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WorksheetsThe Era of Reconstruction
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
When was the Era of Reconstruction?
1900 - 1912
1840 - 1858
1865 - 1877
1789 - 1803
Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
(a)
What were the laws that limited the rights of former slaves?
Racism Laws
Black Codes
White Codes
Black Laws
Who replaced Abraham Lincoln after he died?
(a)
What was the point of reconstruction?
To persecute former confederates
To renew slavery
Go back to how the country was before the war.
Amnesty, a pardon, offered to white Southerners
What is the 13th amendment?
Slavery is abolished
Everyone has the right to own property
All men have the right to vote
Slavery is legal
What is the 14th amendment?
Everyone born in the US can have citizenship, unless they are Native American.
African Americans have no right to US citizenship.
Native Americans and African Americans are US citizens.
Only white people can be citizens of the US.
What is the 15th amendment?
Only white people can vote.
Native Americans can vote.
US citizens of all races can vote.
White Southerners can't vote.
How did the KKK try to gain control of the South for the Democrats and take away slaves' rights?
They attacked African Americans, and they scared them away from voting.
They ran for positions in the government.
They became friends with African Americans.
They expanded their group.
Who won the Election of 1868?
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
Frederick Douglass
What were the Enforcement Acts?
White men could own slaves
Interfering with rights to vote is illegal.
African Americans need to be protected by the police.
White men and African Americans are equal and have equal rights.
What did the Amnesty Act of 1872 do?
Pardoned Former Confederates, and gave them the right to vote.
Deported Former Confederates from the country.
Helped Democrats take control of the South.
Helped KKK terrorize Republicans from voting.
What laws legalized segregation?
Separation Laws
Equality Laws
Jim Crow Laws
Andrew Johnson's Laws
What was the new slavery that forced African Americans into debt?
Crop growing
Equality farming
African American farmers
Sharecropping
Who did the Southern Democrats dislike?
Traitors
Scalawags
Carpetbaggers
Republicans
This act divided the South into 5 military districts, with a Northern commander in each. This was to enforce laws and amendments.
Soldier Act of 1815
Northern Commander Act of 1859
Military Reconstruction Acts of 1867
Section Acts of 1873
Who were radical republicans?
Northern congressmen who wanted complete equality for African Americans.
People who strongly supported slavery.
People who wanted more rights for African Americans than white people.
Republicans who wanted more rights for themselves than Democrats.
What did the Freedmen's Bureau do?
Gave African Americans a chance to education.
Gave African Americans some sort of health care.
Gave African Americans the land that former Confederates owned.
Made everything free for African Americans.
What was a benefit of the reconstruction?
Only white men could be citizens.
African Americans were discriminated during the reconstruction.
All citizens eventually obtained the right to vote.
Segregation because of race.
What was a downfall of reconstruction?
Many white supremacists joined the KKK.
African Americans gained more rights.
Slavery was illegal.
Amnesty for white southerners.
