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Reconstruction 2020

Total questions: 79

Worksheet time: 58mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This group opposed Lincoln's plan for reconstruction and felt the south should be punished.

a)

Democrats

b)

Radical Republicans

c)

Libertarians

d)

Socialists

2.

This gave all men regardless of race the right to vote.

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

16th Amendment

3.

Freedmen in the south made their living usually by ....

a)

farming

b)

as craftsmen

c)

as house servants

d)

as politicians

4.

This secret society attempted to keep Freedmen from exercising their rights through threats and violence.

a)

the Freedmen's Bureau

b)

The Anti-Freedmen Group

c)

the Ku Klux Klan

d)

the NAACP

5.

This Reconstruction plan was meant to punish the south for the war.

a)

Presidential Reconstruction

b)

Johnson's Reconstruction Plan

c)

Military Reconstruction Plan

d)

Radical Republican Reconstruction

6.

Henry McNeal Turner was _______________ from the Georgia General Assembly because he was black.

a)

sent to congress

b)

expelled

c)

elected

d)

selected

7.

They were given food, clothing, and medicine on credit

They had to share a portion of their harvest with the landowner

They were provided land, a home, and fertilizer by the landowner

a)

slaves

b)

carpetbaggers

c)

scalawags

d)

sharecroppers

8.

The 13th Amendment

a)

gave former slaves citizenship

b)

gave former slaves the right to vote

c)

gave slaves their freedom

d)

gave women the right to vote

9.

This plan for reconstruction had few steps and was meant to be an easy way for the south to rejoin the Union. It included the 10% plan.

a)

Radical Reconstruction

b)

Military Reconstruction

c)

Congressional Reconstruction

d)

Presidential Reconstruction

10.

The 14th Amendment to the Constitution ...

a)

abolished slavery

b)

gave former slaves their citizenship

c)

gave former slaves the right to vote

d)

gave women the right to own property

11.

The intent of the KKK was to

a)

help former slaves vote in elections

b)

prevent former slaves from voting in elections

c)

help former soldiers adjust to life at home

d)

prevent women from voting

12.

After the Civil War there was an effort by whites to maintain

a)

slavery

b)

white supremacy

c)

the Confederacy

d)

women staying in the kitchen and taking care of the home

13.

Some of the goals of the Freedmen's Bureau included

a)

helping former slaves vote

b)

building and running schools

c)

providing food and clothing for former slaves

d)

all of the above

14.

Why did Sharecropping and tenant farming become the dominant form of agriculture after the Civil War?

a)

many former Confederate soldiers were available to work

b)

the government offered farmers incentives to practice sharecropping

c)

there were many former slaves who needed work and plantation owners who needed labor

d)

people flocked to the south after the war for jobs

15.

All of the following are TRUE about Lincoln's plan EXCEPT

a)

only 10% of the people had to take the loyalty oath

b)

meant to pardon all southerners except high ranking military leaders

c)

meant to be slow and difficult

d)

meant to restore the southern state to the Union

16.

All of the following are TRUE about President Johnson's Reconstruction Plan EXCEPT

a)

required southern states to ratify the 13th Amendment

b)

required southern states to nullify their secession ordinances

c)

it was COMPLETELY different from Lincoln's plan

d)

it required southern states not to repay financiers who gave money to the Confederacy

17.

Who became president after Lincoln's assassination?

a)

U.S. Grant

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

Robert E. Lee

18.

In what year did Reconstruction end? With the election of which president?

a)

1877, Rutherford B. Hayes

b)

1889, U.S. Grant

c)

1866, Andrew Johnson

d)

