WorksheetsReconstruction & Citizenship
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
What era does this illustration belong in?
Reconstruction Era
The War of 1812
Jacksonian Era
The Industrial Revolution Era
In what ways did the Freedman's Bureau help in the reconstruction process of the South?
It gave land to freed slaves and heavily fined former slave owners
It provided public schooling and legal services to freed slaves
By offering volunteers to travel the South to combat Black Codes
By ways for former slaves to have their voice heard in government
Jury Duty is a civic responsibility. Which constitutional right is being protected and provided when citizens report for jury duty?
First Amendment
Fourth Amendment
Tenth Amendment
Sixth Amendment
Which of these was not a way Southern states weakened the effects of the Fifteenth Amendment?
Poll Taxes
Writing Test
Literacy Test
Grandfather clauses
This painting took place in 1852 in Missouri at a County Election. This painting would look different today based upon -
the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment
the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment
the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment
the ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment
Abolitionists felt like their main goal was obtained by the passing of which amendment?
Thirteenth Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
Fifteenth Amendment
Sixteenth Amendment
What caused the proposal of the Fourteenth Amendment?
The KKK terrorizing freed slaves in Southern States
Southern States not accepting the Thirteenth Amendment
The following of Black Codes in the South
The impeachment of Andrew Johnson
What was the negative consequence of sharecropping?
Freed slaves moved to the city for more job opportunities.
Southern plantation owners sold land in order to settle debts with former slaves.
Freed slaves were given land grants to begin cotton production on their own property.
Freed slaves were thrown into a cycle of debt.
The purpose of Black Codes was to limit the -
Twelfth Amendment
Thirteenth Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
Fifteenth Amendment
Why was Andrew Johnson impeached in 1868?
He refused to adopt extreme Reconstruction policies for former Confederate States
He refused to admit that his former ownership of slaves was immoral.
He denied freed slaves access to the Freedman's Bureau.
He heavily taxed Northern states to help fund the Reconstruction of Southern states.
What era would be a good title for this list?
The Industrial Revolution Era
The Reconstruction Era
The Civil War Era
The Jacksonian Era
Which of these would be considered a civic duty?
Serving on a jury and reaching a verdict as a juror.
Sending your child to public school.
Helping with the local homeless and elderly.
To boycott your employer because of poor wages.
The writers of the Virginia Declaration of Rights view rights as -
given to citizens by the government
natural at birth
protected by religion
given by the courts
What constitutional right does this violate?
Freedom of assembly
Freedom of religion
Freedom of speech
Freedom of the press
How were these reforms placed?
By governors during the colonial era
By Loyalists during the American Revolution
By Andrew Jackson in 1830
By Reconstruction governments after the Civil War
Why was this act significant?
Congress voted to impeach a president for the first time.
Congress for the first time passed a law that protected racial minorities.
Congress for the first time gave more power to the states over federal government.
Congress protected the rights of Native Americans for the first time.
This amendment protects citizens in the United states from -
Being fined too many times for speeding
Being imprisoned for life without the right to a trial by jury
excessive surveillance by the government
forced service in the military
