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SSUSH10

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1865 - Agency set up to aid former slaves in adjusting themselves to freedom. It furnished food and clothing to needy blacks and helped them get jobs.

a)

Black Codes

b)

Freedmen's Bureau

c)

Congressional Reconstruction

d)

Presidential Reconstruction

2.

1865 - Freed all slaves, abolished slavery.

a)

Thirteenth Amendment

b)

Fourteenth Amendment

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

d)

Fifteenth Amendment

3.

16th President of the United States saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865).

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Rutherford B. Hayes

4.

Murder of a public figure, usually for political reasons.

a)

Assasssination

b)

Treason

c)

Execution

d)

Flogging

5.

Southern laws designed to restrict the rights of the newly freed black slaves.

a)

Poll Tax

b)

Grandfather Clause

c)

Black Codes

d)

Literacy Test

6.

Made "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" citizens of the country.

a)

Thirteenth Amendment

b)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

c)

Fourteenth Amendment

d)

Fifteenth Amendment

7.

The constitutional amendment adopted in 1870 to extend suffrage to African Americans.

a)

Thirteenth Amendment

b)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

c)

Fourteenth Amendment

d)

Fifteenth Amendment

8.

President's idea of reconstruction : all states had to end slavery, states had to declare that their secession was illegal, and men had to pledge their loyalty to the U.S.

a)

Presidential Reconstruction

b)

Congressional Reconstruction

c)

Lincoln's Plan of Reconstruction

d)

Grant's Plan of Reconstruction

9.

A process led by the Radical Republicans that led to the usage of military force to protect blacks' rights.

a)

Presidential Reconstruction

b)

Congressional Reconstruction

c)

Lincoln's Plan of Reconstruction

d)

Hayes' Plan of Reconstruction

10.

17th President of the United States; first president to be charged of misconduct.

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Rutherford B. Hayes

d)

Samuel Tilden

11.

Type of rule in which the military is in charge and citizens' rights are suspended.

a)

Military Law

b)

Martial Law

c)

Military Surveillance Law

d)

Quartering Law

12.

A formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office.

a)

Impeachment

b)

Treason

c)

Pardon

d)

Petition

13.

A secret society created by white southerners in 1866 that used terror and violence to keep African Americans from obtaining their civil rights.

a)

Ku Klux Klan

b)

Knights of the White Camellia

c)

Order of the Pale Faces

d)

Grand Wizard

14.
The institution of slavery was formally abolished in the United States by the:
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Emancipation Proclamation of 1863
c)
Creation of the Freedmen’s Bureau in 1865 
d)
Ratification of the 13th amendment in 1865 
15.
The 15th amendment was primarily meant to:
a)
Give African Americans citizenship
b)
End the institution of slavery
c)
Allow former slaves the right to vote
d)
Provide African Americans due process under  the law
16.
After the Civil War, the south was divided into military districts by :
a)
Lincoln’s Plan for Reconstruction 
b)
Johnson’s Plan for Reconstruction 
c)
Radical Republican Plan of Reconstruction 
d)
Region according to ratification of the Reconstruction amendments 
17.
A program that provided clothing, medical attention, food, education, and even land to African Americans who needed a start coming out of slavery. 
a)
13th Amendment
b)
Reconstruction Act
c)
14th Amendment
d)
Freedmen’s Bureau
18.
In American history, the term "Reconstruction" refers to
a)
problems associated with the transformation to an industrial economy.
b)
the admission of Western territories to the U.S. as either Free or Slave states.
c)
federal government intervention in the former Confederate states in order to monitor the treatment of former slaves.
d)
the establishment of a new system of agriculture in the western states and territories based on industrial machinery.
19.
The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments reflected the growing 19th century American trend of
a)
granting universal manhood suffrage.
b)
upholding rights of free speech and religion.
c)
decreasing the power of the Federal government.
d)
recognizing the basic civil liberties of all races.
20.
When did Reconstruction end?
a)
In 1877 as a result of a compromise over the election
b)
After the death of President Grant
c)
In 1867 when the 15th Amendment was passed
d)
During the Panic of 1873
21.
Poll taxes, Literacy Tests, and Grandfather Clauses were all used during Reconstruction to
a)
Restrict the voting rights of freedmen
b)
Keep the Republican Party in power in the South
c)
Advance the cause of equality
d)
Fight the KKK
22.

What Battle helped the Union control the Mississippi and complete the Anaconda Plan?

a)

Ft. Sumter

b)

Antietam

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Vicksburg

23.

Which one of these individuals was directly involved in the Civil War?

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Thomas Paine

d)

George Washington

24.

How did Geography play a role in the Battle of Gettysburg?

a)

The battle lead to the issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation

b)

The rugged terrain inspired the first Wrangler jeans

c)

Confederate forces secured the high ground on the steep hills

d)

Union forces secured the high ground on the steep hills

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