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Reconstruction Formative Review I

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which amendment abolished slavery in 1865?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
2.
Which amendment gave African-Americans the right to vote in 1869?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
3.
Which amendment said anyone born in United States is a citizen in 1868?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
4.
Which amendment guarantees due process and equal protection?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
5.
After the Reconstruction Amendments were passed, this white supremacist terrorist group was created.
a)
The Southern Order
b)
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
6.

Larry is a black male who is a citizen of the United states and wants to vote. Which Amendment gives him the ability to vote?

a)

The 14th amendment

b)

Bill of rights

c)

The 13th amendment

d)

The 15th amendment

7.
This  was the rebuilding of the country after the Civil War?
a)
Sherman's March to the Sea
b)
Reconstruction
c)
WWI
d)
Freedmen's Bureau 
8.
Congress held impeachment hearing of Andrew Johnson for the violation of?
a)
Sherman anti-trust Act
b)
Gold Standard
c)
Tenure of office Act
d)
Pendleton Act
9.
Northerners who migrated to the mostly destroyed post-war south to make large profits and/or help freedmen were known as
a)
Scalawags
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Carpetbaggers
d)
Sharecroppers
10.
After an electoral dispute resulting in the Compromise of 1877, it was agreed that Rutherford B. Hayes would become President if
a)
he would create a new Freedmen's Bureau
b)
he ended Reconstruction and removed troops from the south
c)
he would allow African Africans full rights in the North only
d)
he created pro-cotton legislation in Congress
11.
Many southern states passed laws after the Compromise of 1877.  The laws that legalized the segregation of whites and blacks were called
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Black Codes
c)
Freedman's Bureau
d)
Reconstruction
12.
Which Reconstruction Plan stated that 10% of a state had to take an oath of allegiance to the United States?
a)
Lincoln's Plan
b)
Johnson's Plan
c)
Congress's Plan
d)
Hayes's Plan
13.
What services did the Freedman's Bureau provide for African-Americans?
a)
Built schools and churches
b)
Found jobs for them
c)
Helped protect their rights
d)
All of the above
14.
What "laws" were created by southern states to limit the rights of African-Americans? For example, one state would not allow African-Americans to own land or guns. 
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Fair Right Laws
c)
Civil War Rules
d)
Black Codes
15.
Under which Reconstruction Plan were troops sent into the South and the South split into 5 military districts?
a)
Lincoln's Plan
b)
Johnson's Plan
c)
Congress's Plan
d)
Hayes's Plan
16.
What name was given to a Southerner who helped the North during Reconstruction?
a)
Democrat
b)
Republican
c)
carpetbagger
d)
scalawag
17.
Which word describes what Congress tried to do to Andrew Johnson when they didn't agree with how he was handling Reconstruction?
a)
promote 
b)
impeach 
c)
praise
d)
support
18.

Which plan required a 51% oath of loyalty, creation of the Freedman's Bureau, and punishment of the South

a)

Johnson

b)

Lincoln

c)

Radical Republicans

d)

Democrats

19.

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.

20.

Why did the House of Representatives impeach President Johnson? Click on the 2 correct answers.

a)

Because President Johnson had slaves before the Civil War.

b)

Because President Johnson was a Southerner from Tennessee, a state that had seceded.

c)

Because President Johnson fired an official without the Senate's approval.

d)

They thought Johnson was being too easy on the South

21.

What effect did the impeachment trial have on President Johnson?

a)

President Johnson's health declined and he died 103 days later.

b)

President Johnson gained the support of Southerners and won re-election.

c)

President Johnson lost control of Reconstruction and Congress took control.

d)

President Johnson decided to fire one of the officials under the Office of Tenure Act.

22.

What is the system of farming called where a tenant rents land and pays the landowner with a portion of the harvested crop?

a)

corncropping

b)

cottoncropping

c)

portioncropping

d)

sharecropping

23.

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1866 do?

a)

It said that freedmen were citizens of the U.S.

b)

It abolished slavery throughout the U.S.

c)

It gave freedmen the right to vote.

d)

It created the Freedmen's Bureau.

24.

The Congressional Reconstruction plan created by Congress focused on these 2 points.

a)

protecting Freedmen's rights, and harsh punishments for former leaders and soldiers

b)

replacing President Johnson, and ending reconstruction

c)

helping southerners, and limiting the rights of Freedmen

d)

re-establishing slavery in the south, and enforcing Johnson's plan for reconstruction

25.

The Presidential Reconstruction plan created by Lincoln and Johnson focused on which points?

a)

was lenient on former southern leaders and soldiers

b)

replacing President Johnson, and ending reconstruction

c)

helping southerners, and limiting the rights of Freedmen

d)

re-establishing slavery in the south, and enforcing Johnson's plan for reconstruction