WorksheetsUnit 8 Test Review - Aftermath of War
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
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?
Scalawags
Carpetbaggers
Freedmen's Bureau
Sharecroppers
What is the term used for law imposed by military forces when civil authority has broken down, such as the Kirk Holden war?
insurrection
coup d'état
resurgence
martial law
What did the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution do?
Abolished slavery except as punishment
Gave all Americans the right to vote
Declared the Civil War illegal
Established citizenship for African Americans and protection under the law
What did the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution do?
Abolished slavery except as punishment
Gave all Americans the right to vote
Declared the Civil War illegal
Established citizenship for African Americans and equal protection under the law
What did the 15th Amendment to the US Constitution do?
Abolished slavery except as punishment
Gave African American men the right to vote
Declared the Civil War illegal
Established citizenship for African Americans and equal protection under the law
What factors began the decline of agriculture after the Civil War? (choose two)
Slavery
Farmers moved to cities and found jobs
Low crop prices
Expensive transportation
Which method of disenfranchisement only allowed those whose grandfathers voted prior to 1867 to vote without a literacy test?
Literacy Test
Grandfather Clause
Poll Tax
Black Codes
What methods did North Carolina Democrats use to disenfranchise black voters?
Literacy tests
Poll taxes
The Grandfather Clause
All of the above
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?
Segregation
Black Codes
Reconstruction Amendments
None of the above
What organization was set up to terrorize and intimidate blacks and Republicans during Reconstruction under the guise of a Confederate veterans club?
The NAACP
(National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
UCLJ
The KKK (Ku Klux Klan)
PWV
What did Reconstruction actually accomplish?
changing the Constitution to allow more equality and civil rights.
ending the struggle for civil rights.
giving all men and women the right to vote.
changing the Constitution to give women voting rights.
What was the purpose of imperialism for countries such as the United States?
To get more land and subjugate more people.
To get more weaponry for domination.
To develop new allies and cooperation between nations
Access to overseas markets and natural resources.
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)
What kinds of jobs opened up for women, who experienced an economic boom after Reconstruction ended?
Housekeeper, maids, and cooks
Stay-at-home moms
Nurses, doctors, and lawyers
Teachers, secretaries, & office clerks
How did professors at state colleges and universities encourage women and African Americans to take part in politics even if they couldn't vote?
Protest and assemble
Campaign for candidates and lobby for issues
Dress as males and make up names to vote
Influence their husbands and nag them into voting a certain way
Which category of people saw the growth of a strong middle class after the end of Reconstruction?
African Americans
Irish immigrants fleeing the famine
Women
What Supreme Court decision upheld segregation, or the legal doctrine of separate but equal?
Miranda vs. Arizona
Dred Scott decision
Brown vs. the Board of Education of Topeka
Plessy vs. Ferguson
What is the difference between de facto and de jure segregation?
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.
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.
Laws requiring that facilities and accommodations, public and private, be segregated by race.
De facto segregation happened in the South naturally, whereas the North held many of the de jure segregation.
What is another name for laws requiring that facilities and accommodations, public and private, be segregated by race?
De facto segregation
Black Codes
Jim Crow laws
Anti-discrimination laws
What term refers to the illegal and unjust treatment of a person or persons because of their race, color, gender, orientation, or national origin?
Racism
Discrimination
Segregation
Prejudice
