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Key Documents and Reconstruction

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following arguments would Federalists agree with?

a)

The rights of citizens should be listed in the Constitution.

b)

The use of a standing army threatens the

liberty of citizens.

c)

The protection of national interests requires

a standing army.

d)

The rights of citizens are inherent and do not

need to be defined

e)

The national government holds too much

power compared to individual states.

2.

Which of the following arguments would Antifederalists agree with?

a)

The rights of citizens should be listed in the

Constitution.

b)

The use of a standing army threatens the

liberty of citizens

c)

The protection of national interests requires

a standing army.

d)

The rights of citizens are inherent and do not

need to be defined

e)

The national government holds too much

power compared to individual states

3.

The U.S. Bill of Rights was influenced by several historic precedents. Which Two of these precedents directly contributed to rights of the accused?

a)

Due process of law (from the Northwest Ordinance).

b)

Freedom of the Press (from the Virginia Declaration of Rights)

c)

Protection from excessive bail (from the English Bill of Rights of 1689

d)

Social Contract (from Enlightenment writings

4.

Select which of the following ways the Bill of Rights and the Constitution prevent concentration of power.

a)

provided protection for individual rights

b)

required a national standing army

c)

reserved command of the navy to the executive branch

d)

provided equal representation in both houses of Congress.

e)

divided decision-making powers across three separate branches of government.

5.

Select ways in which a stronger federal government was created by the U. S. Constitution, due to the problems of the Articles of Confederation.

a)

Executive power shall be vested in a President

b)

Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes

c)

Congress cannot regulate interstate commerce to resolve disputes between states

d)

Congress shall have the power to raise and fund a military

6.

What process did the Founding Fathers establish in order for the Constitution to respond to changing times?

a)

Revision process

b)

Secession

c)

Amendment process

d)

Due Process

7.

What precedent established by the Northwest Ordinance will strengthen arguments for the abolition of slavery?

a)

Slavery was outlawed in the Northwest Territory.

b)

Due Process

c)

No cruel and unusual punishment

d)

Making the slave trade illegal

8.

Which of the following statements represent the influences of the Social Contract upon the Declaration of Independence?

a)

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.

b)

When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for

one people to dissolve the political bands which have

connected them with another. . .

c)

All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their

Creator with. . . Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness

9.

Which of the following statements represents the influence of natural rights upon the Declaration of Independence?

a)

. . . all political connection between them and the state of

Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved. . .

b)

. . . it becomes necessary for

one people to dissolve the political bands which have

connected them with another. . .

c)

All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their

Creator with. . . Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

10.

Who is the author of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

James Madison

11.

What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution called?

a)

The Declaration of Independence

b)

The Articles of Confederation

c)

The 27 Amendments

d)

The Bill of Rights

12.

Select all of the factors that enabled racism to become institutionalized in the United States following the end of the Reconstruction period.

a)

Federal troops were removed from Southern states.

b)

The Republican party regained control of state governments in the South.

c)

The federal government banned the application of grandfather clauses to new laws.

d)

The Supreme Court affirmed the principle of “separate but equal” in Plessy V. Ferguson.

e)

Southern state governments repealed laws that limited African-Americans’ ability to vote

13.

How did the removal of federal troops after Reconstruction change the South?

a)

It permitted Radical Republicans to gain increased influence in state governments.

b)

It allowed racial discrimination to be institutionalized with the passage of Jim Crow Laws.

c)

It had little effect on southern states because Reconstruction had been generally successful.

d)

It ensured that African Americans would continue to vote and have a say in local and state governments.

14.

Which of the following represents efforts by the “freedmen” to secure the freedom granted to them by the Thirteenth Amendment?

a)

The establishment of African American churches and communities.

b)

Efforts to educate themselves.

c)

Acquiring great wealth through sharecropping.

d)

A large increase in African-American political participation

15.

What was the primary organization responsible for insuring aid to the freedmen?

a)

Congress

b)

Freedmen’s Bureau

c)

The White League

d)

The Emancipation Organization

16.

What did Congress do to try and enforce their Reconstruction policies?

a)

Divided the South into five military districts controlled by Union Generals.

b)

Pass a large tax increase

c)

Withdraw troops from the South in 1877.

d)

Give women the right to vote

17.

What group was a large perpetrator of white terror campaigns during Reconstruction?

a)

Freedmen’s Bureau

b)

Ku Klux Klan

c)

“Redeemers”

d)

Abolitionists

18.

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?’

a)

Mining

b)

Textile Factory work

c)

Sharecropping

d)

Construction

19.

Which of the following amendments were passed during Reconstruction?

a)

13th - outlawed slavery

b)

14th - Defined and protected citizenship

c)

15th - African American male suffrage

d)

16th - Congress shall have the power to tax incomes

20.

What factors led to the end of Reconstruction?

a)

The Economic Panic of 1873

b)

The Democratic Party becoming the party of Civil Rights

c)

The Supreme Court making decisions that went against the reforms of Reconstruction

d)

Carpetbaggers exploiting Southern farmers

e)

The Republican party remaining unified

21.

Which of the following rights are provided by the First Amendment?

a)

Freedom of Religion

b)

Freedom of Speech

c)

Freedom of Press

d)

The Right to Bear Arms

e)

Peaceful Assembly - Protest and political activity

22.

What Amendment is meant to prevent cruel and unusual punishment?

a)

Second

b)

Fourth

c)

Eighth

d)

Tenth

23.

What Americans were originally excluded from Bill of Rights Protections?

a)

Native Americans

b)

Males with property

c)

Free blacks

d)

Women

e)

Slaves

24.

Which of the following steps are key to the amendment process?

a)

2/3 vote of both Houses of Congress

b)

The President signs it into law

c)

3/4 ratification by the states

d)

All 50 states have to ratify it

25.

Which of the following factors contributed to the compromise that ended Reconstruction?

a)

Samuel j. Tilden (Democrat) won the popular vote.

b)

Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) won the electoral vote with disputed returns from Oregon and three Southern states.

c)

Democrats would agree to the Hayes election if he left troops in the South to protect African American rights.

d)

President Hayes removed troops from the South.

26.

What were the name of laws enforcing Segregation in the South after Reconstruction ended?

a)

Black Codes

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

Integration Laws

d)

African American codes

27.

What Supreme Court Decision stated that separate but equal segregation laws were constitutional?

a)

Plessy Vs. Ferguson

b)

Brown Vs. Board of Education

c)

Dred Scott Vs. Sandford

d)

Gideon Vs. Wainwright

28.

Which of the following was the last state to ratify the United States Constitution?

a)

New York

b)

Virginia

c)

Delaware

d)

Rhode Island

29.

Which of the following were the primary authors of the Federalist papers arguing for the Ratification of the Constitution?

a)

James Madison

b)

Alexander Hamilton

c)

Patrick Henry

d)

John Jay

30.

Which of the following events have occurred during 2020?

a)

A Presidential impeachment

b)

The Covid-19 Pandemic

c)

Racial unrest, due to police brutality

d)

A terrorist attack upon the World Trade Center