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Unit 8 Test Review - Aftermath of War

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What nickname was given to Northerners who moved South after the Civil War to help African Americans but criticized as coming to take political and economic advantage?

a)

Scalawags

b)

Carpetbaggers

c)

Freedmen's Bureau

d)

Sharecroppers

2.

What is the term used for law imposed by military forces when civil authority has broken down, such as the Kirk Holden war?

a)

insurrection

b)

coup d'état

c)

resurgence

d)

martial law

3.

What did the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution do?

a)

Abolished slavery except as punishment

b)

Gave all Americans the right to vote

c)

Declared the Civil War illegal

d)

Established citizenship for African Americans and protection under the law

4.

What did the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution do?

a)

Abolished slavery except as punishment

b)

Gave all Americans the right to vote

c)

Declared the Civil War illegal

d)

Established citizenship for African Americans and equal protection under the law

5.

What did the 15th Amendment to the US Constitution do?

a)

Abolished slavery except as punishment

b)

Gave African American men the right to vote

c)

Declared the Civil War illegal

d)

Established citizenship for African Americans and equal protection under the law

6.

What factors began the decline of agriculture after the Civil War? (choose two)

a)

Slavery

b)

Farmers moved to cities and found jobs

c)

Low crop prices

d)

Expensive transportation

7.

Which method of disenfranchisement only allowed those whose grandfathers voted prior to 1867 to vote without a literacy test?

a)

Literacy Test

b)

Grandfather Clause

c)

Poll Tax

d)

Black Codes

8.

What methods did North Carolina Democrats use to disenfranchise black voters?

a)

Literacy tests

b)

Poll taxes

c)

The Grandfather Clause

d)

All of the above

9.

What were laws set up during Reconstruction in the South to limit the new freedoms of African Americans, such as restricting black people's ability to own property, serve on juries?

a)

Segregation

b)

Black Codes

c)

Reconstruction Amendments

d)

None of the above

10.

What organization was set up to terrorize and intimidate blacks and Republicans during Reconstruction under the guise of a Confederate veterans club?

a)

The NAACP

(National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

b)

UCLJ

c)

The KKK (Ku Klux Klan)

d)

PWV

11.

What did Reconstruction actually accomplish?

a)

changing the Constitution to allow more equality and civil rights.

b)

ending the struggle for civil rights.

c)

giving all men and women the right to vote.

d)

changing the Constitution to give women voting rights.

12.

What was the purpose of imperialism for countries such as the United States?

a)

To get more land and subjugate more people.

b)

To get more weaponry for domination.

c)

To develop new allies and cooperation between nations

d)

Access to overseas markets and natural resources.

13.

What is the location of a North Carolina race riot in 1898 where a white mob seized the reins of government in the port city and, in so doing, destroyed the local black-owned newspaper office and terrorized the African American community?

(a)  

14.

What kinds of jobs opened up for women, who experienced an economic boom after Reconstruction ended?

a)

Housekeeper, maids, and cooks

b)

Stay-at-home moms

c)

Nurses, doctors, and lawyers

d)

Teachers, secretaries, & office clerks

15.

How did professors at state colleges and universities encourage women and African Americans to take part in politics even if they couldn't vote?

a)

Protest and assemble

b)

Campaign for candidates and lobby for issues

c)

Dress as males and make up names to vote

d)

Influence their husbands and nag them into voting a certain way

16.

Which category of people saw the growth of a strong middle class after the end of Reconstruction?

a)

African Americans

b)

Irish immigrants fleeing the famine

c)

Women

17.

What Supreme Court decision upheld segregation, or the legal doctrine of separate but equal?

a)

Miranda vs. Arizona

b)

Dred Scott decision

c)

Brown vs. the Board of Education of Topeka

d)

Plessy vs. Ferguson

18.

What is the difference between de facto and de jure segregation?

a)

De facto segregation that comes from personal choice or choices, such as living in certain areas or attending certain places of worship. De jure segregation is mandated by law.

b)

This is the separation of daily activities, such as eating in a restaurant, using water fountains, or riding the bus, that is based on (usually) racial makeup.

c)

Laws requiring that facilities and accommodations, public and private, be segregated by race.

d)

De facto segregation happened in the South naturally, whereas the North held many of the de jure segregation.

19.

What is another name for laws requiring that facilities and accommodations, public and private, be segregated by race?

a)

De facto segregation

b)

Black Codes

c)

Jim Crow laws

d)

Anti-discrimination laws

20.

What term refers to the illegal and unjust treatment of a person or persons because of their race, color, gender, orientation, or national origin?

a)

Racism

b)

Discrimination

c)

Segregation

d)

Prejudice