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WorksheetsReconstruction and Gilded Age Review
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 34mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which political party controlled South Carolina after the election of 1876?
a)
Radical Republicans
b)
Conservative Democrats
c)
Liberal Tories
d)
Green Party
2.
Who were the Conservative Democrats “redeeming” South Carolina from?
a)
Democrats
b)
Libertarians
c)
Republicans
d)
Anarchists
3.
What is gerrymandering?
a)
creating political districts in a way that ensures winning
b)
choosing twelve districts for the games
c)
drawing lines to separate rich and poor whites
d)
building walls in neighborhoods
4.
What was the purpose of Jim Crow Laws?
a)
To keep African Americans and Whites separated.
b)
To maintain the status quo that existed under Republican ?rule
c)
To give black Americans more civil rights
d)
To give black Americans more jobs
5.
The election of Wade Hampton as governor in 1876 marked what turning point in SC’s history?
a)
Then end of elite rule in SC, and the start of the Populist Movement
b)
The official end of slavery and the start of the Reconstruction Era
c)
The ratification of the “Reconstruction Amendments,”which protected the rights of African Americans
d)
The end of Reconstruction and the return of the Democrats to political power
6.
Who did the Federal government say should be in charge of rebuilding Southern economies and towns?
a)
South Carolina
b)
The Confederacy
c)
The States
d)
The US government
7.
How did sharecropping affect former slaves?
a)
Made them Rich
b)
Left them in a cycle of debt
c)
Whites joined terrorist groups
d)
They were taxed heavily
8.
What was the greatest accomplishment of the Freedmen's Bureau?
a)
Education
b)
Economic Prosperity
c)
Social Change
d)
Political equality
9.
What was the purpose of the Black Codes?
a)
Continue Slavery
b)
Deny legal rights to former slaves
c)
Keep Planters from Voting
d)
Keep Poor Whites from Socializing with Freedmen
10.
Which Amendment was responsible for giving all citizens equal rights?
a)
13
b)
14
c)
15
d)
16
11.
Which amendment freed all slaves in the United States?
a)
13
b)
14
c)
15
d)
16
12.
What was the purpose of the KKK?
a)
Terrorize Union Soldiers
b)
Terrorize Freedmen
c)
Terrorize Scalawags
d)
Terrorize Carpetbaggers
13.
What did the plantation owner provide in sharecropping?
a)
Nothing
b)
Seed and Tools
c)
Labor
d)
Just the Land
14.
Small farmers who supported the Republicans to benefit politically and economically were called ___________.
a)
Scalawags
b)
Carpetbaggers
c)
Freedmen
d)
Tenant Farmers
15.
What is the name for northerners who moved to the South to work as teachers, missionaries, and entrepreneurs?
a)
Scalawags
b)
Carpetbaggers
c)
Freedmen
d)
Sharecroppers
16.
What political party was made up of Freedmen, Scalawags, and Carpetbaggers?
a)
Republican
b)
Democrat
c)
Democratic-Republicans
d)
Socialist
17.
How did whites characterize the African American political leadership?
a)
Superb
b)
Adequate
c)
Ignorant
d)
Literate
18.
What caused the white backlash in South Carolina?
a)
African Americans participating in gov't
b)
Democrats angry at Lincoln
c)
Anger @ the Freedmen's Bureau
d)
Martial Law
19.
Which Red Shirt Democratic leader was elected governor in 1876?
a)
Wade Hampton
b)
Ben Tillman
c)
Daniel Sickles
d)
Robert E. Lee
20.
What did the south get in the Compromise of 1877?
a)
Removal of Slaves
b)
Removal of troops
c)
Republican control of Government
d)
Democrat control of Congress
21.
Which of the following BEST describes what is meant by the term "Old South"?
a)
The south as it was under Spanish Rule.
b)
The south as it was BEFORE the Civil War
c)
The older planter elite population of the south.
d)
The days when Beyonce danced at the Super Bowl
22.
Which of the following is NOT a reason that the textile industry grew in South Carolina?
a)
A number of poor white farmers to work
b)
A large number of rivers
c)
A large number of cotton fields
d)
A large number of immigrants ready to work
23.
Which South Carolina politician appealed to the common person and became known as a "Populist".
a)
Wade Hampton
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Ben Tillman
d)
Robert Smalls
24.
What led to the expansion of industry throughout the United States?
a)
The Phosphate Industry
b)
The Populist Movement
c)
The Agriculture Industry
d)
The Railroad Industry
25.
Which South Carolina city industrialized and grew into a major railroad hub because of the railroad boom?
a)
Spartanburg
b)
Charleston
c)
Columbia
d)
Greenwood
26.
The ____________________ allowed a creditor to have first claim on a farmers crop.
a)
Sharecropping
b)
Tenant Farming
c)
Crop Lien Law
d)
Crop Lien System
27.
A poor farmer during the late 19th century would have most likely supported which political party?
a)
Democrat
b)
Republican
c)
Socialist
d)
Populist
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