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Reconstruction quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did the era of reconstruction begin?

a)

1843

b)

1863

c)

1924

d)

1785

2.

What did the 13th amendment do?

a)

Give more land to the country

b)

Granted citizenship to everyone who was born in or naturalized in the US

c)

Abolish slavery

d)

Gave the right to vote to African American men

3.

What did the 14th amendment do?

a)

Granted citizenship to everyone who was born in or naturalized in the US

b)

Give more land to the country

c)

Abolish slavery

d)

Gave the right to vote to African American men

4.

What did the 15th amendment do?

a)

Give more land to the country

b)

Granted citizenship to everyone who was born in or naturalized in the US

c)

Abolish slavery

d)

Gave the right to vote to African American men

5.

Which is a reason why the era of reconstruction succeeded?

a)

Made the country bigger

b)

Slavery was no longer allowed in the country

c)

Started the Civil War

d)

Made a new state

6.

What did President Jackson do that made him the first president to get impeached?

a)

Fired a cabinet member without congressional approval

b)

Got in a fist to fist fight when he was drunk

c)

Committed murder

d)

The citizens did not like him as the president

7.

Where was president Lincoln assassinated?

a)

Ford’s theatre

b)

Presidential building

c)

On his horse

d)

Restaurant he was eating at

8.

Who assassinated president Lincoln?

a)

Joseph E. Johnston

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

John W. Booth

d)

Robert E. Lee

9.

What problem can we still see today?

a)

Getting bullied because of their race

b)

Getting treated differently depending on their family circumstance

c)

People rioting about them being mistreated

d)

All of the above

10.

What were the black codes?

a)

Rules that the blacks had to follow that the whites didn’t have to follow

b)

A rule that says the whites had to stop mistreating the blacks

c)

A certain code that was put on blacks that committed a crime

d)

A certain code that all blacks had to memorize when they were entering the country

11.

When did the reconstruction era end?

a)

1877

b)

1888

c)

1863

d)

1923

12.

What was the purpose of the Klu Klux Klan?

a)

To help everyone.

b)

To make whites not vote.

c)

To spread fear to African Americans.

d)

To spread love.

13.

What was the war that happened before the Reconstruction Era?

a)

WWII

b)

WWI

c)

Cival War

d)

Vietnam War

14.

Why did Andrew Johnson become president?

a)

He was vice president when Lincoln was assassinated.

b)

He won the race for presidency.

15.

When was the first impeachment started?

a)

1867

b)

1866

c)

1888

d)

1887

16.

who won the Election of 1868

a)

thomas jefferson

b)

abraham lincoln

c)

john cena

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

17.

segregation was legal in the south until...

a)

1955

b)

1954

c)

1873

d)

1874

18.

what did The Supreme Court rule in Plessy v. Ferguson

a)

segregation was fair as long as “separate-but-equal” facilities were provided for African Americans.

b)

All men have equal rights which proves slavery should not be legal.

19.

Were the Jim Crow Laws fair for everyone?

a)

No

b)

Yes

20.

Why did the reconstruction era start

a)

To try to make america a better place for everyone.

b)

To make whites superior to other races.

c)

To build new smartphone technology.

d)

To make trades with China better.