WorksheetsReconstruction Section 1 and 2 Vocab Practice
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Laws passed by Southern states after the Civil War that limited the freedom of formerly enslaved people. African Americans could not own guns, meet after sunset, could be jailed if they were unemployed.
a)
Liberty Law
b)
Slave Codes
c)
Amendments
d)
Black Codes
2.
A federal agency set up in 1865 to help both whites and African Americans in the South
a)
Freedmen's Bureau
b)
NAACP
c)
HUD
d)
Ku Klux Klan
3.
To charge someone with wrongdoing
a)
Snitch
b)
Run 'n' go tell it
c)
Impeach
d)
Tattletale
4.
Lincoln’s VP who became President after assassination. He also believed in Reconstruction but was not strict on Southern states.
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Rutherford B. Hayes
d)
James A. Garfield
5.
What law first protected equal rights and put troops in the south?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
Civil Rights Act of 1866
d)
Compromise of 1877
6.
This plan of Reconstruction was promoted by Abraham Lincoln. It was very easy on the South and was meant to restore unity
a)
Ten-Percent Plan
b)
Freedom Bureau
c)
Office of Tenure Act
d)
Wade-Davis Bill
7.
The Reconstruction Acts divided the South into 5 districts.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
everyone born in America is a citizen and has "equal protection" and "due process"
a)
14th Amendment 1868
b)
12th Amendment 1808
c)
22nd Amendment 1935
d)
6th Amendment 1791
9.
Which amendment gave African-Americans the right to vote in 1869?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
10.
Which group wanted to punish the South during Reconstruction?
a)
Radical Republicans
b)
Democrats
c)
Democratic-Republicans
d)
Whigs
11.
What did the 13th Amendment do?
a)
made slavery illegal
b)
made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
c)
gave black men the right to vote
d)
gave former slaves land to begin farms
12.
What was Reconstruction?
a)
equal treatment for all people
b)
the forced separation of races
c)
a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land
d)
the period of time after the Civil War
13.
How did South Carolina and many other southern states respond to the passage of Reconstruction policies?
a)
They passed Black Codes and elected former Confederates to Congress.
b)
They passed laws that protected African American rights and elected new officials.
c)
They used state militaries to protect white citizens through martial law.
d)
They seceded from the Union and created the Confederacy.
14.
Reconstruction was the process of
a)
rebuilding the South after the Civil War
b)
creating land zones for freedmen after the Civil War
c)
instituting Black Codes for former slaves
d)
eliminating the plantation economy in the South
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