WorksheetsHISTORY RECONSTRUCTION QUIZIZZ
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 10mins
What were the black codes?
The black codes laid out the process for readmitting Southern States into the Union.
The black codes were laws passed by Southern States that limited the freedom of African Americans.
The black codes were laws that made African Americans wealthy
The black codes gave unlimited power to the whites
Which of the following BEST describes the 14th amendment?
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes
Granted African American men the right to vote
Prevent people limiting others’ rights.
Gave the right to bear arms
What is the purpose of the Reconstruction Acts of 1867?
The Acts of 1867 outlawed criminal codes
The Acts of 1867 laid out the process for readmitting Southern States into the Union.
The Acts of 1867 made it illegal for Northern people to move south.
The Acts of 1867 ended the era of reconstruction
Describe the 13th amendment
Prevent people limiting others’ rights.
Imposes restrictions on the government's prosecution
Protect citizens' rights to the ownership and use of their property without intrusion by the government.
Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
What are Scalawags?
Scalawags were former Confederates that resented pro-Union people.
Scalawags were Northern white men who moved to the south.
Scalawags were immigrants from foreign countries.
Who won the election of 1868?
(a)
What was the 15th amendment?
The 15th amendment took away African Americans rights
The 15th amendment stated that people had to take literacy tests to vote
The 15th amendment stated that African American men had the right to vote. It ended the Reconstruction.
The 15th amendment stated that African Americans couldn't live in the US
How did the Era of Reconstruction succeed? (Select all that apply)
Unified the US once again
Settled states rights vs. federalism debate
Scandals and radicals
Sharecropping
What caused the Era of Reconstruction to fail? (Select all that apply)
Sharecropping
Radical Republicans
Scandals
What were the results of Jim Crows Laws? (Select all that apply)
Promoted segregation
Anti-slavery
Seperate but equal
Literacy tests
What did the Amnesty Act of 1872 do?
The Amnesty Act of 1872 reversed many of the penalties on the Confederates.
The Amnesty Act of 1872 gave more power to the Union.
The Amnesty Act of 1872 stopped the military from monitoring the South.
What did the Klu Klux Klan do? (Select all that apply)
Terrorized African Americans and Republican voters
Wanted to help protect African American rights to vote
Tried taking away African American voting rights.
Wanted to protect African Americans
What ended the Era of Reconstruction?
13th amendment
14th amendment
15th amendment
The Election of 1876
Jim Crows Law
What was the Freedmen's Bureau?
Freedmen's Bureau laid out the process for readmitting Southern States into the Union.
The Freedmen's Bureau created radical reconstruction.
The Freedmen’s Bureau was created to help former slaves by educating and helping them financially.
The Freedmen's Bureau created slavery once again.
A cycle of debt & "new slavery" (Fill in the blanks)
(a)
What year was President Lincoln assassinated?
1865
1866
1864
1895
Who were Carpetbaggers?
Northerners during reconstruction
Northerners who moved into the South during reconstruction
Southerners during reconstruction
Westerners during reconstruction
Which president succeeded President Ulysses S. Grant?
James Garfield
Rutherford B. Hayes
Andrew Johnson
Donald Trump
Southerners resisted against... (Select all that apply)
Political power in the hands of African Americans.
Republicans leading Southern politics.
The large amounts of money being spent by Southern reconstruction governments that came from raising taxes.
The North, Congress, the President, military presence, etc...
Which president succeeded President Lincoln?
James Monroe
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Johnson
James Garfield
Which definition best describes the word amnesty?
Penalties
A pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses.
A punishment imposed for breaking a law
Punishment
What did the Enforcement Acts do? (Select all that apply)
Helped protect African American rights to vote.
Helped protect African American rights to hold position in office.
Helped protect African American rights to serve on juries.
Helped protect African American rights receive equal protection of the laws.
What did the Radical Republicans press for? (Select all that apply)
Slavery
Disenfranchisement of Confederates
Black Suffrage
Impeachement of President Andrew Johnson
Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?
For being too nice to everybody
For high crimes and misdemeanors
Stealing
Because he wanted to
What was ONE of the MAIN reasons why Carpetbaggers wanted to move into the South?
Felt like it
Interested in new business
Didn't want to support slavery
Wanted to be a white Southerner
Which amendment ended slavery?
12th amendment
14th amendment
13th amendment
15th amendment
Why did Congress reject Louisiana’s new constitution in 1864?
Andrew Johnson’s Plan for Reconstruction
It was drafted according to the Ten-Percent Plan
It gave blacks the right to vote
Alll of the above
All of the following were components of Lincoln’s blueprint for Reconstruction except...
Full pardons for all white southerners, except high-ranking military and government officials
A promise to protect all private property, excluding slaves
Black Suffrage
Readmission to the Union when 10percent of voters pledged their allegiance to the United States
Which constitutional amendment did the Civil Rights Act of 1866 most closely resemble?
12th amendment
13th amendment
14th amendment
15th amendment
14. Which U.S. Supreme Court decision did the Fourteenth Amendment reverse?
Dred Scott v. Sanford
United States v. Cruikshank
The Slaughterhouse Cases
The Civil Rights Cases
