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WorksheetsReconstruction Question
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Slavery in the United States was legally ended by the
13th Amendment to the United States Constitution
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Jim Crow laws passed by state legiislatures
Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson
After the Civil War, the most common occupations for free men were
sharecroppers and tenant farmers
factory owners and teachers
skilled artisans and mechanics
miners and soldiers
Which heading best completes the partial outline above?
Development of States Rights
Results of Manifest Destiny
Elements of Reconstruction
Limits on Civil Rights
Which statement is a valid generalization about the
experience of African Americans during the early
Reconstruction period (1865–1870)?
They gained economic equality.
Their participation in government decreased.
They achieved legal rights through constitutional amendments.
Their political equality was opposed by most Radical Republicans.
The system of sharecropping developed in the South
after the Civil War because
most formerly enslaved persons had no farming skills
owners of large tracts of land faced labor shortages
much farmland was ruined by the war
plantation owners wanted to diversify crops
What was a common goal of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the United States Constitution?
punishing the South for seceding from the Union
granting basic rights to formerly enslaved persons
allowing the states to veto federal laws
creating a “separate but equal” society
After the Civil War, a significant cause of the conflict between President Andrew Johnson and the Radical Republicans in Congress was disagreement over
the plans for restoring Southern states to the Union
a proposal to repeal the Emancipation Proclamation
reduction of the army and the navy to prewar levels
congressional efforts to pay the Confederate war debt
Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were used in the South after 1890 to
support the goals of the Freedmen’s Bureau
deny suffrage rights to African Americans
undermine the “separate but equal” ruling of the Supreme Court
enforce the amendments enacted during the Civil War and Reconstruction
As the Civil War ended, which action was supported by President Abraham Lincoln and the Radical Republicans?
abolishing the institution of slavery by a constitutional amendment
passing Black Codes to guarantee equality for formerly enslaved persons
putting Confederate leaders on trial for war crimes
ending the military occupation of the South immediately
Literacy tests, grandfather clauses, and poll taxes were enacted by Southern States to
limit the movement of African Americans
restrict the voting rights of African Americans
improve the social status of African Americans
expand educational opportunities for African Americans
Black Codes were established in the South immediately after the Civil War in an effort to
integrate freedmen into American society
enforce the Emancipation Proclamation
expand educational opportunities
limit the rights of newly freed African Americans
After 1877, racial segregation became widespread in the South primarily as a result of the
decline of the Ku Klux Klan
activities of the Freedmen’s Bureau
stationing of federal troops in the South
passage of Jim Crow laws
Slavery throughout the United States was permanently abolished by the
ratification of the Constitution of the United States
approval of the Republican Party platform of 1860
issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation
adoption of the 13th amendment to the Constitution
After the Civil War, the purpose of adding the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution was to
grant civil and political rights to Native American Indians
allow women to become full citizens
guarantee African Americans equal treatment under the law
extend constitutional rights to new territories
Which statement most accurately describes President Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction after the Civil War?
Southerners should be made to pay for their rebellion
The Union should be restored as quickly as possible
African Americans should be given free land
War damages should be collected through military occupation
