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The Reconstruction Era

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who were white southerners who joined the Republican Party?

a)

Scalawags

b)

Carpetbaggers

2.

Who was the President during reconstruction?

a)

James Polk

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

Rutherford Hayes

3.

Name one of the leaders of the Radical Republicans

a)

Charles Sumner

b)

Thaddeus Stevens

c)

William Tecumseh Sherman

d)

Ulysses S Grant

4.

What political party had a vigorous campaign to secure rights for freed slaves during Reconstruction?

a)

Democratic Party

b)

Radical Republicans

c)

Moderate Republicans

d)

The Green Party

5.

What organization was created to protect former slaves?

a)

Moderate Republicans

b)

1st Wave Feminism

c)

The KKK

d)

The Freedmen's Bureau

6.

Who was a leader of the KKK?

a)

Nathan Bedford Forest

b)

Hiram Rhodes Revels

c)

Forest Gump

d)

Oliver Otis Howard

7.

Who was the first African American Senator?

a)

Fredrick Douglas

b)

Hiram Rhodes Revels

c)

Blanche Kelso Bruce

d)

Abraham Lincoln

8.

What were laws passed in the southern states during reconstruction to segregate of African Americans?

a)

All of the above

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

Black Codes

9.

What year was Lincoln assassinated?

a)

1864

b)

1865

c)

1866

d)

1867

10.

Who was President after Johnson?

a)

Pocahontas

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Rutherford Hayes

d)

Elmo

11.

A secret hate group in the southern US was called?

a)

Freemasons

b)

Occult

c)

KKK

d)

The Illuminati

12.

When did reconstruction start?

a)

1861

b)

1862

c)

1863

d)

1864

13.

What amendment ended slavery?

a)

13

b)

14

c)

15

d)

12

14.

What granted citizenship to ex-slaves?

a)

12th amendment

b)

14th amendment

c)

15th amendment

d)

11th amendment

15.

What amendment gave black men the right to vote?

a)

13

b)

14

c)

15

d)

16

16.

Where did Robert E Lee surrender?

a)

Appomatox Courthouse Carolina

b)

Appomatox Courthouse VA

c)

Appomatox Courthouse MS

17.

Where did Robert E Lee surrender?

a)

Appomatox Courthouse Carolina

b)

Appomatox Courthouse VA

c)

Appomatox Courthouse MS

18.

When did reconstruction end?

a)

1876

b)

1877

c)

1878

d)

1879

19.

Which happend during the reconstruction period?

a)

When the 1st black man served on congress.

b)

When the ex slaves were starting to get equal rights as whites.

c)

When the confederacy became part of the union and started adjusting.

d)

All of the above

20.

Reconstructing definition

a)

To cancel out

b)

To restart something that has been abolished