WorksheetsReconstruction Era
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 20mins
The year is 1865 and the 13th Amendment has just been passed. Which of the following is now true?
Slavery in the U.S. no longer exists.
All people born in the United States are Citizens.
Women can vote.
Former slaves can now vote.
Women were allowed to vote during the Reconstruction Era?
True
False
The 13th Amendment
gave freedmen the right to vote
made slavery illegal
guaranteed equal protection of law
granted citizenship to all citizens
The 15th Amendment
extended voting rights to all citizens including former slaves
set the voting age at 25 years old
granted women the right to vote
guaranteed former male slaves could vote
The Freedmen's bureau laid the foundation to the public school system.
True
False
What amendment guaranteed African American men the right to vote?
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
After leaving the Union Army, Ulrich Henderson of Massachusetts settled in Louisiana as an agent of the Freedmen's Bureau. Over the next 10 years, he became a landowner, businessman, and politician.
Which statement best describes how some Southerners most likely viewed Ulrich?
Former Confederate Soldiers felt he was a scalawag who had betrayed the South.
Southern Democrats felt he was a carpetbagger who threatened their ability to restore the Pre-Civil War Social classes.
The Freedmen were angry that he was helping former slave owners keep their power.
His neighbors thought he told some really good stories.
Former slaves could receive essential services from the Freedmen's Bureau.
True
False
Which statement best interprets the Supreme Court's opinion in Plessy v. Ferguson?
The Court found that Plessy was not a citizen so the lawsuit could not be brought before the court.
The Court found that Plessy was not a law suite worthy of the Supreme Court's time and consideration.
Segregation is legal as long the separate public facilities are equitable.
Segregation laws are justifiable regulations of interstate commerce.
Plessy v. Ferguson upheld which law?
Conscription laws
Marriage laws.
Jim Crow laws
John Sherman laws
Lincoln used his Second Inaugural Speech to explain his vision for Reconstruction. Which of the follow best explains Lincoln's vision for Reconstruction
Punish the South so it would not succeed from the Union again.
Provide money for carpetbaggers and scalawags to take advantage of the cheap land.
Forgiveness and rebuilding of the Union
To diversify the southern economy.
The 14th Amendment
states the federal laws apply equally to all people born or naturalized in the United States including former slaves
allows states to decide who will vote for federal offices
guarantees voting rights for everybody
makes it legal for women to vote
Which piece of legislation passed by the Radical Reconstruction Congress has had the most extensive influence on the due process rights and equal protection of U.S. citizens?
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Reconstruction Act of 1867
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
Which of the following best explains the goal(s) of the "Black Codes" enacted in the South post Civil War?
to help newly freed slaves learn how to manage their newfound freedom
to make sure that African Americans had the same rights as whites
to keep the power of whites over African Americans
to meet the requirements to rejoin the Union
The Ku Klux Klan was created to
undermine African American voting during Reconstruction
to support Reconstruction of the south
to support immigration reform
to get around federal laws against the sale of alcohol during Prohibition
African Americans had more political opportunities during the Reconstruction Era.
True
False
The Freedmen's Bureau was created to provide essential services to former slaves and poor whites. Which of the following are one of the services the Bureau provided?
funds to resettle in Africa
organization of political parties to elect African Americans to Congress
a central place for former slaves and their owners to reconnect
helped provide education by opening and managing schools
Which statement best explains the Supreme Court's opinion in Plessy v. Ferguson?
Segregation was illegal.
Segregation was legal as long as public facilities are equal
Segregation was a state's rights issue
Segregation was legal.
Choose the way(s) the South tried to limit the Freedmen's vote. You may choose more than one answer.
Poll Taxes
Income Taxes
Literacy Tests
Math Tests
Forty Acres and a mule was promised to
Carpetbaggers
Widows
Former Slaves
Former Confederate soldiers
Andrew Johnson was elected President when President Lincoln was assassinated.
True
False
President Grant was known for scandals and corruption.
True
False
Which President ended Reconstruction?
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Rutherford B Hayes
Ulysses S Grant
In the 1868 and 1872 elections, which political party did many African Americans vote for?
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Whig Party
Independent Party
The Democratic Party was supported by which of the following after the Civil War?
Freedmen
Women
White Northerners
White Southerners
Why was the South's government, economy, and social order destroyed after the Civil War?
A Stockmarket crash during the war which collapsed the South's economy.
Cotton was no longer in demand due to silk production.
The North's "total war" military strategy.
The Steel mines dried up.
What are the dates we identify as the Reconstruction Era?
1775 - 1783
1781 - 1789
1861 - 1865
1865 - 1876
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
James Earl Ray
John Wilkes Bruni
Lee Harvey Oswald
Define sharecropping.
The renting of land to farm. One usually would go into debt for seed and other farming supplies. Once the crop was harvested, the renter would get to keep a portion of harvest.
A group of neighbors that all take care of a communal garden. Each person receives a portion of the harvest.
The time after harvest when all the plants are chopped down.
Shaving the wool off of sheep.
The laws and constitutional amendments passed by Southern states after the Civil War which allowed a black person to testify in court if the case involved and African American.
Fugitive Slave Act
Quartering Act
Black Codes
Morse Code
