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WorksheetsAfrican Americans and Reconstruction
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
During Reconstruction in the South, African Americans
became members of the Democratic Party
served in state legislatures and the US Congress
were unable to found or build their own schools
could vote in state elections but not federal ones
The National Equal Rights League was founded by
the Republican Congress
African Americans
Northern carpetbaggers
Southern Democrats
One way the National Equal Rights League fought for equality was to
reject Reconstruction
lobby Congress
stop scalawags
create Black Codes
How many African Americans politicians served in the US Congress during Reconstruction?
60
160
16
600
The term carpetbagger was a nickname for
Southerners who worked to repeal African American voting rights laws
Northerners who came to the South and supported African American equality
Southerners who supported Reconstruction and African American equality
Northerners who worked to repeal African American voting rights laws
The term scalawag was a nickname for
Southerners who supported Reconstruction and African American equality
Southerners who worked to repeal African American voting rights laws
Northerners who worked to repeal African American voting rights laws
Northerners who came to the South and supported African American equality
In the years after the Civil War, African Americans in the South
tended to join and vote for the Democratic Party
usually voted the same as white Southerners
often had larger voting populations than whites
did not have enough votes to enact change
During Reconstruction, more than six hundred African American men
served as members of Southern state legislatures
attended Virginia's Constitutional Convention
were elected to Congress from Southern states
were delegates to state constitutional conventions
Which best explains why there were no African Americans serving in the US House of Representatives by 1887?
Many African American politicians had left office to work for the Freedmen's Bureau
Southern whites had worked to repeal laws that allowed African Americans to hold office
African Americans were focusing on politics on the state level rather than the national level
African American politicians mainly chose to run for the US Senate instead of the House
Why did the Freedmen's Bureau operate longer than the year that was originally planned?
The agency was becoming too big and unwieldy to manage
Congress found additional funds to keep the agency open
The agency had made no progress helping freed people
The issues it addressed were more complicated than expected
What is one service the Freedmen's Bureau provided for African Americans?
The agency provided funds to pay poll taxes
The agency set up courts settle land disputes
The agency taught them how to cultivate crops
The agency found employment in Northern cities
Which best describes the fate of the Freedmen's Bureau?
The agency's power was weakened by conflict and political fighting
The agency was powerful because President Johnson supported it
The agency was power because white Southerns supported it
The agency's power was weakened by Republicans in Congress
During Reconstruction, the Freedmen's Bureau provided a number of services
but was rejected by most African Americans
and was supported by most white Southerners
but lacked the authority to enforce civil rights laws
and was spearheaded by Democrats in Congress
How did the Freedmen's Bureau help many African American families?
The agency relocated African American families to cities in the North
The agency prevented white supremacists from terrorizing families
The agency gave farmland to all families with low incomes in the South
The agency helped reunite families that had been separated during slavery
The Freedmen's Bureau closed in 1872 because
it had been unable to found any schools in the South
African Americans were adjusted to freedom
it had achieved all of its goals and promises
it lacked the needed funding and effective planning
African American voters outnumbered white voters in several states, including
South Carolina
Tennessee
Kentucky
Alabama
In the late 1800s, the Union Leagues were founded by
African Americans in the South
African Americans in the North
Republicans in Congress
white landowners in the South
Who was Hiram Revels?
a wealthy Mississippi landowner
the first African American in the US Senate
the founder of the Freedmen's Bureau
a Democratic presidential candidate
The Freedmen's Bureau offered African Americans
housing and money for rent
protection and a safe haven
political party membership
food and medical care
Which school was not founded by the Freedmen's Bureau?
Fisk University
American University
Spellman College
Howard University
