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Reconstruction

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the result of the Civil Rights Act of 1866?

a)

Southern military leaders were allowed to run for public office

b)

Sharecropping became popular in northern states

c)

African Americans gained equal rights

d)

Plantations were given to former slaves

2.

Which statement should be placed in the box labeled with the number 2?

a)

Ensures all citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

b)

Bans slavery in the United States and all of its territories.

c)

Grants citizenship to all persons born in the United States and guarantees them equal protection under the law.

d)

Guarantees employment to all previous slaves.

3.

Robert E. Lee would have most likely urged Southerners to do what following the conclusion of the Civil War?

a)

Urge Southerners to reunite with the Union as Americans

b)

Support the institution of Black Codes

c)

To keep fighting against the Union

d)

Side with those who wanted to continue to fight.

4.

Which group of people does the picture and quote above make reference to during the Reconstruction Era?

a)

Freed African Americans

b)

Carpetbaggers

c)

Southern military leaders

d)

Northern politicians

5.

Frederick Douglass fought for the adoption of constitutional amendments that guaranteed _________.

a)

Voting rights

b)

Freedom of speech

c)

Right to bear arms

d)

Freedom of religion

6.

Which of the following describes African Americans AFTER the Civil War?

a)

Carpetbaggers

b)

Enslaved

c)

Citizens

d)

Scalawags

7.

Black Codes were designed to do all of the following EXCEPT _________.

a)

Prohibit African Americans from finding a job or buying a house.

b)

Limit the physical freedom of former enslaved African Americans.

c)

Limit the economic freedom of former enslaved African Americans.

d)

Aid former enslaved African Americans.

8.

After Reconstruction, the system of segregation was supported by _________.

a)

Immigration Laws

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

Black Codes

d)

Civil Rights Laws

9.

Slavery was abolished with the passage of the _______.

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

b)

13th Amendment

c)

14th Amendment

d)

15th Amendment

10.

Which of the following was a result of the 14th Amendment?

a)

Provided aid to African Americans by giving them jobs and education.

b)

Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States.

c)

Abolished slavery in the United States and all of its territories.

d)

Ensured male citizens the right to vote.

11.

Who was more interested in preserving the Union than punishing the South?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Robert E. Lee

12.

Which amendment is illustrated in the picture?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

16th Amendment

13.

Which THREE amendments guarantee equal protection under the law for all citizens?

a)

12th

b)

13th

c)

14th

d)

15th

14.

Following the Civil War, what was established to aid former enslaved African Americans in the South?

a)

NAACP

b)

Freedmen's Bureau

c)

Black Codes

d)

Temperance Movement

15.

Which group was removed from the South at the end of Reconstruction?

a)

Southern military leaders

b)

Public officials

c)

Slaves

d)

Federal troops

16.

What brought an end to Reconstruction after the disputed presidential election of Rutherford B. Hayes?

a)

Compromise of 1877

b)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

c)

Ku Klux Klan

d)

Jim Crow Laws

17.

Abraham Lincoln's Reconstruction plan called for ________ and preservation of the Union over punishing the South.

a)

Emancipation

b)

Reconciliation

c)

Voting Rights

d)

Segregation

18.

Which of the following occurred after the Compromise of 1877? (CHOOSE THREE)

a)

Reconstruction ended

b)

Federal troops were removed from the South

c)

African Americans held public office in the South

d)

The Freedmen's Bureau was established

e)

Rights that African Americans had gained were lost

19.

Federal troops were authorized to enforce equal rights of African Americans under the ________.

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

b)

Compromise of 1877

c)

13th Amendment

d)

Black Codes

20.

What is this headline referring to?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

Freedmen's Bureau