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WorksheetsKey Documents and Reconstruction
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins
Which of the following arguments would Federalists agree with?
The rights of citizens should be listed in the Constitution.
The use of a standing army threatens the
liberty of citizens.
The protection of national interests requires
a standing army.
The rights of citizens are inherent and do not
need to be defined
The national government holds too much
power compared to individual states.
Which of the following arguments would Antifederalists agree with?
The rights of citizens should be listed in the
Constitution.
The use of a standing army threatens the
liberty of citizens
The protection of national interests requires
a standing army.
The rights of citizens are inherent and do not
need to be defined
The national government holds too much
power compared to individual states
The U.S. Bill of Rights was influenced by several historic precedents. Which Two of these precedents directly contributed to rights of the accused?
Due process of law (from the Northwest Ordinance).
Freedom of the Press (from the Virginia Declaration of Rights)
Protection from excessive bail (from the English Bill of Rights of 1689
Social Contract (from Enlightenment writings
Select which of the following ways the Bill of Rights and the Constitution prevent concentration of power.
provided protection for individual rights
required a national standing army
reserved command of the navy to the executive branch
provided equal representation in both houses of Congress.
divided decision-making powers across three separate branches of government.
Select ways in which a stronger federal government was created by the U. S. Constitution, due to the problems of the Articles of Confederation.
Executive power shall be vested in a President
Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes
Congress cannot regulate interstate commerce to resolve disputes between states
Congress shall have the power to raise and fund a military
What process did the Founding Fathers establish in order for the Constitution to respond to changing times?
Revision process
Secession
Amendment process
Due Process
What precedent established by the Northwest Ordinance will strengthen arguments for the abolition of slavery?
Slavery was outlawed in the Northwest Territory.
Due Process
No cruel and unusual punishment
Making the slave trade illegal
Which of the following statements represent the influences of the Social Contract upon the Declaration of Independence?
That these United Colonies are. . . Free and Independent States. . . and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved.
When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for
one people to dissolve the political bands which have
connected them with another. . .
All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their
Creator with. . . Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness
Which of the following statements represents the influence of natural rights upon the Declaration of Independence?
. . . all political connection between them and the state of
Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved. . .
. . . it becomes necessary for
one people to dissolve the political bands which have
connected them with another. . .
All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their
Creator with. . . Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Who is the author of the Declaration of Independence?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
James Madison
What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution called?
The Declaration of Independence
The Articles of Confederation
The 27 Amendments
The Bill of Rights
Select all of the factors that enabled racism to become institutionalized in the United States following the end of the Reconstruction period.
Federal troops were removed from Southern states.
The Republican party regained control of state governments in the South.
The federal government banned the application of grandfather clauses to new laws.
The Supreme Court affirmed the principle of “separate but equal” in Plessy V. Ferguson.
Southern state governments repealed laws that limited African-Americans’ ability to vote
How did the removal of federal troops after Reconstruction change the South?
It permitted Radical Republicans to gain increased influence in state governments.
It allowed racial discrimination to be institutionalized with the passage of Jim Crow Laws.
It had little effect on southern states because Reconstruction had been generally successful.
It ensured that African Americans would continue to vote and have a say in local and state governments.
Which of the following represents efforts by the “freedmen” to secure the freedom granted to them by the Thirteenth Amendment?
The establishment of African American churches and communities.
Efforts to educate themselves.
Acquiring great wealth through sharecropping.
A large increase in African-American political participation
What was the primary organization responsible for insuring aid to the freedmen?
Congress
Freedmen’s Bureau
The White League
The Emancipation Organization
What did Congress do to try and enforce their Reconstruction policies?
Divided the South into five military districts controlled by Union Generals.
Pass a large tax increase
Withdraw troops from the South in 1877.
Give women the right to vote
What group was a large perpetrator of white terror campaigns during Reconstruction?
Freedmen’s Bureau
Ku Klux Klan
“Redeemers”
Abolitionists
What became the primary source of employment for freedmen and their families in the South following the Civil War, the conditions of which created a circumstance of ‘perpetual poverty?’
Mining
Textile Factory work
Sharecropping
Construction
Which of the following amendments were passed during Reconstruction?
13th - outlawed slavery
14th - Defined and protected citizenship
15th - African American male suffrage
16th - Congress shall have the power to tax incomes
What factors led to the end of Reconstruction?
The Economic Panic of 1873
The Democratic Party becoming the party of Civil Rights
The Supreme Court making decisions that went against the reforms of Reconstruction
Carpetbaggers exploiting Southern farmers
The Republican party remaining unified
Which of the following rights are provided by the First Amendment?
Freedom of Religion
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Press
The Right to Bear Arms
Peaceful Assembly - Protest and political activity
What Amendment is meant to prevent cruel and unusual punishment?
Second
Fourth
Eighth
Tenth
What Americans were originally excluded from Bill of Rights Protections?
Native Americans
Males with property
Free blacks
Women
Slaves
Which of the following steps are key to the amendment process?
2/3 vote of both Houses of Congress
The President signs it into law
3/4 ratification by the states
All 50 states have to ratify it
Which of the following factors contributed to the compromise that ended Reconstruction?
Samuel j. Tilden (Democrat) won the popular vote.
Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) won the electoral vote with disputed returns from Oregon and three Southern states.
Democrats would agree to the Hayes election if he left troops in the South to protect African American rights.
President Hayes removed troops from the South.
What were the name of laws enforcing Segregation in the South after Reconstruction ended?
Black Codes
Jim Crow Laws
Integration Laws
African American codes
What Supreme Court Decision stated that separate but equal segregation laws were constitutional?
Plessy Vs. Ferguson
Brown Vs. Board of Education
Dred Scott Vs. Sandford
Gideon Vs. Wainwright
Which of the following was the last state to ratify the United States Constitution?
New York
Virginia
Delaware
Rhode Island
Which of the following were the primary authors of the Federalist papers arguing for the Ratification of the Constitution?
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
Patrick Henry
John Jay
Which of the following events have occurred during 2020?
A Presidential impeachment
The Covid-19 Pandemic
Racial unrest, due to police brutality
A terrorist attack upon the World Trade Center
