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SS8H6- Georgia and Reconstruction

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What agency help former slaves with food, clothing, jobs, school and hospitals?

a)

Freed Slave Alliance

b)

Freed People's Agency

c)

Freedmen's Bureau

d)

Abraham's Friends

2.

According to the Georgia Constitution, Southern Democrats expelled Blacks from the Georgia legislature because:

a)

They did not have the right to hold office.

b)

They did not have the right to vote.

c)

They sided with the Southern Democrats

d)

They owned too much land.

3.

A person who did not own land, tools or anything else but offered his labor to work the land is:

a)

A tenant farmer

b)

A Sharecropper

c)

A Successful Farmer.

d)

An owner of land.

4.

Which statement describes the attitude of the Ku Klux Klan?

a)

The KKK supported the ideas of Congressional Reconstruction.

b)

The KKK supported Black American politicians.

c)

The KKK used violence to terrorize Blacks from voting.

d)

The KKK agreed with Radical Republicans.

5.

Who favored harsher punishment on the Reconstruction plans?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

Congressional Republicans

d)

Confederate leaders

6.

The 13th Amendment to the Constitution ______________________.

a)

Free Speech

b)

Abolished Slavery

c)

Voting rights

d)

Ended the Civil War

7.

The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War was known as

a)

A. New South

b)

B. Reconstruction

c)

C. Atlanta Compromise

d)

D. Georgia Platform

8.

Which of the following ended slavery throughout the United States?

a)

A. The Thirteenth Amendment

b)

B. The Fourteenth Amendment

c)

C. The Fifteenth Amendment

d)

D. The Emancipation Proclamation

9.

The 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution...

a)

Gave African Americans the right to own businesses

b)

Freed the Slaves

c)

Gave African Americans the right to vote

d)

Forced African Americans back into slavery

10.

The members of Congress battled with both presidents because they felt that the Presidential Reconstruction Plans:

a)

were too focused on helping the freed African slaves, but not on helping the poor, white farmers.

b)

were too strict to allow the Union to ever be reunited as it was prior to the Civil War.

c)

were too lenient on the Southern states that had rebelled against the Union.

d)

were created too quickly without consulting the former leaders of the Confederate states.

11.

He was elected to the House of Representatives, but was expelled because he was black?

a)

Henry McNeal Turner

b)

Stephen Douglas

c)

Henry Clay

d)

Austin Dabney

12.

Which amendment gave freed slaves U.S. Citizenship rights?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

16th Amendment

13.

_________________________ owned animals and equipment, but not land.

a)

Sharecroppers

b)

Tenant Farming

c)

Freedmen

d)

Scalawags

14.

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

a)

strengthen states’ rights over federal laws

b)

weaken the Jim Crow laws that were passed by the North

c)

abolish slavery and establish rights to former slaves

d)

strengthen the Bill of Rights in support of the Constitution

15.

After the Civil War, what lifestyle did many poor whites and freed slaves adopt?

a)

enrolled in college

b)

became factory workers

c)

began sharecropping and tenant farming

d)

became cowboys

16.

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?

a)

antebellum

b)

indenturing

c)

convict lease system

d)

sharecropping

17.

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?

a)

Black students had to be home schooled as they were removed from public schools.

b)

White lawmakers wrote laws to place heavier taxes on black citizens.

c)

White landowners attempted to start slave trading again in the South.

d)

Black members of the Georgia Assembly were never allowed to serve in their elected positions.

18.
Sharecroppers had little chance of making a profit and getting ahead.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
During Reconstruction the South was under Military rule
a)
True
b)
False
20.

This Reconstruction plan said a state could rejoin if 10% of its population swore an oath of loyalty

a)

Lincoln's Plan

b)

Johnson's Plan

c)

Radical Republican's Plan

d)

Grant's Plan

21.

Georgia refused to ratify the 14th amendment. What happened?

a)

Nothing

b)

GA placed under military rule

c)

Georgia residents were told to turn in their weapons.

22.

The ____________________ wanted a harsher punishment for the Southern States before they were to be rejoined with the Union

a)

Sons of Liberty

b)

Radical Republicans

c)

Ku Klux Klan

23.

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?

a)

The Freed Salve Agency

b)

Freedman's Bureau

c)

Liberty Boys

24.

What were laws that restricted the rights of freed men?

a)

Slave Codes

b)

Black Laws

c)

Freedmen Codes

d)

Black Codes

25.

According to the Georgia Constitution, Southern Democrats expelled Blacks from the Georgia legislature because:

a)

They did not have the right to hold office.

b)

They did not have the right to vote.

c)

They sided with the Southern Democrats

d)

They owned too much land.

26.

With whom did the sharecroppers share their harvest?

a)

the poor

b)

creditors

c)

neighbors

d)

landowners

27.

Which statement accurately describes the difference between Lincoln's and Radical Republican's plan for Reconstruction?

a)

Lincoln's plan consisted of many steps; the Radical Republicans' plan was simpler.

b)

Lincoln's plan sought to punish the south for the Civil War; the Radical Republican's plan was aimed at rehabilitation.

c)

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.

d)

Lincoln's plan called for the abolition of slavery throughout the South; the Radical Republican's plan would have allowed slavery to continue.

28.

The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed in response to

a)

adoption of laws known as Black Codes by Southern states

b)

rising violence by terrorists organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan

c)

refusal of white Southerners to provide freedmen with land and farm animals

d)

refusal of some southern states to adopt constitutional provisions calling for an end to slavery

29.

The main goal of the Ku Klux Klan was to

a)

return land to former Confederates

b)

prevent freedmen from exercising their new rights

c)

attract members from all social classes

d)

force the carpetbaggers to move back north

30.

What was the purpose of the Black Codes in the South after the Civil War?

a)

The codes were used to ease the difficult economic times after the war

b)

The codes were passed to enforce laws that controlled the Ku Klux Klan

c)

Radical Republicans felt the codes were necessary to protect former slaves

d)

Southern political leaders used the codes to restrict the rights of former slaves