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How well do you know the Era of Reconstruction?

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which amendment says “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction”?

a)

15

b)

13

c)

14

d)

12

2.

What was the name of laws that segregated whites and blacks?

a)

John Crow Laws

b)

Jim Raven Laws

c)

Black Codes

d)

Jim Crow Laws

3.

Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?

a)

John Wells Boothe

b)

John Wilkes Booth

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

Robert E. Lee

4.

What was a part of the Civil War's political legacy? (Select all that apply.)

a)

federal government power increased

b)

income taxes

c)

federal government power decreased

d)

12th Amendment

5.

What were the black codes?

a)

laws that allowed black people to vote

b)

laws that protected freed slaves

c)

laws to keep freed slaves in check

d)

segregation laws

6.

In what ways did the Reconstruction fail?

a)

did not unite the country

b)

brought slavery back

c)

abolished the 1st Amendment

d)

continued mistreatment of black people

7.

Why was Abraham Lincoln assassinated?

a)

Booth just hated Lincoln

b)

Booth was crazy

c)

Booth wanted revenge for the Confederacy

d)

Booth accidentally killed the wrong person

8.

Who supported equal rights for black people?

a)

Radical Democrats

b)

Radical Republicans

9.

Who took over when Lincoln was assassinated?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

Andrew Johnson

10.

What did the 15th Amendment do?

a)

give black men the right to vote

b)

gave women the right to vote

c)

abolished slavery

d)

legalized segregation

11.

After the Reconstruction, blacks and whites got along peacefully.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Who did the Compromise of 1877 benefit more?

a)

The North

b)

The South

13.

What did the Amnesty Act of 1872 do?

a)

pardoned former Confederates and allowed them to vote

b)

reduce Northern presence in the South

c)

gave black people financial support

d)

allow Democrats to take control of Southern governments

14.

Which group of people was left out when the 14th Amendment was ratified?

a)

Confederates

b)

blacks

c)

whites

d)

Native Americans

15.

What caused President Johnson to be impeached?

a)

fired a cabinet member without Congress' permission

b)

fired an elected official

c)

committed tax fraud

d)

beat up a member of Congress because they disagreed

16.

What was sharecropping?

a)

when farmers share crops

b)

a farming system which kept blacks/poor white people in a cycle of debt

c)

when farmers give crops away for free

d)

another name for slavery

17.

What was the name of poor white farmers who supported Reconstruction?

a)

carpetbaggers

b)

wormfelds

c)

scalawags

d)

scallywags

18.

Who was elected as president in 1868?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

Rutherford B. Hayes

d)

Abraham Lincoln

19.

How did Democrats prevent blacks from voting?

a)

grandfather clause

b)

poll tax

c)

literacy test

d)

they didn't prevent blacks from voting

20.

When did Reconstruction end?

a)

when black people became equal

b)

when Republicans regained control of the South

c)

when Democrats regained control of the South

d)

when the Jim Crow laws were abolished