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Reconstruction & Citizenship

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What era does this illustration belong in?

a)

Reconstruction Era

b)

The War of 1812

c)

Jacksonian Era

d)

The Industrial Revolution Era

2.

In what ways did the Freedman's Bureau help in the reconstruction process of the South?

a)

It gave land to freed slaves and heavily fined former slave owners

b)

It provided public schooling and legal services to freed slaves

c)

By offering volunteers to travel the South to combat Black Codes

d)

By ways for former slaves to have their voice heard in government

3.

Jury Duty is a civic responsibility. Which constitutional right is being protected and provided when citizens report for jury duty?

a)

First Amendment

b)

Fourth Amendment

c)

Tenth Amendment

d)

Sixth Amendment

4.

Which of these was not a way Southern states weakened the effects of the Fifteenth Amendment?

a)

Poll Taxes

b)

Writing Test

c)

Literacy Test

d)

Grandfather clauses

5.

This painting took place in 1852 in Missouri at a County Election. This painting would look different today based upon -

a)

the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment

b)

the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment

c)

the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment

d)

the ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment

6.

Abolitionists felt like their main goal was obtained by the passing of which amendment?

a)

Thirteenth Amendment

b)

Fourteenth Amendment

c)

Fifteenth Amendment

d)

Sixteenth Amendment

7.

What caused the proposal of the Fourteenth Amendment?

a)

The KKK terrorizing freed slaves in Southern States

b)

Southern States not accepting the Thirteenth Amendment

c)

The following of Black Codes in the South

d)

The impeachment of Andrew Johnson

8.

What was the negative consequence of sharecropping?

a)

Freed slaves moved to the city for more job opportunities.

b)

Southern plantation owners sold land in order to settle debts with former slaves.

c)

Freed slaves were given land grants to begin cotton production on their own property.

d)

Freed slaves were thrown into a cycle of debt.

9.

The purpose of Black Codes was to limit the -

a)

Twelfth Amendment

b)

Thirteenth Amendment

c)

Fourteenth Amendment

d)

Fifteenth Amendment

10.

Why was Andrew Johnson impeached in 1868?

a)

He refused to adopt extreme Reconstruction policies for former Confederate States

b)

He refused to admit that his former ownership of slaves was immoral.

c)

He denied freed slaves access to the Freedman's Bureau.

d)

He heavily taxed Northern states to help fund the Reconstruction of Southern states.

11.

What era would be a good title for this list?

a)

The Industrial Revolution Era

b)

The Reconstruction Era

c)

The Civil War Era

d)

The Jacksonian Era

12.

Which of these would be considered a civic duty?

a)

Serving on a jury and reaching a verdict as a juror.

b)

Sending your child to public school.

c)

Helping with the local homeless and elderly.

d)

To boycott your employer because of poor wages.

13.

The writers of the Virginia Declaration of Rights view rights as -

a)

given to citizens by the government

b)

natural at birth

c)

protected by religion

d)

given by the courts

14.

What constitutional right does this violate?

a)

Freedom of assembly

b)

Freedom of religion

c)

Freedom of speech

d)

Freedom of the press

15.

How were these reforms placed?

a)

By governors during the colonial era

b)

By Loyalists during the American Revolution

c)

By Andrew Jackson in 1830

d)

By Reconstruction governments after the Civil War

16.

Why was this act significant?

a)

Congress voted to impeach a president for the first time.

b)

Congress for the first time passed a law that protected racial minorities.

c)

Congress for the first time gave more power to the states over federal government.

d)

Congress protected the rights of Native Americans for the first time.

17.

This amendment protects citizens in the United states from -

a)

Being fined too many times for speeding

b)

Being imprisoned for life without the right to a trial by jury

c)

excessive surveillance by the government

d)

forced service in the military