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Reconstruction

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which is the best description of Reconstruction?
a)
rebuilding the US after a big earthquake
b)
a period of rebuilding in the US after the Revolutionary War
c)
a period of rebuilding in the US after the Civil War
d)
unfair treatment of African Americans after the Civil War
2.

The __________Amendment outlawed slavery.

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

3.

This group opposed Lincoln's plan for reconstruction and felt the south should be punished.

a)

Democrats

b)

Radical Republicans

c)

Libertarians

d)

Socialists

4.

This gave all men regardless of race the right to vote.

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

16th Amendment

5.

Freedmen in the south made their living usually by ....

a)

farming

b)

as craftsmen

c)

as house servants

d)

as politicians

6.

This secret society attempted to keep Freedmen from exercising their rights through threats and violence.

a)

the Freedmen's Bureau

b)

The Anti-Freedmen Group

c)

the Ku Klux Klan

d)

the NAACP

7.

This Reconstruction plan was meant to punish the south for the war.

a)

Presidential Reconstruction

b)

Johnson's Reconstruction Plan

c)

Military Reconstruction Plan

d)

Radical Republican Reconstruction

8.

Henry McNeal Turner was _______________ from the Georgia General Assembly because he was black.

a)

sent to congress

b)

expelled

c)

elected

d)

selected

9.
The period after the Civil War when the South rejoined the Union was known as:
a)
The Renaissance
b)
The New South Age
c)
Reconstruction
d)
The Age of Union
10.
The purpose of Reconstruction was to:
a)
destroy the South
b)
rebuild and unite the country
c)
send former slaves back to Africa
d)
settle the West
11.
After President Lincoln was assassinated, the Vice President became President. The new President was
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Ulysses Grant
c)
George Bush
d)
John Wilkes Booth
12.

The Constitutional Amendment that recognized African Americans as citizens and gave them equal protection under the law was the

a)

Bill of Rights

b)

13th Amendment

c)

14th Amendment

d)

15th Amendment

13.
System of farming where farmers gave part of their crop to pay for the land they rented
a)
Family-Farming
b)
Sharecropping
c)
Groupcropping
d)
Split-Farming
14.
During Reconstruction the South was under Military rule
a)
True
b)
False
15.

The 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution...

a)

Gave African Americans the right to own businesses

b)

Freed the Slaves

c)

Gave African Americans the right to vote

d)

Forced African Americans back into slavery

16.
What group in Congress felt that Lincoln's plan was too lenient?
a)
Deciduous Democrats
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Wistful Whigs
d)
Fancy Federalists
17.

Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was known as:

a)

Wade-Davis Bill

b)

14th Amendment

c)

Ten Percent Plan

d)

Radical Republican Reunification

18.
In 1865, the Thirteenth Amendment was the first amendment added to the United States Constitution after the Civil War. As a result of this amendment. 
a)
women obtained the right to vote
b)
free speech was protected
c)
alcohol was not to be made or sold
d)
slavery was abolished
19.
Black Codes made it difficult for African Americans to enjoy their freedoms.
a)
True
b)
false
20.
Jim Crow laws enforced segregation based on race.
a)
True
b)
false
21.
Freedman's Bureau worked to make life difficult for newly freed slaves.
a)
True
b)
false