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Reconstruction

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The __________Amendment outlawed slavery.

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

2.

Schools in the south to educate freedmen were set up by the ______________

a)

Union Army

b)

Special Field Order 15

c)

Freedmen's Bureau

3.

What amendment made all people born in the United States citizens?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

4.
What did the 14th Amendment do?
a)
made slavery illegal
b)
made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
c)
gave black men the right to vote
d)
gave former slaves land to begin farms
5.
What did the 15th Amendment do?
a)
made slavery illegal
b)
made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
c)
gave black men the right to vote
d)
gave former slaves land to begin farms
6.
What was segregation?
a)
equal treatment for all people
b)
the forced separation of races
c)
a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land
d)
the period of time after the Civil War
7.
What was Reconstruction?
a)
equal treatment for all people
b)
the forced separation of races
c)
a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land
d)
the period of time after the Civil War
8.
What were Jim Crow Laws?
a)
equal treatment for all people
b)
laws that made segregation legal
c)
a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land
d)
the period of time after the Civil War
9.
Laws that required the African-Americans be separated from white in public places are...
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Black Codes
c)
Grandfather Codes
d)
Integration Laws
10.
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
11.
Why did sharecroppers remain poor?
a)
The South flooded during Reconstrucion
b)
They owed money to the landowners, never getting out of debt
c)
The sun never shone on crops
d)
Animals ate all the crops
12.
What was the purpose of the Freedman's Bureau?
a)
provide food, clothing, and medical care
b)
provided legal advice to poor whites and former slaves
c)
set up hospitals and schools
d)
all of the above
13.
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
14.
When did Reconstruction in the United   States occur?
a)
1812-1817
b)
1865-1877
c)
1805-1817
d)
1859-1867
15.
System of farming where plantation owners would lend former slaves a place to live in exchange for farming crops
a)
Sharecropping
b)
Freedmen's Bureua
c)
Jim Crow Laws
d)
Slavery