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WorksheetsReconstruction Unit Test
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 51mins
Which of the following wanted to punish the Confederate states during Reconstruction?
Radical Republicans
Lincoln
Johnson
Jim Crow
Which of the following Amendments abolished slavery?
13th
14th
15th
16th
In the Compromise of 1877, Hayes was elected President agreeing to:
support the 15th amendment
outlaw the Ku Klux Klan
remove the last Union troops from the South
allow Congress to impeach Johnson
Southern whites restricted the freedom of African Americans soon after the Civil War by using:
the federal courts
congressional aid
Freedman’s Bureau
Black Codes
Which best describes the economic situation of many African Americans in the South after the Civil War?
Slavery was replaced by the cycle of poverty through sharecropping
Mining provided the best opportunities
Advances in technology brought an end to agricultural work
Opportunities in the South outnumbered those in the North
What did the Supreme Court rule in Plessy v Ferguson?
Segregation is legal as the separate facilities are equal
Poll taxes and literacy tests were unconstitutional
Jim Crow laws were unconstitutional
Sharecropping was a form of slave labor
African Americans were providing with food, clothes and education during Reconstruction by the:
Black Codes
Jim Crow
15th amendment
Freedmen's Bureau
Southerners who supported Reconstruction were known as:
Scalawags
Carpetbaggers
Losers
Jim Crows
What are “freedmen”?
African Americans who were enslaved after the Civil War
African Americans who moved to New York during the Civil War
African Americans who were freed from slavery after the Civil War
African Americans who worked as factory workers in the late 1700s
Northerners who moved South during Reconstruction were known as:
Scalawags
Carpetbaggers
Losers
Jim Crows
Which of the following amendments gave African Americans the right to vote?
13th
14th
15th
16th
The term Reconstruction means:
to rebuild the South after the Civil War
to reconstruct the White House after the Civil War
to build up industry in the North after the Civil War
to rebuild the lives of slaves in the south
Which of the following was NOT used to keep African Americans from voting?
literacy tests
poll taxes
intimidation by the Ku Klux Klan
blood tests
The purpose of checks and balances is to:
keep the Vice-President from taking over the Presidency
keep blacks and whites in the South equal
prevent any one branch of government from becoming too powerful
make sure Congress was always more powerful than the Supreme Court
The goal of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) was to:
keep African Americans in the South safe
keep African Americans in the South powerless
intimidate poor whites so they would not vote
keep peace between southern blacks and whites
Which of the following amendments granted African Americans equal rights of citizenship?
13th
14th
15th
16th
Why was the 13th amendment necessary? (Hint: Think about what Lincoln did before the war was over)
because the seceded states had officially cut off all ties with the United States
because Southern states had formed their own nation
because the Emancipation Proclamation had not freed all the slaves
because Southern states had refused to give African Americans the right to vote
Suffrage is the right to:
carry a gun
vote
equal protection under the law
trial by jury
How many military districts were there?
3
4
5
6
What political party was responsible for setting up these military districts? (Hint: Who was pro-slavery and which party did Lincoln belong to)
Republican
Democratic
Why were the military districts established?
The South would be able to develop their own army
Union soldiers could ensure that Southerners were following Reconstruction law
To uphold Jim Crow laws
To make sure slaves were being kept on their plantation
What group of people is being abused in this cartoon?
Southern African Americans
Northern African Americans
KKK
Radical Republicans
Radical Democrats
Which organization was founded during Reconstruction to help formerly enslaved people adjust to freedom?
Freedmen's Bureau
Ku Klux Klan
Jim Crow League
Confederate Congress
What was the main goal of the Black Codes enacted in Southern states after the Civil War?
To promote racial equality
To restrict the rights of African Americans
To encourage industrialization
To abolish slavery
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted African American men the right to vote?
16th Amendment
14th Amendment
13th Amendment
15th Amendment
What does, "with malice towards none, with charity for all", show us about Abraham Lincoln's plan for reconstruction?
He wanted to punish the Confederates.
He wanted to show forgiveness to Confederates.
He wanted to make it difficult for the south to rejoin.
What was Lincolns' 10% plan?
10 year plan to rebuild railroads.
10% of slaves would be set free in the south.
A10% tax placed on the south for war debts.
10% had to swear an oath of allegiance.
What group formed in the Reconstruction era to try to bring Democrats back into political power?
Radical Republicans
Ku Klux Klan
Freedmen's Bureau
Democratic Party
What did the south use to keep former slaves in a type of slavery after the Civil War?
Black Codes
The 13th amendment
Slave laws
Naturalization rules
A southern man who supported northern Republicans was known in the south as a _________________________________.
Carpetbagger
Redeemer
Freedman
Scalawag
