WorksheetsSS8H6- Georgia and Reconstruction
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 23mins
What agency help former slaves with food, clothing, jobs, school and hospitals?
Freed Slave Alliance
Freed People's Agency
Freedmen's Bureau
Abraham's Friends
According to the Georgia Constitution, Southern Democrats expelled Blacks from the Georgia legislature because:
They did not have the right to hold office.
They did not have the right to vote.
They sided with the Southern Democrats
They owned too much land.
A person who did not own land, tools or anything else but offered his labor to work the land is:
A tenant farmer
A Sharecropper
A Successful Farmer.
An owner of land.
Which statement describes the attitude of the Ku Klux Klan?
The KKK supported the ideas of Congressional Reconstruction.
The KKK supported Black American politicians.
The KKK used violence to terrorize Blacks from voting.
The KKK agreed with Radical Republicans.
Who favored harsher punishment on the Reconstruction plans?
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Congressional Republicans
Confederate leaders
The 13th Amendment to the Constitution ______________________.
Free Speech
Abolished Slavery
Voting rights
Ended the Civil War
The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War was known as
A. New South
B. Reconstruction
C. Atlanta Compromise
D. Georgia Platform
Which of the following ended slavery throughout the United States?
A. The Thirteenth Amendment
B. The Fourteenth Amendment
C. The Fifteenth Amendment
D. The Emancipation Proclamation
The 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution...
Gave African Americans the right to own businesses
Freed the Slaves
Gave African Americans the right to vote
Forced African Americans back into slavery
The members of Congress battled with both presidents because they felt that the Presidential Reconstruction Plans:
were too focused on helping the freed African slaves, but not on helping the poor, white farmers.
were too strict to allow the Union to ever be reunited as it was prior to the Civil War.
were too lenient on the Southern states that had rebelled against the Union.
were created too quickly without consulting the former leaders of the Confederate states.
He was elected to the House of Representatives, but was expelled because he was black?
Henry McNeal Turner
Stephen Douglas
Henry Clay
Austin Dabney
Which amendment gave freed slaves U.S. Citizenship rights?
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
16th Amendment
_________________________ owned animals and equipment, but not land.
Sharecroppers
Tenant Farming
Freedmen
Scalawags
What conclusion can be drawn from the following list?
● 13th Amendment (1865)-Abolition of Slavery
● 14th Amendment (1866)-Definition of Citizenship: Due Process
● 15th Amendment (1869)-Right to Vote not based on Race or previous servitude
strengthen states’ rights over federal laws
weaken the Jim Crow laws that were passed by the North
abolish slavery and establish rights to former slaves
strengthen the Bill of Rights in support of the Constitution
After the Civil War, what lifestyle did many poor whites and freed slaves adopt?
enrolled in college
became factory workers
began sharecropping and tenant farming
became cowboys
What is the name of the labor system that developed throughout the South after the Civil War and kept poor blacks and whites working in agriculture?
antebellum
indenturing
convict lease system
sharecropping
When the Fourteenth Amendment was ratified by Georgia in 1868, Georgia was readmitted into the Union and citizenship was granted to blacks. While this amendment led to positive outcomes, it also resulted in a setback for some black leaders. Which statement describes this major setback?
Black students had to be home schooled as they were removed from public schools.
White lawmakers wrote laws to place heavier taxes on black citizens.
White landowners attempted to start slave trading again in the South.
Black members of the Georgia Assembly were never allowed to serve in their elected positions.
This Reconstruction plan said a state could rejoin if 10% of its population swore an oath of loyalty
Lincoln's Plan
Johnson's Plan
Radical Republican's Plan
Grant's Plan
Georgia refused to ratify the 14th amendment. What happened?
Nothing
GA placed under military rule
Georgia residents were told to turn in their weapons.
The ____________________ wanted a harsher punishment for the Southern States before they were to be rejoined with the Union
Sons of Liberty
Radical Republicans
Ku Klux Klan
Which group was created to help freed slaves adjust to their new life of freedom by building schools, providing food/shelter, and helping the former slaves find lost family members?
The Freed Salve Agency
Freedman's Bureau
Liberty Boys
What were laws that restricted the rights of freed men?
Slave Codes
Black Laws
Freedmen Codes
Black Codes
According to the Georgia Constitution, Southern Democrats expelled Blacks from the Georgia legislature because:
They did not have the right to hold office.
They did not have the right to vote.
They sided with the Southern Democrats
They owned too much land.
With whom did the sharecroppers share their harvest?
the poor
creditors
neighbors
landowners
Which statement accurately describes the difference between Lincoln's and Radical Republican's plan for Reconstruction?
Lincoln's plan consisted of many steps; the Radical Republicans' plan was simpler.
Lincoln's plan sought to punish the south for the Civil War; the Radical Republican's plan was aimed at rehabilitation.
Lincoln's plan called for the quick return of the Southern States to the Union; the Radical Republican's plan sought to delay their return.
Lincoln's plan called for the abolition of slavery throughout the South; the Radical Republican's plan would have allowed slavery to continue.
The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed in response to
adoption of laws known as Black Codes by Southern states
rising violence by terrorists organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan
refusal of white Southerners to provide freedmen with land and farm animals
refusal of some southern states to adopt constitutional provisions calling for an end to slavery
The main goal of the Ku Klux Klan was to
return land to former Confederates
prevent freedmen from exercising their new rights
attract members from all social classes
force the carpetbaggers to move back north
What was the purpose of the Black Codes in the South after the Civil War?
The codes were used to ease the difficult economic times after the war
The codes were passed to enforce laws that controlled the Ku Klux Klan
Radical Republicans felt the codes were necessary to protect former slaves
Southern political leaders used the codes to restrict the rights of former slaves
