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Reconstruction Review

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following was NOT a goal of Reconstruction?

a)

Rebuild the South

b)

Help and protect newly freed slaves

c)

Punish former Confederate leaders

d)

Bring the former Confederate states back into the Union

2.

Who was a former Confederate General that pushed for reconciliation following the Civil War?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

John Wilkes Booth

d)

Robert E. Lee

3.

Following Reconstruction the rights of African Americans in the South were limited by

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

The Civil Rights Act of 1866

c)

Federal Troops

d)

The Freedmen's Bureau

4.

When did Reconstruction take place?

a)

1860-1870

b)

1865-1875

c)

1865-1877

d)

1877-1890

5.

Which Amendment banned slavery?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

18th

6.

What event officially ended Reconstruction?

a)

The Civil War

b)

The Spanish-American War

c)

The removal of federal troops from the South

d)

The addition of federal troops in the South

7.

Which Amendment granted African American men the right to vote?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

18th

8.

Former Confederate military leaders could hold public office during Reconstruction.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Which Amendment grants citizenship to all U.S. born individuals?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

18th

10.

The Civil Rights Act of 1866 provided civil rights for African Americans and

a)

Native Americans.

b)

was followed by the South without any issues.

c)

was enforced by Northern troops.

d)

gave them free land in the West.

11.

Which government agency helped former slaves establish new lives?

a)

The Farmer's Agency

b)

The Organization for the Advancement of Former Slaves

c)

National Advancement Association

d)

The Freedmen's Bureau

12.

Who were Carpetbaggers?

a)

Northerners that traveled to the South to profit from the poor economic conditions of the area.

b)

Southerners that profited from the poor economic conditions of the area.

c)

Southerners that traveled to the North to profit from the poor economic conditions of the area.

d)

Northerners that traveled to the South to establish hate groups.

13.

Which court case established "separate but equal"?

a)

The Dred Scott Decision

b)

Plessy vs. Ferguson

c)

Georgia vs. Stanton

d)

Mississippi vs. Johnson

14.

Who became President immediately after Lincoln's assassination?

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

Rutherford B. Hayes

d)

William McKinley

15.

When Reconstruction ended

a)

Abraham Lincoln was President.

b)

African Americans in the South were treated fairly, as equals to whites.

c)

Andrew Johnson was President.

d)

African Americans lost many of the rights they had recently gained because there were no federal troops to protect them.

16.

The act of separating people based on their race, religion, or other group is called

a)

Influence

b)

Integration

c)

Segregation

d)

Significant

17.

Which word means important or meaningful?

a)

Illegal

b)

Significant

c)

Segregation

d)

Integration