
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