WorksheetsReconstruction Era Review
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 10mins
What years did the Reconstruction Era take place?
1850-1860
1855-1860
1865-1877
1875-1885
What did the Freedmen's Bureau do?
expand education opportunities for newly freed enslaved people
expand job opportunities for women
limit opportunities for newly freed enslaved people
limit the amount of hours a woman could be away from the home
The 14th Amendment did what?
Abolished slavery
Gave African American Males the right to vote
Gave Native Americans their land back
Made former slaves citizens and gave equal protection for all citizens under the law
This amendment abolished slavery.
12th Amendment
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
This group set up all along the south to help former slaves adjust and to become educated.
Trade Unions
Carpetbaggers
Freedmen
Scalawags
This amendment guaranteed all citizens "equal protection of the laws" and "due process"
10th Amendment
12 Amendment
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
This president was impeached in February 1868.
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant
John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln April 15, 1865.
True
False
The purpose of the Reconstruction Era was to...
Reconstruct how the federal government was ran
Rebuilding war-torn states & southern state governments
Reconstructing the Confederate states to form their own country
Rebuilding the structure of the slave trade
The political impact of the Reconstruction Era was?
3 New amendments to the Constitution were ratified
Native people received all of their land back
Jefferson Davis took over after Lincoln was assasinated
What did the 13th Amendment do?
Gave citizenship to freed African Americans
Gave voting rights to African American Men
Protected the rights of African Americans
Set all slaves free
American Indian Tribes WERE covered under the 14th Amendment.
True
False
The 15th Amendment gave voting rights for ALL African Americans.
True
False
How did the Southern states respond to the reconstruction efforts?
They passed laws to expand opportunities for African Americans
They passed laws to limit the opportunities of African Americans
They gave African Americans high ranking political positions
Southern states could rejoin the Union once they ratified the 14th Amendment.
True
False
Who is Hiram Rhodes and what makes him significant?
First African American Senator from Mississippi
First African American man to vote in South Carolina
President of the Freedmen's Bureau
The first African American man given the medal of honor
Many states will build public colleges because of ...
The Dawes Act
The Morrill Act of 1862
The Freedmen's Act
The Homestead Act
The Dawes Act of 1887 helped Native Americans and discouraged assimilation.
True
False
Settlement of the western territories accelerated due to which act?
The Dawes Act of 1862
The Morrill Act of 1862
The Homestead Act of 1862
This act caused the acceleration of settlement in the western territories.
The Homestead Act of 1862
The Dawes Act
The Morrill Act of 1862
The 14th Amendment
Southerners that worked with Radical Republicans were called...
Carpetbaggers
49ers
Freedmen
Scalawags
