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The Reconstruction Era

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 1hrs 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who wanted to punish the South during Reconstruction?

a)

Democrats

b)

Radical Republicans

c)

Carpetbaggers

2.

What amendment abolished slavery?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

3.

Who did the Radical Republicans attempt to impeach?

a)

Lincoln

b)

Johnson

c)

Hayes

4.

The 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution...

a)

Gave all men who were citizens (18 yrs. and up) the right to vote

b)

Gave African Americans the right to vote

c)

Freed the slaves

5.

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

6.

Which of the following was not a goal of Reconstruction?

a)

Reunite the North and the South

b)

Rebuild the South

c)

Develop the system of sharecropping

7.
Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?
a)
Nathan Bedford Forrest
b)
John Wilkes Booth
c)
Henry Clay
d)
John Breckinridge
8.
Northerners who went south after the Civil War to make large profits from the destruction in the south were called
a)
Scalawags
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Carpetbaggers
d)
Sharecroppers
9.
The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War. 
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Freedman's Bureau
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
10.
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
11.
What is Reconstruction?
a)
A federal agency set up to help former slaves after the Civil War.
b)
The period of rebuilding that followed the Civil War, during which the defeated Confederate States were readmitted to the Union.
c)
A bill, passed in 1864 and vetoed by President Lincoln, that would have given Congress control of Reconstruction.
d)
An amendment to the U.S. Constitution, adopted in 1865, that has abolished slavery and involuntary servitude.
12.
Who takes over as President after Abraham Lincoln dies?
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
John Wilkes Booth
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
Barack Obama
13.
Which amendment made all people born in the U.S. including former slaves, citizens of the country and guaranteed equal protection of the laws?
a)
First
b)
Fifteenth
c)
Fourteenth
d)
Thirteenth
14.
Which amendment prohibited the denial of voting rights to people because of their race or color or because they have previously been slaves?
a)
Second
b)
Fourteenth
c)
Third
d)
Fifteenth
15.
Which amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude?
a)
Fifth
b)
Thirteenth
c)
Fifteenth
d)
Ninth
16.
Who created the Freedman's Bureau?
a)
George Wash
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Andrew Jackson
d)
Harriet Tubman
17.
What does KKK stand for?
a)
Kool Kids Klub
b)
King Kevin Klan
c)
Ku Klux Klan
d)
Ki Klux Klan
18.
This  was the rebuilding of the country after the Civil War?
a)
Sherman's March to the Sea
b)
Reconstruction
c)
WWI
d)
Freedmen's Bureau 
19.

Which of the following challenges did Southern blacks NOT face when attempting to vote?

a)

poll tax

b)

picture identification

c)

literacy test

20.

The Freedmen's Bureau began in ____, the same year the Civil War ended.

a)

1861

b)

1865

c)

1863

21.
A black person from California moved to Georgia. The person was not allowed to buy a home because of their skin color. Which amendment is being broken?
a)
17th
b)
12th
c)
3rd
d)
14th
22.
George Moon decided that he wanted to keep some of slaves to keep his labor cost from rising, what amendment is he going against?
a)
1st
b)
15th
c)
13th
d)
7th
23.
What group in Congress felt that Lincoln's plan was too lenient?
a)
Deciduous Democrats
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Wistful Whigs
d)
Fancy Federalists
24.
Who won the Civil War?
a)
The North (Union)
b)
the "freed slaves"
c)
The South (Confederacy)
25.
When did the Civil War end?
a)
April, 1864
b)
April, 1863
c)
April, 1865
26.

What side did Grant fight for?

a)

Union

b)

Confederates

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