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WorksheetsUSII.3b - Reconstruction Policies & Events
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
What group of citizens was NOT allowed to hold office during Reconstruction?
Union officers
Confederate leaders
Former slaves
Radical Republicans
During Reconstruction, who WAS allowed to hold office for the first time, thanks to the new amendments?
African Americans
Sharecroppers
Union generals
Northerners
What new law said that federal troops would enforce the South?
13th Amendment
15th Amendment
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Compromise of 1877
What new "rules" were created by states to limit the freedoms of African Americans during Reconstruction?
Reform Rules
Slave Codes
Property Laws
Black Codes
What organization, seen here, provided aid and support to former slaves during Reconstruction?
KKK
Freedmen's Bureau
Underground Railroad
Unions
What was one of the main purposes of the Freedmen's Bureau?
To provide education
To give money
To create jobs
To give food
What group of Northerners got a bad reputation for taking advantage of Southerners during Reconstruction?
Freedmen's Bureau
Scalawags
Carpetbaggers
Red Cross
What headline would most likely appear on a newspaper at the end of Reconstruction?
Slaves Freed!
14th Amendment Passes!
Federal Troops Leave the South!
Black Codes Enforced!
Which of the following would have prevented African Americans from voting after Reconstruction?
15th Amendment
Poll Taxes
Civil Rights Act
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