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Reconstruction

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
During Reconstruction the South was under Military rule
a)
True
b)
False
2.
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
3.
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
4.
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
5.
Which of the following was not a part of the Freedman's Bureau?
a)
Helped reconnecting slaves with their families
b)
Helped create African American Colleges
c)
Helped feed slaves
d)
Forced African Americans to become sharecroppers
6.

What group in Congress felt that Lincoln's plan was too lenient?

a)

Deciduous Democrats

b)

Radical Republicans

c)

Wistful Whigs

d)

Fancy Federalists

7.
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.
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.

These laws passed by the southern states during Reconstruction legalized African-Americans to use separate facilities.

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

Black Codes

c)

Freedman's Bureau

d)

Reconstruction

10.

The process of the South rejoining the Union is called ______.

a)

Reconstruction

b)

Freedman's Bureau

c)

Black Codes

d)

Jim Crow Laws

11.
Made African Americans citizens.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
12.
Guaranteed all men the right to vote no matter their race.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
13.
The House of Representatives tried to get rid of President Andrew Johnson by doing what to him:
a)
impeaching him
b)
killing him
c)
bribing him to leave
d)
trying to get him out in the next election
14.
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
15.
Segregation  means .......
a)
separation based on race
b)
separation based on gender
c)
coming together 
d)
get rid of
16.
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
17.
Which of the following marked the end of Reconstruction in 1877?
a)
development of the sharecropping systems
b)
withdrawal of federal troops in the South
c)
election of a Democratic President
d)
Success of the Freedman's Bureau
18.
At the end of a harvest, a sharecropper would usually pay a land owner:
a)
the cash that was earned when the crops were sold.
b)
a portion of the crops that were produced.
c)
nothing.
d)
all of the crops that were produced.
19.
Following the Civil War, most of the people who became sharecroppers were:
a)
former plantation owners.
b)
former Union soldiers.
c)
former Confederate soldiers.
d)
former African slaves.
20.
After Abraham Lincoln's assassination, who took over the presidency and continued Reconstruction?
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Andrew Johnson
d)
Rutherford B. Hayes
21.
During Reconstruction, which of the following did the Southern states enact in order to restrict the rights of the freedmen?
a)
Slave Codes
b)
Civil Rights Laws
c)
Freedman's Bureau Bill
d)
Black Codes
22.

Modeled close to slave laws, what kept African Americans in a condition close to slavery?

a)

Intolerable acts

b)

Literacy Tests

c)

Black Codes

d)

Grandfather clause

23.

What are Natural Rights?

a)

The right to farm whatever crop you desired

b)

Rights to segregate African-Americans

c)

The right to have your hair color the way you wanted

d)

Rights found in the Declaration of Independence: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

24.

Sharecropping replaced slavery because __________.

a)

although African-Americans had independence, it also kept them in debt

b)

of Reconstruction

c)

the 13th amendment was added to the Constitution

d)

the Freedman's Bureau

25.

Decisions about what crops to grow (like cotton or tobacco) were related to how much farmers could make on them. Cotton grew in importance as the demand for cotton grew and the cotton gin made the process easier to do in bulk.

a)

This is an example of price incentive.

b)

This is an example of specialization.

c)

This is an example of sharecropping.

26.

Producing goods or services based on one's efficiency.

a)

specialization

b)

Reconstruction

c)

natural rights

27.

During the period of Reconstruction...

a)

some people wanted to punish the south and make it harder for them to rejoin the union.

b)

some people, like Abraham Lincoln, wanted to make it easy for the south to rejoin the union.

c)

Both of these statements are true.

d)

Both of these statements are false.

28.

Reconstruction was not successful. Why?

a)

Some people felt it had not reunited the union successfully.

b)

The Jim Crow laws prevented African-Americans from voting and gaining political power.

c)

Both of these.

29.

Why was the Freeman's Bureau created?

a)

to help freed slaves with food, clothing, medical care, and legal advice.

b)

to force the south to follow amendment 13

c)

to impeach Andrew Johnson

30.

Why did Reconstruction occur?

a)

Because President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated

b)

It was part of the Civil War

c)

After the Civil War, the nation needed to be reunited.

31.

Some people in the South did not like the new laws that protected African American's rights. Some people did not want the newly freed slaves to hold a government office. What did some people in the south do to prevent the freed people from enjoying their newly bestowed rights?

a)

Kept slaves even though it was illegal

b)

Formed secret organizations, like the Klu Klux Klan in order to threaten, beat, and kill African-Americans

c)

Made them move to the north

32.

Laws that were passed to limit former slaves to travel, vote, and work in certain jobs were called ________.

a)

Klu Klux Klan

b)

natural rights

c)

Black codes

d)

Jim Crow laws

33.
Jim Crow laws were mainly directed at this group 
a)
Latinos
b)
African-Americans 
c)
Native Americans
d)
Asians
34.
Segregation in the South was mainly based on 
a)
hair color
b)
religion
c)
race (color of the skin)
d)
economic status
35.
What best describes Jim Crow laws?
a)
better opportunities for women
b)
African Americans gaining full civil and political rights
c)
discrimination laws focused on Native Americans
d)
unequal opportunities for African Americans in housing, jobs, and education
36.

Laws enacted by southern state and local governments to separate white and black people in public and private facilities.

a)

Racist

b)

Prejudice

c)

Discrimination

d)

Jim Crow Laws

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