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WorksheetsReconstruction Ybur
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What freedom was granted to African Americans by the 15th amendment?
The right to equal protection for all U.S. Citizens
The right to sing the Blues.
The right to not be a slave.
The right to vote for African American males
What did the 13th amendment do?
Only freed slaves in the South
Ended citizenship for all former slaves
Ended slavery in the United States
Ended slavery on the moon
Why did Southern states pass Black Codes shortly after the 13th amendment was passed?
Black codes were created to try to create a system of African American supremacy.
Black codes were created to try to recreate a system of white supremacy/enslavement.
Black codes were created to try to recreate a system of African American enslavement of whites.
Black codes were created to try to recreate a system of cat supremacy and mouse enslavement.
Why were African-Americans “stuck” in the system of sharecropping with little chance to escape it?
Contracts were usually fair and allowed farm animals to go in debt
Contracts were usually easy to understand and not tricky and helped sharecroppers go into debt.
Contracts were usually unfair and caused sharecroppers to go in debt to white landowners.
Contracts were usually unfair and caused white landowners to go in debt African American landowners.
What was the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau?
The Freedmen’s Bureau provided help, food, medicine, jobs, education, etc. to rich newborn babies in California.
The Freedmen’s Bureau provided help, food, medicine, jobs, education, etc. to poor white Australians in Austria.
The Freedmen’s Bureau provided help, food, medicine, jobs, education, etc. to poor white northerners and Asian Americans living in Albania.
The Freedmen’s Bureau provided help, food, medicine, jobs, education, etc. to poor white southerners and African Americans.
Why were federal troops sent to the South during Reconstruction?
To supervise and make sure new legislation, and amendments were being enforced.
To supervise and make sure Black Codes were being enforced.
To supervise and make sure new legislation and the 26th amendment were being enforced.
To supervise and make sure the new Wendy's menu was being served.
What did the South get from the Compromise of 1877?
Federal troops were removed from the Pacific Northwest and Reconstruction kept on going.
Feral troops were removed from the South of Spain and Reconstruction self-destructed.
Federal troops were removed from the south and Reconstruction ended.
Federal troops were removed from the North and Reconstruction started.
What did the North get from the Compromise of 1877?
A brand new car !
Rutherford B. Hayes became the President.
Hayes B. Rutherfred became the President.
B. Hayes Rutherford became the President.
What is the difference between black codes and Jim Crow laws?
Jim Crow was before Reconstruction ended, lasted for minutes and legalized segregation.
Black Codes were after Reconstruction ended, lasted for decades and legalized segregation.
Jim Crow was before Reconstruction ended, lasted for decades and legalized segregation.
Jim Crow was after Reconstruction ended, lasted for decades and legalized segregation.
What did the Supreme Court rule in the Plessy v. Ferguson case?
The court ruled that segregation was legal as long as it was “combined but equal.” Allowed segregation to continue for minutes.
The court ruled that segregation was legal as long as it was “separate but equal.” Allowed segregation to continue for decades
The court ruled that segregation was illegal as long as it was “separate but equal.” Disallowed segregation to continue.
The court ruled that African Americans were not U.S. citizens and the South could make up any rules it wanted.
Which position would Booker T. Washington support?
He believed vocational education and economic gains were the first step toward equality. He believed patience was needed and challenging segregation could wait.
He believed segregation should be openly challenged and needed to end immediately. He advocated for full political (voting) and civil rights.
Which position would W.E.B. DuBois support?
He believed segregation should be openly challenged and needed to end immediately. He advocated for full political (voting) and civil rights.
He believed vocational education and economic gains were the first step toward equality. He believed patience was needed and challenging segregation could wait.
Was the Southern military leader who urged southerners to stop fighting when many wanted to continue.
P. G. T. Beauregard
"Stonewall" Jackson
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Which U.S. President Called for Reconciliation after the Civil War, rather than punishment of the south.
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Jackson
Who was the 19th century African American leader who fought for the adoption of constitutional amendments that guarantee voting rights for all.
Malcolm X
Medgar Evers
Frederick Douglass
A. Phillip Randolph
