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Reconstruction

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the term Reconstruction mean?

a)

The task of just rebuilding infrastructure in the south

b)

the task of physically, politically, economically, and socially repairing the Southern States

c)

Rebuilding the United States Federal Government

d)

none of the above

2.

What was President Lincoln's plan called?

a)

50% Plan

b)

The Congressional Plan

c)

10% Plan

d)

Rebuke Succession Plan

3.

Which was NOT part of the 10% plan?

a)

Southern States had to pass the 13th Amendment

b)

Rebuke Succession

c)

Ten Percent of Voters had to take an oath of allegiance to the US

d)

Southern States would be broken into 5 military districts

4.

Which group strongly opposed Lincoln's ten percent plan?

a)

Radical Republicans

b)

House of Representatives

c)

Lincoln

d)

The Northerners

5.

Compared to Lincoln's 10% plan how did the Radical Republicans want to treat Southerns?

a)

There was no difference

b)

They wanted the Southerns to pay to fix the whole country

c)

They wanted a harsher punishment for Southerns than Lincoln was going to give

6.

The Radical Republicans plan sent through Legislation was called what?

a)

The Wade-Davis Bill

b)

Davis Bill

c)

Congress Plan

d)

The 10% Plan

7.

Where was President Lincoln Assassinated?

a)

The Mall

b)

His Home

c)

The White House

d)

Ford's Theater

8.

Besides losing a President to murder, why did Lincoln's death cause so much turmoil in the County?

a)

There was no policy on who to replace the President

b)

Lincoln wasn't actually killed it was a lie the government told people

c)

His replacement would continue the disagreement on how to handle Reconstruction

d)

His replacement would try and continue Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction

9.

Who killed Abraham Lincoln?

a)

His Wife

b)

The CIA

c)

John Wilkes Booth

d)

Wade Davis

10.

Which was NOT a part of Johnson's plan for Reconstruction?

a)

Veto any bill that Congress passed that he felt was took strict on the South

b)

Rapidly Integrate Southern States back into the Union

c)

Appoint Governors who would make political changes in the South

d)

Leave the South alone

11.
The 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution...
a)
guarantees African Americans free speech
b)
Outlawed slavery in the United States
c)
gave African Americans the right to vote
d)
rejoined the South and the North
12.
The 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution...
a)
Gave African Americans citizenship
b)
Gave African Americans the right to vote
c)
Freed the slaves
d)
Gave landowners the right to sharecrop
13.
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
d)
Forced African Americans back into slavery
14.
What problem did many farmers have under the sharecropping system?        
a)
They were forced to grow cash crops instead of food.
b)
 They often were trapped in a cycle or circle of debt.
c)
 Many sharecroppers were forced to buy goods on credit. 
d)
   All choices are true.
15.
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
16.
These were laws that made it illegal for African Americans to live or work in certain areas and allowed whites to arrest African Americans who were not working.  Once arrested they would be forced to work for white landowners. 
a)
Freedman's Bureau
b)
Reconstruction
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
17.
System of farming where plantation owners would lend former slaves a place to live in exchange for farming crops
a)
Sharecropping
b)
Freedmen's Bureua
c)
Jim Crow Laws
d)
Slavery