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Reconstruction 1860-1870

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the President when Reconstruction began?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

Thaddeus Stevens

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

2.

What was the purpose of the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

a)

To give former slaves the right to vote.

b)

To give women the right to vote.

c)

To grant citizenship to anyone born in the United States.

d)

To abolish slavery.

3.

Reconstruction in 1865-1867 was:

a)

building New York city.

b)

building major roads from New York to Illinois.

c)

building the Suez Canal.

d)

the process of readmitting the former Confederate states to the Union.

4.

Andrew Johnson belonged to which political party?

a)

The Whigs

b)

The Republican

c)

The Democrat

d)

The Independent

5.

Who was the President during the Civil War?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

6.

Who received the land that had once been plantations worked by slaves?

a)

the government

b)

the freed slaves

c)

sharecroppers

d)

the original plantation owners

7.

The Wade-Davis bill asked for the following:

a)

a state had to ban slavery, and a majority of adult males in the state had to take a loyalty oath to the Union. Only Southerners who had never supported the Confederacy could vote or hold office..

b)

a state had to agree that slavery was illegal, and take a loyalty oath to the union, once 10 percent agreed that state could be admitted into the Union.

8.

The purpose of the Freedman's Bureau was to: ( more than one answer can be correct)

a)

to educate the recently freed people.

b)

provide relief for freed people and certain poor people in the South.

c)

to provide legal help to recently freed people..

d)

take people to northern cities after the war.

9.

The purpose of the 14th Amendment was to:

a)

grant citizenship to all people born in the United States.

b)

give every citizen the right to vote.

c)

abolish slavery

10.

Which people were excluded in the Fourteenth Amendment?

a)

Women

b)

African Americans

c)

Native Americans

d)

Confederate Loyalists

11.

The Fifteenth Amendment gave:

a)

women the right to vote

b)

Native American men the right to vote

c)

African American men the right to vote.

12.

Which President during Reconstruction was impeached by the House of Representatives?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

Thaddeus Stevens

13.

Who was the first African American man to serve as a U.S. Senator?

a)

Blanche K. Bruce

b)

W.E.B. Du Bois

c)

Hiram Revels

14.

The Reconstruction divided the South into what types of districts?

a)

Parishes

b)

Regional

c)

Wards

d)

Military

15.

Which states became Military districts during Reconstruction?

a)

Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee

b)

New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, Florida

c)

Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Missouri

d)

California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Utah