Wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Chapter 16 Reconstruction Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He won the election because of the support of freedmen, but scandals during his presidency ruined his reputation.

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Rutherford B Hayes

2.

Rules which originated in Mississippi and were used to control African Americans

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

Black Codes

c)

Sharecropping

d)

15th Amendment

3.

This president was impeached but was not removed from office.

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Rutherford B. Hayes

4.

This makes any person born in the United States a U.S. citizen and gives them equal protection under the law

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

16th Amendment

5.

This barred states from denying the vote to anyone based on race, color or previous condition of servitude.

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

16th Amendment

6.

This was Lincoln’s lenient plan for Reconstruction

a)

Ten Percent Plan

b)

Wade Davis Bill

c)

Reconstruction Act

d)

Civil Rights Act

7.

This was the law which enforced segregation

a)

Black Codes

b)

Segregation Law

c)

Jim Crow Laws

d)

14th Amendment

8.

This president ended Reconstruction by taking the troops out of the South.

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Rutherford B. Hayes

9.

This officially banned slavery and forced labor.

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

16th Amendment

10.

This plan was a strict reconstruction plan, proposed my Congress in response to Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan

a)

Ten Percent Plan

b)

Wade Davis Bill

c)

Reconstruction Act

d)

Civil Rights Act

11.

Andrew Johnson was brought up for impeachment because he disobeyed the Tenure of Office Act.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

The Black Codes were used to replace the system of slavery with a system of near slavery.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

The Ku Klux Klan was not successful in scaring African Americans away from voting.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

The courts upheld Jim Crow laws by saying public facilities could be “separate but equal.”

a)

True

b)

False

15.

By the time of the Tilden v. Hayes election, most people wanted Reconstruction to end.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

A poll tax is when southerners made people pay a tax to vote.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Carpetbaggers were people from the South who supported the Union during the Civil War.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Under the Wade-Davis Bill, 10% of the voters in the state had to swear loyalty to the Union.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

The Civil Rights Act of 1866 officially started Radical Reconstruction and divided the South into military districts.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

According to the Captured and Abandoned Property Act the government could seize Confederate property and cotton after the war.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

The South after Reconstruction was called the “New South” because…

a)

Reconstruction was successful at ending racial inequality

b)

The old version of slavery was replaced with sharecropping

c)

The old Confederate leaders were replaced with Republicans

d)

The South became more industrialized than before

22.

Why was Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction different than that of the Radical Republicans

a)

The Congress was more racist than Johnson was

b)

Johnson used a plan that was more like Abraham Lincoln’s

c)

Johnson’s plan \ needed 50% of voters to swear loyalty

d)

Johnson’s plan meant to give African Americans equal rights

23.

Which of the following was NOT a goal of the Radical Republicans?

a)

To punish the Confederates

b)

To “forgive and forget” the Civil War

c)

To change the social structure of the South

d)

To give the freedmen more rights

24.

The Freedmen’s Bureau was created to…

a)

Investigate the Hayes vs. Tilden election

b)

Help Southerners stop freedmen from gaining power

c)

Investigate Johnson’s impeachment

d)

Provide jobs, education, shelter, and legal help

25.

Which of the following was NOT a way Southerners attempted to stop freedmen from voting

a)

Made people pay a tax in order to vote

b)

Made people take a medical test in order to vote

c)

Threatened freedmen with the KKK

d)

Made people take a literacy test

26.

Ulysses S. Grant was most successful as a president in the areas concerning…

a)

Crushing the KKK

b)

Keeping peace with Native Americans

c)

Controlling national scandals

d)

Giving the Republican party more power and authority

27.

What was the outcome of Plessy v. Ferguson?

a)

The Black Code laws were upheld at legal.

b)

Segregation was deemed unconstitutional.

c)

It was upheld that segregation was legal.

d)

Johnson was impeached.

28.

How did Hayes win the election?

a)

He told the public he would end Reconstruction.

b)

He won the popular vote.

c)

He was supported by many freedmen who were now able to vote.

d)

He secretly promised Democrats that he would end Reconstruction.

29.

How was sharecropping like slavery for freedmen?

a)

Freedmen did not own the land they worked on

b)

Freedmen became trapped in a cycle of debt

c)

Freedmen often worked on plantations

d)

The owner often created rules to control the freedmen

e)

All of the above

30.

In order to show he did not approve of Congress’s view of Reconstruction, Johnson…

a)

Resigned from the presidency

b)

Vetoed the Civil Rights Act and a bill extending the life of the Freedmen’s Bureau

c)

Took all of the troops out of the South

d)

Appointed previous leaders of the Confederacy for all the cabinet positions