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WorksheetsReconstruction STAAR
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Southern states passed "Black Codes" in order to-
limit the effects of Reconstruction amendments
increase the labor supply for factories in the North
decrease the number of northern representatives in Congress
improve relations with the Democratic Party
Which of the following reversed the Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott v Sanford?
The Dawes Act
The 14th Amendment
The Compromise of 1877
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
After General Robert E Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse, the main priority of the United States was to-
elect a new president and vice-president
complete construction of the Capitol
establish Union forts in the former Confederate states
implement a plan to bring Confederate states back into the Union
This painting of a Missouri scene (called The County Election) was completed in 1852. Such scenes would look dramatically different after the-
ratification of the 15th Amendment
Second Great Awakening
emergence of Manifest Destiny
expansion of the factory system in the South
The 13th Amendment to the Constitution affected the lives of millions of African Americans by-
providing them with voting rights
guaranteeing their freedom of speech
providing them with access to the Court system
guaranteeing their permanent freedom from slavery
What is the significance of the Civil Rights Act of 1866?
It was the first time Congress overrode a presidential veto
It represented a shift in federal power after the impeachment of President Johnson
It was the first time Congress passed a law that protected racial minorities
It represented the failure of northern abolitionists to influence Reconstruction policies
A historian is writing an article for a history website. The article is divided into the following topics:
*The division of the South into military districts
*The impeachment of the president
*The ratification of the 14th and 15th amendments
Which era in US history is the focus of this article?
The Jacksonian era
The antebellum era
The Federalist era
The Reconstruction era
*Establishment of the South's first state-funded school system
*Prohibition of racial discrimination
These reforms were instituted by:
governors during the colonial era
Reconstruction governments after the Civil War
Patriots during the American Revolution
revivalists after the Second Great Awakening
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved for the States respectively, or to the people." - 10th Amendment to the Constitution
Conflicting interpretations of this amendment played a major role in the-
Bank War
Nullification Crisis
Corrupt Bargain
XYZ Affair
Which of the following was a job that the Freedmen's Bureau performed?
Established Schools
Certified applications for political office
Granted small business loans
Provided funds for farming supplies
Poll taxes and Literacy tests are examples of ways Southern states weakened the effects of the-
Compromise of 1850
15th amendment
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Dred Scot v Sanford decision
Which of these prompted Congress to pass the 14th amendment?
The popular sovereignty provision in the Kansas-Nebraska Act
The positions taken by the Know-Nothing Party
The Black Codes enacted by the South after the Civil War
The opposition of the South to the Emancipation Proclamation
What was one long-term consequence of the sharecropping system?
Agricultural workers organized labor unions
Many former slaves became trapped in a cycle of debt
Many agricultural workers moved to cities to start small businesses
Land owners sold property to pay wages to former slaves
The abolitionist movement achieved its goal with the passage of which amendment?
12th amendment
13th amendment
14th amendment
15th amendment
