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Unit 14: Reconstruction Review

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_____ is the time period immediately following the Civil War.

a)

Reconciliation

b)

Rebuilidng

c)

Reconstruction

d)

Restoration

2.

Another name for Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction is ____.

a)

The 10% plan

b)

The 15% plan

c)

Republican Reconstruction

d)

Radical Reconstruction

3.

According to Lincoln's Reconstruction plan...

a)

States could be readmitted once 10% of people swore allegiance to the Union

b)

Only 10% of southerners would be punished for rebelling

c)

51% of southerners had to swear allegiance to the union to be readmitted

d)

Confederate officers could hold office in state governments

4.

Congress's first plan for Reconstruction was seen in the...

a)

KKK Act

b)

The Black Codes

c)

Freedman's Bureau Act

d)

Wade-Davis Bill

5.

What is a pocket-veto?

a)

The President has the right to hold the bill for 8 days before deciding on it. After which, it automatically is vetoed.

b)

The President can hold any bill for 10 days before making a decision to pass or veto it. After 10 days, it goes back to the house where it will become law (if Congress is present) or vetoed (if Congress is on recess).

c)

The President can hold only certain bills for 10 days before acting on it. After 10 days, the bill must become a law.

d)

The President placed the bill in his “pocket” for 10 days to think it over before making a final decision on whether to approve or veto the bill. After 10 days, the power to make a decision passes to the Vice President.

6.

______ assassinated President Lincoln.

a)

Lee Harvey Oswald

b)

John Wilkes Booth

c)

Leon Czologosz

d)

Edward Stanton

7.

President Lincoln was watching ____ when he was assassinated.

a)

My Fair Lady

b)

The Sound of Music

c)

Our American Cousin

d)

The American President

8.

_______ succeeded Lincoln in office upon his assassination.

a)

Jim Crow

b)

Lyndon Johnson

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

James Garfield

9.

Which of the following words describes Radical Republicans attitudes towards reconstruction in the post war South?

a)

Strict

b)

Lenient

c)

Fair

d)

Angry

10.

The 13th Amendment...

a)

Gave African-Americans the right to vote

b)

Ended slavery (except for the case of incarceration)

c)

Grants equal citizenship and legal protection to African-Americans

d)

Gave women the right to vote

11.

The 14th Amendment...

a)

Gave African-Americans the right to vote

b)

Ended slavery

c)

Granted equal citizenship and legal protection to African-Americans (and anyone born in the US)

d)

All of the above

12.

What does the 15th Amendment do?

a)

Gave all African-Americans the right to vote

b)

Gave women the right to vote

c)

Ended slavery

d)

Gave African-American men the right to vote

13.

What was the Freedman's Bureau and why was it important to Reconstruction?

a)

A Confederate agency who sought to intimidate African-Americans

b)

An United States agency who sought to protect the legal rights of African-Americans

c)

An agency of African-Americans who fought in the Civil War

d)

A group of slave owners who united in order to reclaim their slave property

14.

The Black Codes were created in many Southern states shortly following the Civil War. What were they?

a)

A set of laws passed to keep African-Americans from having rights equal as whites

b)

A set of laws passed that guaranteed equal job opportunities for blacks and whites

c)

A set of laws that allowed African-Americans to serve in a state’s legislature

d)

A set of laws that kept blacks in separate schools as whites

15.

Which of the following describes a carpetbagger?

a)

A white southerner who supported Reconstruction in the South

b)

A northerner who moved to the South to take advantage of the poor economic and political situation

c)

A former confederate soldier who would terrorize and intimidate former slaves to keep inferior

d)

A former slave who remained on the plantation and worked in exchange for food and shelter

16.

Which of the following describes a scalawag?

a)

A white southerner who supported Reconstruction in the South

b)

A former confederate soldier who would terrorize and intimidate former slaves to keep inferior

c)

A northerner who moved to the South to take advantage of the poor economic and political situation

d)

A former slave who remained on the plantation and worked in exchange for food and shelter

17.

Which of the following describes a sharecropper?

a)

A white southerner who supported Reconstruction in the South

b)

A northerner who moved to the South to take advantage of the poor economic and political situation

c)

A former confederate soldier who would terrorize and intimidate former slaves to keep inferior

d)

A former slave who remained on the plantation and worked in exchange for food and shelter

18.

Following the period of the Black Codes, laws were instituted known as “Jim Crow Laws.” What were these?

a)

Laws that legally segregated whites and blacks in public places

b)

Laws that forced former slaves to stay living on plantations

c)

Laws that prevented blacks from voting

d)

Laws that demanded former slave owners to break up their plantations and give their land to former slaves

19.

How are the Black Codes and the Jim Crow Laws different?

a)

The Jim Crow laws were more fair

b)

The Black Codes were more fair

c)

The Black Codes made no attempt at equality

d)

Jim Crow only affected former slaves while the Black Codes affected all African-Americans

20.

What two candidates ran for President in 1877?

a)

Ulysses S Grant v. Rutherford B Hayes

b)

Abraham Lincoln v. Ulysses S Grant

c)

James Garfield v. William Howard Taft

d)

Samuel Tilden v. Rutherford B Hayes

21.

Because of a controversy over election results in 1877, the Presidency was given to the Republicans IF they do what?

a)

Repeal the Black Codes in whole country

b)

Pull the military out of the South

c)

Allow the Ku Klux Klan to do as they wish

d)

Make the Vice President a Southern Democrat

22.

The name “Jim Crow” from the Jim Crow laws comes from ____________

a)

a book

b)

a type of food

c)

a play

d)

a magazine

23.

Who would be targeted by the Ku Klux Klan?

a)

African-Americans

b)

Republicans

c)

Carpetbaggers

d)

All of the Above

e)

None of the Above

24.

In what ways did African-Americans gain more rights during Reconstruction?

a)

slavery came to an end (13th amendment)

b)

African-Americans granted citizenship (14th)

c)

the right to vote, however only males (15th)

d)

Black codes granted African-Americans more legal freedom

25.

Which of the following would be considered a success of Reconstruction?

a)

slavery ended

b)

Freedman’s Bureau created to help African-Americans

c)

sharecropping returned

d)

extended voting rights to African-Americans

e)

Jim Crow laws kept society segregated

26.

Which of the following would be considered a failure of Reconstruction?

a)

Jim Crow laws legally kept society segregated

b)

sharecropping returned slaves to plantation

c)

black codes kept blacks from truly being treated as equals

d)

The passing of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

e)

The creation of the Freedmen's Bureau