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Presidential Reconstruction

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
After the Civil War, southern states adopted Black Codes to —
a)
punish plantation owners for the use of slavery
b)
support Radical Reconstruction objectives in the South
c)
promote the activities of the Freedmen’s Bureau
d)
limit the impact of the Thirteenth Amendment
2.
The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution affected the lives of millions of African Americans by —
a)
A. providing them with voting rights
b)
B. guaranteeing their freedom of speech
c)
C. providing them with access to the court system
d)
D. guaranteeing their permanent freedom from slavery
3.
Which of these describes a result of the Thirteenth Amendment?
a)
A. African Americans in the North could vote
b)
B. State governments were required to protect individual rights.
c)
C. Former Confederate officials were prohibited from holding elected office.
d)
D. African Americans in the South could move elsewhere.
4.
Strict punishment of Confederate veterans and financial assistance to African Americans were policies pushed by which of the following group during the Reconstruction Era?
a)

Radical Democrats
b)
Moderate Republicans
c)
Radical Republicans
d)
Moderate Democrats
5.
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
6.
Johnson's Reconstruction plan was seen by many as lenient on the South.
a)
True
b)
False
7.

Which is NOT an example of a Black Code?

a)

Freedmen cannot own businesses or be employed as skilled labor.

b)

Freedmen must have proof of employment or risk arrest and forced labor.

c)

Freedmen cannot own any guns or firearms.

d)

Freedmen can sell, barter, and exhange goods without needing special permission.

8.

Which is NOT a purpose for the Black Codes?

a)

To control African-Americans

b)

To create a labor source

c)

To maintain white superiorty

d)

To support newly freedpeople

9.
About 6 months after Johnson's plan was presented, a group of ____________ formed a secret society that they named the "Ku Klux Klan".  *Pick the best choice
a)
Southerners
b)
Confederate veterans
c)
White Males
d)
Ex-Confederates
10.
Which statement is FALSE about Johnson's Reconstruction plan?
a)
He offered amnesty and pardons to essentially all ex-Confederates.
b)
He made wealthy planters and Confederate leaders personally ask for forgiveness.
c)
He offered full citizenship to the newly freedpeople.
d)
He gave all confiscated land and property back to the Southerners.
11.

Which hate group terrorized the south intimidating African American Voters

a)

KKK

b)

Nazi's

c)

Radical Republican

d)

Populists

12.

What is the name of the man who assassinated Abe Lincoln

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

John Wilkes Booth

d)

Abraham Lincoln

13.

Name for laws that kept African Americans in conditions similar to slavery

a)

Jim Crow Rules

b)

Black Codes

c)

KKK Act

d)

None of the above

14.

How can you summarize Lincolns plan for reconstruction

a)

Punishing the south

b)

Rebuilding the north

c)

Easy to rejoin the Union

d)

Easy to rejoin the confederacy

15.

Why is Lincolns plan called the 10% plan?

a)

Required states to free 10% of their slaves in order to rejoin the Union

b)

Required 10% of a state to swear an oath to the Union before rejoining the Union

c)

10% of farmland would go to former slaves

d)

States had to repay 10% of their war debts before rejoining the Union

16.

What was NOT a goal of Reconstruction?

a)

to give women the right to vote

b)

reunite north and south

c)

rebuild the south

d)

heal the wounds of a divided nation

17.

The Radical Republicans and Congress did not like Andrew Johnson because

a)

he was working with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate Lincoln

b)

he created poll taxes and literacy tests

c)

continued to veto (reject) Congress' Reconstruction Laws

d)

he was a Scalawag

18.

Which federal relief agency worked to provide blacks with food, clothing and an education?

a)

Federal Bureau of Investigations

b)

Ku Klux Klan

c)

Freedmen's Bureau

d)

Department of Energy

19.

Abraham Lincoln believed:

a)

African Americans should remain enslaved

b)

Southern states should have less rights than the North

c)

preservation of Union was more important than punishing the South

d)

the US should become two separate nations

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