1890, Robert E. Lee

19.
What did the 13th Amendment do?
a)
made slavery illegal
b)
made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
c)
gave black men the right to vote
d)
gave former slaves land to begin farms
20.
What did the 14th Amendment do?
a)
made slavery illegal
b)
made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
c)
gave black men the right to vote
d)
gave former slaves land to begin farms
21.
What did the 15th Amendment do?
a)
made slavery illegal
b)
made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
c)
gave black men the right to vote
d)
gave former slaves land to begin farms
22.
What was segregation?
a)
equal treatment for all people
b)
the forced separation of races
c)
a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land
d)
the period of time after the Civil War
23.
What was Reconstruction?
a)
equal treatment for all people
b)
the forced separation of races
c)
a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land
d)
the period of time after the Civil War
24.
What were Jim Crow Laws?
a)
equal treatment for all people
b)
laws that made segregation legal
c)
a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land
d)
the period of time after the Civil War
25.
The US government created what organization to help former slaves and poor whites?
a)
Bureau of Parks and Recreation
b)
Free Food Bureau
c)
Jobs and Education Bureau
d)
Freedman's Bureau
26.
Laws that required the African-Americans be separated from white in public places are...
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Black Codes
c)
Grandfather Codes
d)
Integration Laws
27.
System of farming where farmers gave part of their crop to pay for the land they rented
a)
Family-Farming
b)
Sharecropping
c)
Groupcropping
d)
Split-Farming
28.
Why did sharecroppers remain poor?
a)
The South flooded during Reconstrucion
b)
They owed money to the landowners, never getting out of debt
c)
The sun never shone on crops
d)
Animals ate all the crops
29.
What was the purpose of the Freedman's Bureau?
a)
provide food, clothing, and medical care
b)
provided legal advice to poor whites and former slaves
c)
set up hospitals and schools
d)
all of the above
30.
How was President Lincoln killed?
a)
heart failure
b)
bit by a snake
c)
falling off a horse
d)
shot by John Wilkes Booth
31.
Which of these amendments gives citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color or previous condition of servitude?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
18th Amendment
32.
Southern states created the Black Codes to do what?
a)
limit African Americans rights
b)
expand Confederate rights
c)
give women voting rights
d)
jail Carpetbaggers
33.
Frederick Douglass believed...
a)
that the south would rise again
b)
in jobs for all
c)
that there should be public education
d)
in civil liberties and voting rights for all
34.
Who could hold public office in the south during Reconstruction?
a)
African Americans
b)
Confederate Leaders
c)
Southern Women
d)
American Indians
35.
Which laws allowed Union Soldiers to supervise the south during Reconstruction?
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
the Voting Rights Act
c)
the Amnesty Act
d)
the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the Military Reconstruction Act
36.
The Ku Klux Klan was a group that believed...
a)
in white supremacy
b)
in equality for all
c)
in black supremacy
d)
in southern supremacy
37.
Carpetbaggers were...
a)
Newly freed slaves
b)
Southern Republicans
c)
Confederate Soldiers
d)
Northerners who took advantage of southern economic hardships 
38.
What's the best title for this list? 
a)
Black Codes
b)
Reconstruction Laws & Policies
c)
Civil War Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
39.
Abraham Lincoln believed...
a)
African Americans needed Constitutional Amendments to guarantee voting rights
b)
in the southern cause
c)
southern states should have to prove their loyalty after the war
d)
preservation of the Union was more important than punishing the south
40.
Organizations like these worked for which of these goals? 
a)
To encourage southerners to fight against the Union 
b)
to legalize discrimination against African 
Americans
c)
To encourage African American education
d)
to promote Confederate rights
41.
The Presidential Election of 1876 resulted in...
a)
military supervision of the south
b)
the restoration of voting rights for white southerners
c)
the end of Reconstruction in the south
d)
equal rights for African Americans
42.
Scalawags were...
a)
Northerners who took advantage of southern economic hardships 
b)
Southern Republicans
c)
former Confederate Leaders
d)
African Americans
43.
Jim Crow Laws passed after Reconstruction took away African American Voting Rights using...
a)
Voter Registration Laws
b)
Political Gerrymandering
c)
Voter Identification Laws
d)
Poll Taxes and Literacy Tests
44.

What was the purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

a)

to create equality for all Americans

b)

to ensure equal distribution of power between National and State government.

c)

to limit the power of the federal government

d)

to give all people the right to vote

45.

Lincoln's "10 Percent Plan" dealt with

a)

his idea for instituting an income tax.

b)

how to draft more men into the Union Army.

c)

re-admitting Southern states into the Union.

d)

his quest to reconquer only 10% of the South

46.

Presidential Reconstruction following the American Civil War can BEST be described as

a)

a plan to fix the damage to the White House caused by the Civil War.

b)

a desire to rebuild the southern states quickly to help control the economy.

c)

a desire to rebuild the country quickly and without ill feelings following the war.

d)

a desire to punish those southerners responsible for causing and/or prolonging the war.

47.

Following the Civil War, ___ were very common in Southern agriculture, bringing with them work tools and work animals.

a)

freedman

b)

sharecroppers

c)

tenant farmers

d)

land owners

48.

What group was created in 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee, for the purpose of preventing both the programs of Reconstruction and laws promoting racial equality?

a)

Freedman's Bureau

b)

Ku Klux Klan

c)

Know Nothing Party

d)

White Circle Council

49.

The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified following which war?

a)

The Civil War

b)

The Vietnam War

c)

The American Revolution

d)

The Spanish American War

50.

The period of rebuilding of The South after The Civil War was known as

a)

The Renaissance

b)

Reconstruction

c)

The Guilded Age

d)

The Industrial Revolution

51.

Which statement describes the attitude of the "Radical Republicans" following the Civil War?

a)

"Southern states should pass the 'Black Codes.' "

b)

"The Southern states have been conquered and should be punished for their actions."

c)

"Former Confederate leaders should be forgiven for their actions during the Civil War."

d)

"The country should follow President Lincoln's plans to reunite the country as quickly as possible."

52.

