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The Era of Reconstruction and Destruction!

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How did the 13th Amendment affect the South's Economy

a)

It helped the South's economy

b)

It devastated the South's economy

c)

It didn't even affect the economy...

2.

What is Freedmen's Bureau?

a)

Helped Poor White Settlers and Former slaves

b)

Gave Poor Whites and Former Slaves Free Plantations

c)

Reverted the 13th Amendment

3.

The Black Codes Limited the Ability To...

a)

Marry

b)

Vote

c)

Carry a firearm

d)

Serve on Juries

e)

Own Property

4.

The ______ ___________ were a group of Northern Congressmen who pushed for equal citizenship for African Americans.

(a)  

5.

Describe Amnesty (Select All That Apply)

a)

Agree Slavery is legal

b)

Agree Slavery Is illegal

c)

Swear oath of loyalty towards U.S

6.

Describe the Acts of 1867 (Select All That Apply)

a)

Force all states to ratify the 14th amendment and give the right to vote to all men.

b)

Enforce Laws and Amendments through the military

c)

Forced to ratify the 16th Amendment

d)

Allow EVERYONE to vote

e)

Split the South into 5 Military Districts

7.

The 14th amendment is...

a)

Gives all people born in the US citizenship, rights under the Constitution, equal protection under the law including woman

b)

states’ citizens cannot be stopped from voting based on race,

c)

Abolished slavery

d)

Gives everyone born in the US protection and citizenship except the native american tribes.

8.

Describe scalawags. Select all that apply

a)

Greedy

b)

Supported reconstruction

c)

White southerners

d)

Interested in new business

9.

Describe carpetbaggers. Select all that apply

a)

Teachers

b)

Supported reconstruction

c)

Missionary work

d)

Move to the south during reconstruction

10.

Why did congress try to impeach President Johnson?

a)

Increased taxes to 500%

b)

He did nothing wrong

c)

Fired a senate without approval

d)

Fired a cabinet member without approval

11.

What is Sharecropping?

a)

Cycle of debt where the sharecropper is forever in debt to the landowner

b)

The sharecropper and the landowner work together to make money with no one in debt

c)

Cycle of debt where the landowner is forever in debt to the sharecropper

d)

Though the landowner and the sharecropper compete to see who can make more money

12.

Who were the radical republicans?

a)

Southern senate who think the black codes are unjust

b)

Northern congressmen that want equal citizenship rights for African Americans

c)

Fans of president Johnson who want to keep inequality

d)

Southern congressmen who think the black codes are unjust

13.

How could the southern districts re-enter the union after the Military Reconstruction Acts of 1867? Select all that apply

a)

Give the right to vote to all men

b)

Give the right to vote for all women

c)

Ratify the 14th amendment

d)

Ratify the 15th amendment

14.

What is the south like? Select all that apply

a)

Taxes raised by 400%

b)

Southern democrats are not happy

c)

Lots of money coming in from the north to rebuild

d)

By 1870, all southern states have joined the union

15.

Southerners supported…

a)

Political power in the hands of African Americans

b)

Republicans leading Southern politics

c)

Large amounts of money being spent by Southern reconstruction governments that came from raising taxes

d)

Southern control over reconstruction

16.

The Ku Klux Klan’s purpose was to…(Select All that Apply)

a)

Regain control of the South for the democratic party

b)

Use violence to terrorize black people and scare them away from voting

c)

Service the black community to improve their educational conditions

d)

Spread American culture to other nations

17.

What did President Grant do during his presidency? (Select All that Apply)

a)

Established the first federal bank

b)

Pardon former confederates

c)

He outlawed the KKK and any interference in voting

d)

Spread corruption into his cabinet

18.

The Compromise of 1877 was a bad bargain for the reconstruction because… (Select All That Apply)

a)

It gave the South executive power

b)

It gave the South economic control over reconstruction

c)

A Republican was elected into the Presidential office

d)

The Southerners promised to respect the African Americans, in which they didn’t

19.

How did the Jim Crow Laws reverse reconstruction?

a)

The African Americans lost voting rights through poll taxes/literacy tests/grandfather clauses (correct)

b)

It allowed slavery again

c)

Second Civil War started

d)

South seceded again

20.

Segregation was legalized

a)

True

b)

False

21.

How did the African Americans continue to suffer after reconstruction? (Select All that Apply)

a)

Essentially, they lost voting rights

b)

Segregation treated them in a harsh way in society

c)

They did not suffer

d)

They were behind economically and nobody helped them to recover