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Reconstruction Test Review

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 28mins

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.
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
6.
Which amendment gave African-Americans the right to vote in 1869?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
7.

Which group wanted to punish the South during Reconstruction?

a)

Radical Republicans

b)

Democrats

c)

Democratic-Republicans

d)

Whigs

8.
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
9.
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
10.
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.
11.
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
12.

Where did the scalawags and carpetbaggers come from?

a)

The West

b)

The North

13.

Who was president after the death of Abraham Lincoln?

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Andrew Jackson

14.
Who was the Freedman's Bureau created to assist?
a)
Union Soldiers & their families
b)
Confederate soldiers and their families
c)
Children that lost everything
d)
Anyone who was affected by the war
15.
Why were Black Codes enacted?
a)
Provide free farmland to African Americans
b)
Restrict the rights of former slaves
c)
Guarantee civil rights to AA
d)
Support the Freedman's Bureau
16.
A Northerner who moved to the South after the American Civil War, during the Reconstruction era (1865-1877).
a)
Freedmen
b)
Carpetbagger
c)
Ku Klux Klan
d)
Amnesty
17.
A secret society organized after the Civil War to reassert white supremacy by means of violence.
a)
Freedmen
b)
Carpetbagger
c)
Ku Klux Klan
d)
Amnesty
18.
Who wanted to punish the South during Reconstruction?
a)
Democrats
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Scalawags
d)
Carpetbaggers
19.
Small farmers who supported the Republicans to benefit politically and economically were called ___________.
a)
Scalawags
b)
Carpetbaggers
c)
Freedmen
d)
Tenant Farmers
20.
What does white supremacy mean?
a)
The movement for equal rights for all races
b)
The idea that whites are superior 
c)
Whites are less important than blacks
21.
When farmers rented land in exchange for crops, this was known as ___________________.
a)
carpetbagging
b)
segregation
c)
sharecropping
d)
crop sharing 
22.
What did Homer Plessy do that got him arrested?
a)
Sat in the white only part of the bus.
b)
Took a seat in the white only car of a train.
c)
Sat at a white only section of a lunch counter.
d)
All of the above
23.

These were any type of law that discriminated against people based on race.

a)

14th Amendment

b)

state laws

c)

federal laws

d)

Jim Crow laws

24.

Which branch of government has the power to declare laws unconstitutional (and therefore abolish certain laws)?

a)

Legislative Branch

b)

Executive Branch

c)

Judicial Branch

25.

True or False: the U.S. Supreme court sided with Homer Plessy. They said his 14th Amendment rights were being violated by having to sit in a separate train car.

a)

true

b)

false

26.
What famous phrase came out of the Plessy case?
a)
"Separate but equal"
b)
"Give me liberty or give me death."
c)
"May the force be with you."
d)
"I'll be back."
27.
Sharecropping involved former slaves working on land owned by...
a)
White People
b)
Former Slaves
c)
Mexicans
28.

Which of the following is true about sharecropping

a)

Sharecropping favored the freeedmen.

b)

Many freedmen were able to buy new homes through sharecropping

c)

Most sharecroppers remained in debt or in a cycle of poverty

d)

Many state governments offered loan for sharecropping farmers.

29.

This group opposed Lincoln's plan for reconstruction and felt the south should be punished.

a)

Democrats

b)

Radical Republicans

c)

Libertarians

d)

Socialists

30.

The intent of the KKK was to

a)

help former slaves vote in elections

b)

prevent former slaves from voting in elections

c)

help former soldiers adjust to life at home

d)

prevent women from voting

31.

Which crop was the most important to the South's economy and helping them rebuild during Reconstruction?

a)

Bananas

b)

Cotton

c)

Wheat

d)

Soy beans

32.

How many different military districts did the Reconstruction Acts separate the South into?

a)

5

b)

3

c)

10

d)

2

33.

President Johnson was in favor of equal rights for African Americans.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

What piece of legislation was responsible for removing federal troops out of the South?

a)

Compromise of 1877

b)

Civil Rights Act of 1868

c)

The Patriot Act

d)

Plessy v. Ferguson

35.

What best describes a poll tax?

a)

A tax only whites had to pay during Reconstruction

b)

Money given to people after they vote

c)

A special tax people had to pay before they could vote with the goal of restricting African Americans from voting

d)

A special tax on telephone poles

36.

The Radical Republicans believed African Americans should have rights as citizens, were against the Black Codes, and wanted the Federal Government to be more harsh towards the South.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

President Johnson was the first President to have a vote of impeachment against him.

a)

True

b)

False

38.

What political party were many former Confederates?

a)

Democrat

b)

Republican

c)

Independent

d)

Green

39.

Which of the following was NOT a reason why Reconstruction ended?

a)

Violence of the KKK

b)

Republicans losing control of southern state governments

c)

Republicans losing power in the North due to the Panic of 1873

d)

Reconstruction achieved all its goals

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