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Reconstruction/Post Construction

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The purpose of the Freedman's Bureau was to

a)

provide 40 acres and a mule for each slave.

b)

gain the vote for millions of former slaves.

c)

provide work, education, and relief for former slaves.

d)

get radical Republicans in positions of power in the South.

2.

The period of rebuilding of The South after The Civil War was known as

a)

The Renaissance

b)

Reconstruction

c)

The Guilded Age

d)

The Industrial Revolution

3.

Which Amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

3rd

4.

Which Amendment gave United States citizens of all races the right to vote?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

5th

5.

Who would have most likely NOT supported the Freedmen's Bureau?

a)

An abolitionist

b)

a carpetbagger

c)

a former slave owner

d)

a northern business owner

6.
What did the 14th Amendment do?
a)
made slavery illegal
b)
made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
c)
gave black men the right to vote
d)
gave former slaves land to begin farms
7.
What was segregation?
a)
equal treatment for all people
b)
the forced separation of races
c)
a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land
d)
the period of time after the Civil War
8.
What was Reconstruction?
a)
equal treatment for all people
b)
the forced separation of races
c)
a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land
d)
the period of time after the Civil War
9.
What were Jim Crow Laws?
a)
equal treatment for all people
b)
laws that made segregation legal
c)
a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land
d)
the period of time after the Civil War
10.
The US government created what organization to help former slaves and poor whites?
a)
Bureau of Parks and Recreation
b)
Free Food Bureau
c)
Jobs and Education Bureau
d)
Freedman's Bureau
11.
Laws that required the African-Americans be separated from white in public places are...
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Black Codes
c)
Grandfather Codes
d)
Integration Laws
12.
System of farming where farmers gave part of their crop to pay for the land they rented
a)
Family-Farming
b)
Sharecropping
c)
Groupcropping
d)
Split-Farming
13.
Why did sharecroppers remain poor?
a)
The South flooded during Reconstrucion
b)
They owed money to the landowners, never getting out of debt
c)
The sun never shone on crops
d)
Animals ate all the crops
14.

Which of the following best explains why Reconstruction ended in the United States?

a)

Wade Hampton became governor of South Carolina

b)

Federal soldiers were removed from the south

c)

Republicans gained control of the state's government

d)

Fraud in the national and state elections

15.

Which of the following explains how the Republican Party gained power during Reconstruction?

a)

Land ownership by former slaves

b)

The creation of the Freedmen's Bureau

c)

African American men gaining the right to vote

d)

The reconstruction of the North

16.

During the 1880s, poll taxes and literacy tests were added to the voting procedure in South Carolina for which of the following reasons?

a)

To keep corrupt individuals from tampering with the vote.

b)

To make it difficult for poor African Americans to vote.

c)

A. To insure that the educated people who tallied the votes were chosen and paid correctly.

d)

To encourage people to take an active interest in the political campaign before voting.