WorksheetsTopic 7 Test "Reconstruction"
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 16mins
After the war, transportation in the South suffered MOST because
Transporting Union troops and their supplies caused delays for Southerners
Southern ports had suffered damage from bombing
Much of the South's stock of horses had died in battle
Most of the railroad tracks in the South had been destroyed
Which industry's decline hurt the Southern economy the most?
Iron Production
Agriculture
Manufacturing
Railroad Construction
Which of the following would a Republican Congressman likely have used to describe President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction plans?
Too lenient
Too harsh
Well-balanced
Difficult to accomplish
Which of the following conclusions about the Freedmen's Bureau is BEST supported by the illistrution?
It assisted only African Americans
It employed only women
It provided education to people of all ages
Its students passed the literacy requirements for voting
The ____________ amendment defined citizens as people born in the United States or naturalized.
13th
14th
15th
The _____________ amendment extended the right to vote to African American male citizens.
13th
14th
15th
Which statement BEST summarizes President Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?
Lincoln wanted to punish the Confederacy for seceding
Lincoln thought it would be easiest to act like the Confederacy had never seceded
Lincoln wanted the South to admit they were wrong for seceding
Lincoln felt it would be a struggle to get the Confederacy to rejoin the Union
"It almost seemed, sometimes, as if I had been away only a day or two and had just taken up the farm work where I had left off" Union soldier returning from the Civil War
Which explains why this soldier felt as if nothing had changed while he was away at war?
The South had lost more soldiers
The Union forces had won the war quickly
Most of the battles had taken place in the South
Most Union soldiers returned to their former jobs
Why did Republicans in Congress attempt to impeach President Andrew Johnson?
They disagreed over plans for Reconstruction
They believed Johnson was guilty of taking bribes
They disagreed over the election of President Grant
They opposed the 15th Amendment, but he supported it
____________ and ______________ were accused of taking advantage of Southerners after the Civil War.
Freedmen; radicals
Klansmen; sharecroppers
Scalawags; carpetbaggers
Democrats; Republicans
The diversity shown in the 1868 photo of the South Carolina legislature is because of
The Amnesty Act
Southern Scalawags
The Reconstruction Acts
The Sharecropping system
What happened after the 15th Amendment was ratified?
Women gained the right to vote
African Americans were able to vote freely in all following elections
The amendment was revoked due to political controversy
New methods were found to prevent African Americans from voting
Which of the following was a key contrast or difference between scalawags and carpetbaggers?
Scalawags supported Reconstruction
Most carpetbaggers were Republicans
Carpetbaggers helped African Americans
Scalawags were southerners who supported Republicans
In which of the following areas did Reconstruction have the most positive effect?
Education
Agriculture
Urbanization
Poverty reduction
Why would the loss of farms make it especially difficult for the southern economy to recover?
Many southern industries would fail without crops
The southern economy was largely based on agriculture
Most southerners did not want to rebuild their farms
The South would not be able to grow surplus crops for sale
Which amendment outlawed slavery throughout the US?
13th
14th
15th
Which laws severely limited the rights of freedmen?
Black Codes
Radical Restrictions
Civil Rights Act
Reconstruction Act
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Charles Sumner
Thaddeus Stevens
Edwin Stanton
A government pardon of crimes is called
Amnesty
Impeachment
Radical Reconstruction
Habeas Corpus
Impeach means
To remove from office
To bring formal charges
To elect to office
To pardon someone of their crimes
What was the main goal of the Ku Klux Klan?
To get members elected to office
To give public speeches to recruit new members
To keep African Americans and White Republicans out of office
To use non-violent protests
What was a sharecropper?
A farmer who rented and farmed land in exchange for a share of the crop
A land owner that sold his land to a freedman
A plantation owner who shared in the work of his land with African-Americans
A farmer that shared his crop with other farmers who had a poor harvest
Which event led to the end of Reconstruction?
A second Civil War
The Election of 1876
Southern protests over not being able to rule themselves
The South paying the Federal Government to end Reconstruction
Moving on from a mainly agrarian economy, the South's economy became more balanced by
The end of the 1860's
The 1890's
By the turn of the century, 1900
The end of the first year after the war
All of the following were ways to keep African Americans from voting , while allowing Whites to vote EXCEPT
Poll Tax
Literacy Test
Grandfather Clause
Radical Reconstruction
The South passed JIM CROW LAWS, which segregated society, which means Southern society was
Brought together
Seperated by race
Forced to learn about other cultures
Experiencing better race relations
The court case Plessy v. Ferguson
Ended Reconstruction
Challenged segregation
Outlawed segregation
Was supported by Southerners
What was the nickname of those African-American regiments now allowed to be full-time Union soldiers?
Buffalo soldiers
Freedmen fighters
Slavery stoppers
What did Freedmen receive during Reconstruction?
40 acres and a mule
Nothing but their freedom
Old plantations
A payment of money to get them started in their new life
What pattern can you find in sharecropping as shown on this map?
It was mostly done in Florida
Northern Georgia and South Carolina relied heavily on sharecropping
Most sharecropping was done on the coasts
Sharecropping was not widespread in the South
