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WorksheetsThe Era of Reconstruction and Destruction!
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
How did the 13th Amendment affect the South's Economy
It helped the South's economy
It devastated the South's economy
It didn't even affect the economy...
What is Freedmen's Bureau?
Helped Poor White Settlers and Former slaves
Gave Poor Whites and Former Slaves Free Plantations
Reverted the 13th Amendment
The Black Codes Limited the Ability To...
Marry
Vote
Carry a firearm
Serve on Juries
Own Property
The ______ ___________ were a group of Northern Congressmen who pushed for equal citizenship for African Americans.
(a)
Describe Amnesty (Select All That Apply)
Agree Slavery is legal
Agree Slavery Is illegal
Swear oath of loyalty towards U.S
Describe the Acts of 1867 (Select All That Apply)
Force all states to ratify the 14th amendment and give the right to vote to all men.
Enforce Laws and Amendments through the military
Forced to ratify the 16th Amendment
Allow EVERYONE to vote
Split the South into 5 Military Districts
The 14th amendment is...
Gives all people born in the US citizenship, rights under the Constitution, equal protection under the law including woman
states’ citizens cannot be stopped from voting based on race,
Abolished slavery
Gives everyone born in the US protection and citizenship except the native american tribes.
Describe scalawags. Select all that apply
Greedy
Supported reconstruction
White southerners
Interested in new business
Describe carpetbaggers. Select all that apply
Teachers
Supported reconstruction
Missionary work
Move to the south during reconstruction
Why did congress try to impeach President Johnson?
Increased taxes to 500%
He did nothing wrong
Fired a senate without approval
Fired a cabinet member without approval
What is Sharecropping?
Cycle of debt where the sharecropper is forever in debt to the landowner
The sharecropper and the landowner work together to make money with no one in debt
Cycle of debt where the landowner is forever in debt to the sharecropper
Though the landowner and the sharecropper compete to see who can make more money
Who were the radical republicans?
Southern senate who think the black codes are unjust
Northern congressmen that want equal citizenship rights for African Americans
Fans of president Johnson who want to keep inequality
Southern congressmen who think the black codes are unjust
How could the southern districts re-enter the union after the Military Reconstruction Acts of 1867? Select all that apply
Give the right to vote to all men
Give the right to vote for all women
Ratify the 14th amendment
Ratify the 15th amendment
What is the south like? Select all that apply
Taxes raised by 400%
Southern democrats are not happy
Lots of money coming in from the north to rebuild
By 1870, all southern states have joined the union
Southerners supported…
Political power in the hands of African Americans
Republicans leading Southern politics
Large amounts of money being spent by Southern reconstruction governments that came from raising taxes
Southern control over reconstruction
The Ku Klux Klan’s purpose was to…(Select All that Apply)
Regain control of the South for the democratic party
Use violence to terrorize black people and scare them away from voting
Service the black community to improve their educational conditions
Spread American culture to other nations
What did President Grant do during his presidency? (Select All that Apply)
Established the first federal bank
Pardon former confederates
He outlawed the KKK and any interference in voting
Spread corruption into his cabinet
The Compromise of 1877 was a bad bargain for the reconstruction because… (Select All That Apply)
It gave the South executive power
It gave the South economic control over reconstruction
A Republican was elected into the Presidential office
The Southerners promised to respect the African Americans, in which they didn’t
How did the Jim Crow Laws reverse reconstruction?
The African Americans lost voting rights through poll taxes/literacy tests/grandfather clauses (correct)
It allowed slavery again
Second Civil War started
South seceded again
Segregation was legalized
True
False
How did the African Americans continue to suffer after reconstruction? (Select All that Apply)
Essentially, they lost voting rights
Segregation treated them in a harsh way in society
They did not suffer
They were behind economically and nobody helped them to recover
