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WorksheetsReconstruction US History
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 51mins
____________ is the period during which the United States began to rebuild after the Civil War – roughly 1865-1877
Reorganization
Reconstruction
Reconstitution
NOT THE CORRECT ANSWER
The 13th amendment....
allowed for discriminatory voter laws
give the right to vote
gives equal protection
prohibits slavery
The 14th Amendment- States cannot deprive citizens of life, liberty, or property without “due process” and states must provide “___________” to all citizens under the law.
equal protection
fair laws
federal assistance
separate but equal rights
The 15th Amendment- Cannot deny the________ based on race.
Right to Vote
Right to own land
Right to Speech
Right to bear arms
Which of the following was NOT a problem facing the nation after the Civil War ended?
Much of the South was destroyed
Many refugees were homeless and needed food, shelter, and work
Much of the North lay in ruins
Many people in the North and the South still felt hatred for their enemy
A major reason why Lincoln's plans for Reconstruction were NOT put into place was
Lee surrendered
Andrew Johnson became president
John Wilkes Booth was captured
Lincoln was assassinated
Which amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery?
12th
13th
14th
15th
Became 17th POTUS after Lincoln was assassinated?
Lincoln
Johnson
Grant
Buchanan
26 year old Southern sympathizer that shot & killed Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
David Herold
Lewis Payne
Edwin Spangler
The term for rebuilding the South after the Civil War was ?
the Cold War
Reconstruction
slavery
Secession
Lincoln's plan to readmit Southern states to the Union?
10% Plan
50% Plan
Wade-Davis Bill
Freedmen's Bureau
A pardon to a group of people is called ?
punishment
conviction
amnesty
forgiveness
What does impeachment mean?
removal from office
conviction of a crime
formal accusation of wrongdoing
Reconstruction Act of 1867
put ten states under military rule
got many bills passed in Congress
won in a very close popular vote
Tenure of Office Act
arranged the purchase of Alaska
put ten states under military rule
was meant to reverse “Black Codes”
was vetoed by Johnson
Which of the following is true about sharecropping
Sharecropping favored the freeedmen.
Many freedmen were able to buy new homes through sharecropping
Most sharecroppers remained in debt or in a cycle of poverty
Many state governments offered loan for sharecropping farmers.
"Black Codes" and "Jim Crow Laws" were state laws generally designed to segregate and keep control of:
former slaves
Democrats in the South
former Confederate military officers
Exodusters
Jim Crow Laws were an attempt by Southern whites to achieve segregation using the principle:
separate but equal
due process of law
equal protection
integration
Northerner who took economic, political, or social advantage of the south following the Civil War
Radical Republican
Confederate
Carpetbagger
Yankee
Agricultural & economic practice where a land owner allows a tenant farmer to work his land for a share of his crop
sustenance farming
sharecropping
carpetbagger
slavery
The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War.
Reconstruction
Amendments
Black Codes
Constitution
What Amendment was passed to guarantee African American men the right to vote?
13th
14th
16th
15th
What was the purpose of the Military Reconstruction Act
To outlaw Black Codes
To oversee and enforce Reconstruction Legislation
To provide assistance to former slaves after the Civil War
To allow ex-Confederate officials to hold political office
A law that pardon Confederate officials and allowed them to vote and hold political office
Enforcement Act
Compromise of 1877
Amnesty Act of 1872
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Why did the Compromise of 1877 happen ?
The Compromise of 1877 was reached to settle the disputed 1899 U.S. Presidential election.
The Compromise of 1877 happened because the citizens food wasn't cooked correctly.
The Compromise of 1877 was reached to settle the disputed 1876 U.S. Presidential election.
The Compromise of 1877 was reached to abolish slavery.
What did the compromise of 1877 end?
The Great Depression era
The great crash
The economic boom
The reconstruction Era
Who became president due to the Compromise of 1877?
Rutherford B Hayes
Ulysses S Grant
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
