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Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
The effort, after the Civil War, to reorganize the seceded states and bring them back to the union.
Black Codes
Reconstruction
Provisional Government
Juneteenth
The 13th Amendment
prohibited slavery
granted citizenship to all American men
prohibited presidents from serving more than two terms
gave all men the right to vote
Food, clothing, and education were provided to former slaves by
13th Amendment
Ku Klux Klan
Freedmen's Bureau
Reconstruction Act
The 14th Amendment
forbade slavery
granted citizenship to all Americans regardless of race
gave all men the right to vote
set up the Ku Klux Klan
Under President Johnson's plan for Reconstruction, states had to do all of the following EXCEPT
declare their secession illegal
cancel all war debts
set up Black Codes to restrict Freedmen's rights
made all white males pledge loyalty to the United States
The 15th Amendment
forbade slavery
granted citizenship to black Americans
gave all male citizens the right to vote
forbade racial discrimination in public areas
A sharecroppers is farm worker who does not receive any money for his work. Instead, he is paid with a share of the crops that he helped grow. Why did many African Americans accept this kind of an arrangement?
Crops (such as cotton and tobacco) were more valuable than money.
They agreed in order to avoid having to work in factories
They were treated better than paid employees.
There were so few paying jobs, they were willing to accept any kind of work.
Segregation means
separation based on race
coming together
separation based on gender
get rid of
Which occurred during the Reconstruction Era?
The west was overrun by buffalo.
Three new amendments were added to the constitution.
The south returned to the same way of life as before the war.
A white Southerner who supported Reconstruction, usually for their own gain is known as a
slave
civilian
general
scalawag
What did the Freedmen's Bureau do?
made all former slaves earn higher wages
provided more educational opportunities to former slaves
freed the slaves after the Civil War
Juneteenth is
a process of reuniting the southern states with the Union
a holiday to celebrate slaves being freed in Texas
the period after the Civil War
Black Codes were
formal changes in the constitution
laws giving more rights to African Americans
laws restricting the rights of African Americans
laws ending slavery
What best describes why the 15th Amendment failed?
Employers discriminated.
The KKK gained power.
Schools were segregated.
Poll taxes and literacy tests kept African Americans from voting.
The group of Northerners who thought that President Johnson was not being strict enough with the South was
Ku Klux Klan
Radical Republicans
carpetbaggers
scalawags
A carpetbagger was
a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction
a formerly enslaved person
a Northerner in the South working for a Reconstruction government
a Radical Republican
This amendment says if you were born here, you are a citizen.
12th Amendment
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
How did the federal government help newly freed African Americans?
gave them farms
provided transportation to the North
created Freedmen's Bureau
Nullify means
to quit
to cancel
to add
to complete
What did Southerners have to do to be able to vote again?
give land to freedmen
free their slaves
swear an oath of loyalty
In Texas, the new Constitution of 1866 did not allow African Americans to
vote
own property
sign contracts
get married
Who was President after Lincoln's assassination?
Francis R. Lubbock
Andrew J. Hamilton
Gordon Granger
Andrew Johnson
Which was NOT a requirement for Southern states under Johnson's plan?
acknowledge U.S. government would not pay its debts
nullify its act of secession
give land to freedmen
ratify the Thirteenth Amendment
The Emancipation Proclamation
provided food and shelter for freedmen
declared enslaved Texans were free
made it legal for freed people to own property
declared Texas would rejoin the Union
The amendments to the Texas constitution did not
nullify succession
nullified state's war debt
abolish slavery
grant African Americans equal rights