Which is the BEST description of the southern economy during Reconstruction?

a)

The southern economy was stabilized because of trade relationships with Great Britain and France.

b)

The southern economy was still based on agriculture and cotton, but now depended on sharecropping rather than slave labor

c)

The southern economy was transformed from being based on agriculture to being completely dependent on industry and manufacturing.

d)

The southern economy was completely restored by 1866 and was actually more productive and profitable than the pre- Civil War economy.

53.

Which Amendment gave United States citizens of all races the right to vote?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

5th

54.

Who would have most likely NOT supported the Freedmen's Bureau?

a)

An abolitionist

b)

a carpetbagger

c)

a former slave owner

d)

a northern business owner

55.
  1. Helped to organize the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Georgia 2. Helped organize Georgia's Republican Party 3. Served in the Georgia Constitutional Convention 4. Elected to the Georgia House of Representatives. All of these characteristics describe...
a)

Nat Turner

b)

Thaddeus Stevens

c)

Henry McNeal Turner

d)

George Washington Carver

56.

Lincoln's Reconstruction needed southern states to have at least ________ % of the voting population take a loyalty oath.

a)

10

b)

30

c)

50

d)

99

57.

The victims of the Draft Riots of 1863 were mostly...

a)

women

b)

Irish immigrants

c)

African American

d)

retired soldiers

58.

___________________ wanted African Americans to have full citizenship.

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Radical Republicans

d)

Union Army

59.

President Johnson was impeached for _________________.

a)

lying to the country

b)

violating the Tenure of Office Act

c)

holding elections in an off year

60.

What amendment grants all citizens equal protection of the laws?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

61.

A freedmen was required to have a labor contract in Mississippi after 1865. This is an example of ______________.

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

sharecropping

c)

the black codes

d)

Reconstruction

62.

The 15th Amendment states that a person cannot be denied the right to vote based on ____________________.

a)

race.

b)

previous condition of servitude.

63.

Special Field Order 15 gave _____________ to families of freedmen.

a)

labor contracts

b)

40 acres of tillable land

c)

voting rights

d)

citizenship

64.
Hayes agreed to remove federal troops from the South in order to win the Presidency in the Election of 1876. This--
a)
started Reconstruction
b)
got him impeached
c)
made Southern Democrats angry
d)
ended Reconstruction
65.
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
66.

The south was divided into how many military districts during reconstruction?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

5

d)

7

67.
As sharecroppers former slaves were given a place to live, seeds, and equipment in order produce crops.  The land owner received a ________ of all crops grown
a)
Share
b)
Parcel
c)
Ownership
68.

Who was the first African-American U.S. Senator?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Philip Bazaar

c)

William Carney

d)

Hiram Rhodes Revels

69.

The Homestead Act attempted to promote development of western lands by

a)

creating a system of dams for crop migration

b)

removing all restrictions on immigration

c)

placing Native Americans on reservations

d)

providing free land to settlers

70.
What gave settlers 160 acres of land in exchange for the settlers "improving" their new land?
a)
Homestead Act
b)
Dawes Act
c)
Morril Act
d)
Reconstruction Act
71.
What took land from Indian tribes and promoted assimilation?
a)
Homestead Act
b)
Morril Act
c)
Dawes Act
d)
Reconstruction Act
72.
The Dawes Act...
a)
Allowed the Plains indians to continue their tribal traditions of following the buffalo herds
b)
divided the plains Indians tribal lands into family plots as a way to encourage assimilation
c)
provided 160 acres of free land to white settlers
d)
established the route for the Transcontinental railroad
73.

Law selling public lands to the states if they will establish agricultural and mechanical colleges.

a)

Morrill Act

b)

Homestead Act

c)

Northwest Ordinance

d)

Dawes Act

74.
In which plan, rejected by Lincoln, did a majority of the southern states' white adult males have to pledge loyalty to the Union?
a)
Wade-Davis Bill
b)
10% plan
c)
Civil Rights Act
d)
Freedmen's Bureau
75.
Who was the first African American to serve in the US senate?
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Hiram Revels
d)
Barack Obama
76.
Which act gave states land grants to establish agricultural universities like Texas A&M University?
a)
The Morrill Act
b)
The Dawes Act
c)
The Homestead Act
d)
The Kansas Nebraska Act
77.
Which law was an Indian policy that broke reservations into individual land plots and harmed the communal structure of Native tribes?
a)
The Morrill Act
b)
The Dawes Act
c)
The Reservation  Reorganization Act
d)
The Homestead Act
78.
What act initiated the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad for both military and settlement purposes?
a)
Railorad Act
b)
Pacific Railway Act
c)
Transcontinental Act
d)
Military Transport Act
79.
Overall, Reconstruction--
a)
brought changes to the Constitution that were difficult to encorce
b)
was a complete success
c)
was a complete failure
d)
was fully embraced by the South

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