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Reconstruction Review

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

During Radical Reconstruction, traditionally white Southern Democrats

a)

had more power than ever before

b)

enjoyed economic success

c)

had less influence and power than most others

d)

united to reform the Confederate government

2.

The first African American elected to Congress was

a)

Hiram Revels

b)

Thurgood Marshall

c)

Blanche Bruce

d)

Crispus Attucks

3.

Freed the slaves legally except as a punishment for a crime

a)

Fifteenth Amendment

b)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

c)

Thirteenth Amendment

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

4.

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

a)

Fifteenth Amendment

b)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

c)

Fourteenth Amendment

d)

Thirteenth Amendment

5.

Guaranteed that state and federal governments could not deny anyone the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

a)

Fifteenth Amendment

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

The Civil Rights Act of 1866

d)

Thirteenth Amendment

6.

Former slaves becoming hopelessly entangled in a cycle of debt and poverty was a result of the

a)

Morrill Act

b)

Dawes Act

c)

sharecropping system

d)

corruption and greed of Radical Republicans

7.

Black Codes were designed to

a)

punish Southern white Democrats after the Civil War

b)

oppose the effects of the Thirteenth Amendment

c)

help establish the Freedmen's Bureau

d)

assist Radical Republicans in creating military districts

8.

Control of Black Americans in the South was maintained by which group during Reconstruction?

a)

Sharecroppers

b)

The KKK and the Red Shirts

c)

Radical Republicans

d)

Union troops

9.

As freed slaves and African Americans began to enjoy rights under Reconstruction, which group began with the primary goal of interfering with these changes?

a)

Ku Klux Klan

b)

Freedmen's Bureau

c)

Radical Republicans

d)

Disciples of John Brown

10.

Reconstruction is considered to have ended with the

a)

passage of the Fifteenth Amendment

b)

impeachment of Andrew Johnson

c)

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

d)

election of Rutherford B. Hayes

11.

Who took the office of President after President Lincoln was assassinated?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Rutherford B. Hayes

12.
When farmers rented land in exchange for crops, this was known as ___________________.
a)
carpetbagging
b)
segregation
c)
sharecropping
d)
crop sharing 
13.
The Freedmen's Bureau was made to 
a)
send runaway slaves back to the South
b)
Help former slaves and provided food, clothing, medical care, and legal advice
c)
Give voting rights to African American men
d)
none of these answers are correct 
14.
Black Codes are 
a)
a coded language African Americans used  
b)
laws that told people what they could wear 
c)
Laws that restricted African American rights 
d)
Curfew laws for African Americans 
15.
Sharecroppers had little chance of making a profit and getting ahead.
a)
True
b)
False
16.

Who wanted to punish the South during Reconstruction?

a)

Democrats

b)

Radical Republicans

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

Abraham Lincoln

17.
Who did the Radical Republicans  impeach?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Andrew Johnson
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Rutherford B. Hayes
18.

How did the Election of 1876 contribute to the end Reconstruction in the South?

a)

Samuel Tilden was elected President

b)

Hayes withdrew the military from the south

c)

Ex-Confederates were forgiven and allowed to vote again.

d)

Andrew Johnson was impeached.

19.

Which president was not in favor of rights for Black Americans?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Ulysees S. Grant

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

Thaddeus Stevens

20.

What was the Tenure of Office Act?

a)

State protection of all citizens

b)

Provided an organization to help increase living standards for African Americans

c)

Illegal for president to remove cabinet members he did not appoint

d)

Divide South into five military regions

21.

Johnson was impeached for violating what law? Was he found guilty?

a)

Tenure of Office Act, No he was found not-guilty by one vote

b)

Reconstruction Act, No he was found not-guilty by more than one vote

c)

Tenure of Office Act, Yes he was impeached.

d)

Reconstruction Act, Yes he was impeached.

22.

What two types of people did the KKK target during Reconstruction?

a)

Republicans

b)

African Americans

c)

Democrats

d)

Catholics

23.

The first congressional law protecting racial minorities was the

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Thirteenth Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

24.

What was the purpose of the Reconstruction Act of 1867?

a)

To set up schools in the south for Black Americans

b)

It granted Black Americans equal protection under the law.

c)

It divided the south into military districts, which were watched by Union troops.

d)

It ended Reconstruction.

25.

All of the following are reasons President Johnson provided amnesty for the south, EXCEPT...

a)

He did not believe in racial equality

b)

He was a Democrat

c)

He was a southerner

d)

He believed in justice and punishment

26.

Why is the election of 1876 referred to as the "Great Betrayal"?

a)

Because Republicans abandoned Reconstruction to maintain control of the executive branch of government.

b)

Because southerners were denied their right to vote.

c)

Because Black Americans were allowed to vote twice in the election.

d)

Because Democrats stole the election with rigged ballots.

27.

Abraham Lincoln favored which strategy for Reconstruction?

a)

Healing

b)

Justice

28.

Andrew Johnson favored which strategy for Reconstruction?

a)

Healing

b)

Justice

29.

Thaddeus Stevens favored which policy during Reconstruction?

a)

The Reconstruction Act of 1867

b)

A full pardon and amnesty for all ex-confederates

c)

The Black Codes

d)

The Great Betrayal

30.

Which of the following describes a sharecropper?

a)

A white southerner who supported Reconstruction in the South

b)

A northerner who moved to the South to take advantage of the poor economic and political situation

c)

A former confederate soldier who would terrorize and intimidate former slaves to keep inferior

d)

A former slave who remained on the plantation and worked in exchange for food and shelter

31.

As white southerners regained control of state governments, they began to

a)

refuse to pay war debts.

b)

join the Republican Party.

c)

reverse Reconstruction era reforms.

d)

compensate former slaves.

32.

A major failure of Reconstruction was that

a)

racist attitudes continued in the North and South.

b)

the South’s cotton production never recovered.

c)

war debts remained unpaid.

d)

no African Americans were voted into Congress.

33.

The Radical Republicans passed a series of laws designed to

a)

protect the civil rights of African Americans.

b)

reestablish slavery in a different form.

c)

unfairly tax the South.

d)

prohibit free speech in the South.