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Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 23mins
Under Lincoln's proposal for Reconstruction, at least ________ % of each southern state's voting population had to take an oath of loyalty to the Union.
10
50
67
80
During Reconstruction, the _____ created schools in the South to educate freedmen.
Union Army
Ten Percent Plan
Freedmen's Bureau
Black Codes
_____ like Thaddeus Stevens (pictured) wanted African Americans to have equal rights.
Ten Percenters
Former Confederates
Radical Republicans
Members of the Ku Klux Klan
Which constitutional amendment says that anyone born in the United States is a U.S. citizen?
10th Amendment
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
Which constitutional amendment grants all U.S. citizens "equal protection of the laws?"
10th Amendment
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
A freedman was required to have a labor contract in Mississippi after 1865. This is an example of _____.
a Jim Crow law
sharecropping
a black code
a ten percent law
The _____ allowed for slavery as a punishment for a crime.
10th Amendment
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
Literacy tests were created as a way to suppress African American voters after the passage of the _______________.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
Which is the best description of Reconstruction?
the period of rebuilding that occurs after a natural disaster
the period of rebuilding that occurred after the Revolutionary War
the period of rebuilding that occurred after the Civil War
the unfair treatment of African Americans after the Civil War
Which constitutional amendment gives citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude?
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
18th Amendment
Why did southern states create black codes after the Civil War?
to limit African Americans' rights
to expand former Confederates' rights
to give women voting rights
to jail carpetbaggers
Which law(s) allowed U.S. soldiers to supervise the South during Reconstruction?
Jim Crow laws
the Voting Rights Act
the Amnesty Act
the First Reconstruction Act
The Ku Klux Klan is a group that believes _____.
in white supremacy
in equality for all
in black supremacy
in southern supremacy
Carpetbaggers were...
newly freed slaves who worked outside of agriculture
southerners who supported Radical Reconstruction efforts
former Confederate soldiers who joined the U.S. army after the Civil War
northerners who moved to the South to profit from Reconstruction
The Election of 1876 resulted in _____.
military supervision of the South
the restoration of voting rights for white southerners
the end of Reconstruction in the South
equal rights for African Americans
Scalawags were _____.
northerners who moved to the South to profit from Reconstruction
southern Republicans who supported Radical Reconstruction efforts
former Confederate military officers
newly freed African Americans
Laws passed by southern states to legalize racial segregation were called _____.
Jim Crow laws
black codes
Reconstruction Acts
the Wade-Davis Bill
The organization created after the Civil War to provide food, clothing, health care, and education to freedmen was called the _____.
Civil Rights Committee
Freedmen's Bureau
American Red Cross
Salvation Army
_____ was an agricultural and economic system in which a landowner allowed a tenant farmer to work his land in exchange for a (large) share of the crop.
Subsistence farming
Sharecropping
Carpetbagging
Slavery
Which statement best describes the attitude of Radical Republicans like Charles Sumner (pictured) following the Civil War?
"Southern states should pass black codes to ensure equal treatment for African Americans."
"The southern states have been conquered and should be punished for their treasonous actions."
"Former Confederate leaders should be forgiven for their actions during the Civil War."
"The country should follow President Lincoln's plan to reunite the country as quickly as possible."
What is segregation?
the rebuilding process after the Civil War
the forced separation of people based on gender
the forced separation of people based on race or color
the intermixing of people of all races
What percentage of people would have been required to take a loyalty oath under the Radical Republicans' Wade-Davis Bill?
10%
35%
50%
75%
Who became president after Lincoln's assassination?
Ulysses S. Grant
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Jackson
Rutherford B. Hayes
The First Reconstruction Act divided the former Confederate states into _____.
four congressional districts
five military districts
six segregation zones
five Reconstruction zones
President Andrew Johnson was the first president to _____.
be impeached by the House of Representatives
be convicted and removed from office by the Senate
veto a law passed by both houses of Congress
take office following a president's death
Which law would have required a majority of southern voters (i.e., white males) to pledge loyalty to the Union?
the Wade-Davis Bill
the Ten Percent Plan
the Civil Rights Act of 1866
the First Reconstruction Act
Who was the first African American to serve in the United States Senate?
Frederick Douglass
W.E.B. DuBois
Hiram Rhodes Revels
Barack Obama
How did the Fourteenth Amendment overrule the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision?
It said anyone who had lived in a free state or territory (including African Americans) was free.
It said the Missouri Compromise was a valid exercise of congressional power.
It said anyone born in the U.S. (including African Americans) was a citizen of the U.S.
It said that freedmen were allowed to move to free states and territories.
After General Robert E Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse, the main priority of the United States was to _____.
elect a new president and vice-president
complete construction of the United States Capitol
establish Union forts in the former Confederate states
implement a plan to bring the former Confederate states back into the Union
This painting of a Missouri scene (called The County Election) was completed in 1852. Such scenes would look dramatically different after the _____.
ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment
Second Great Awakening
passage of the First Reconstruction Act
creation of the Freedmen's Bureau
The abolitionist movement achieved its goal with the passage of which amendment?
Tenth Amendment
Thirteenth Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
Fifteenth Amendment
What was one effect of the Fifteenth Amendment?
Many African Americans were elected to public office in the South.
Women were able to participate in the political process.
Many African Americans were imprisoned and used as slave labor.
More Democrats were elected to state legislatures in the South.
How did poll taxes affect the impact of the Fifteenth Amendment?
Paying a poll tax allowed people to skip the literacy test, so voter participation increased.
Many poor African Americans could not afford the poll tax, so their political participation decreased.
Poll taxes had no substantial effect on the impact of the Fifteenth Amendment.
Paying a poll tax allowed a person to file suit for breach of contract.
How did literacy tests affect the impact of the Fifteenth Amendment?
Passing a literacy test meant a person could avoid payment of the poll tax, so voter participation increased substantially.
Literacy tests were an important, race-neutral way to ensure that only the most qualified citizens exercised their right to vote.
Literacy tests had no substantial impact of the effect of the Fifteenth Amendment.
Many freedmen, who had been denied an education while slaves, were unable to vote because they could not pass the literacy test.
Why did southern states begin using "grandfather clauses" in the 1870s?
They wanted to allow more poor, illiterate white people to vote while still excluding African Americans.
They wanted to do away with poll taxes because they did not agree with how the tax money was being spent.
They wanted to discontinue literacy tests because they could not find enough volunteers to grade the tests.
They wanted to increase voter participation among the elderly.
