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The Reconstruction Era

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Reconstruction proposition that would forgive all southerners who took an oath of loyalty to the North after the Civil War and required Southern States to abolish slavery, but allowed the denial of voting rights to African Americans

a)

Radical Republicans' Congressional Plan

b)

Lincoln's 10% Plan

c)

Johnson's Plan

d)

Southern Democrats' Plan

2.

The assassin of Abraham Lincoln

a)

John Wilkes Booth

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

William Seward

d)

James Boothes

3.

people who traveled Southward from the North during Reconstruction looking for opportunities to make money or “get rich" off the misfortunes of the South

a)

scalawags

b)

carpetbaggers

c)

radicals

d)

sharecroppers

4.

the attorney who served on the Brown v. Board of Education legal decision that overturned the results of Plessy v. Ferguson

a)

Thurgood Marshall

b)

John Marshall Harlan

c)

Jonathan W. Booth

d)

Booker T. Washington

5.

a term that means to grant forgiveness or a general pardon, for an act that could be considered illegal, especially political offenses

a)

dissent

b)

amnesty

c)

grace

d)

segregate

6.

the person who encouraged African Americans to make themselves "necessary" to the South’s economy by getting an education and work-training

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

Thurgood Marshall

c)

Robert Livinston

d)

John Marshall

7.

constitutionally abolished slavery in the United States of America

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

18th Amendment

8.

Choose the list that is considered Reconstruction amendments to the US Constitution.

a)

13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

b)

13th, 18th, 22nd Amendments

c)

13th, 15th, 16th Amendments

9.

this Supreme Court Justice believed that all citizens were equal before the law no matter what the color of their skin was, and therefore opposed the decision of “separate but equal”

a)

Justice Clarence Thomas

b)

Justice Thurgood Marshall

c)

Justice John Marshall Harlan

10.

constitutionally guaranteed all male citizens, without concern for race, the right to vote in the United States of America

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

18th Amendment

11.

the concept that forced the separation of races

a)

amnesty

b)

segregation

c)

impeachment

d)

scalawag

12.

a white southerner who supported the Republicans attempt of equal rights for African Americans

a)

scalawag

b)

carpetbagger

c)

scumbag

d)

turncoat

13.

these regulations were adopted by southern states In response to the 13th Amendment in an attempt to keep Freedmen in a slave-like condition after the Civil War

a)

sharecropper mandates

b)

black codes

c)

Jim Crow standards

14.

the official attempt to present formal charges of wrongdoing against a public official

a)

impeachment

b)

indictment

c)

arrest

d)

incarceration

15.

farming system in which a landowner provides the land and materials, while the tenant provides the skill, giving about two-thirds of the harvested crops to the landowner

a)

sharecropping

b)

crop-liens

c)

strip-farming

d)

tenant farming

16.

the organized and deliberate attempt to rebuild the South’s government, economy, and society after the North's victory in the Civil War

a)

Segregation

b)

Reconstruction

c)

Separate but Equal

d)

Equal Rights

17.

constitutionally guaranteed citizenship and equal protection to all African Americans in the United States of America

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

18th Amendment

18.

Which list below correctly identifies the people who were also to be killed the same night that President Lincoln was assassinated?

a)

Vice President Johnson, Secretary of State Sewell, and Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Vice President Johnson, Secretary of War Stanton, and Ulysses S. Grant

c)

No one else was to be harmed.

19.

Plessy v. Ferguson was a legal decision that ____.

a)

helped promote the practice of segregation

b)

helped end the practice of segregation

c)

permitted African Americans to serve in elected government office

20.

The Compromise of 1877 ____.

a)

ended the Union military occupation in the South

b)

permitted Horatio Seymour to become the 19th President of the United States

c)

led to the passage of the Equal Rights Act of 1866

21.

The Compromise of 1877 _____.

a)

led to the Union military occupying the South

b)

led to Southern Democrats agreeing to accept Rutherford B. Hayes as the 19th President of the United States

c)

led to the beginning of the Civil War

22.

Which of these is true? After the Civil War ______.

a)

18 African Americans served in elected positions over an eleven year period.

b)

The Ku Klux Klan defended all former slaves' right to vote

c)

President Andrew Johnson called for the arrest of all former Confederate military leaders

d)

Abraham Lincoln's 10% Plan for Reconstruction was adopted by the United States Congress

23.

prevented southern states from issuing Black Codes.

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

24.

1954 court case, that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson.

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Washington v. Harlan

c)

Marshall v. Plessy

25.

When Booker T. Washington encouraged African Americans to try to gain power by working and making money this was known as the _____.

a)

Atlanta Compromise

b)

1877 Compromise

c)

American Compromise

26.

Which of these provided food, emergency assistance, job training and education to African American families?

a)

Freedmen's Bureau

b)

Federal Bureau

c)

Red Cross

27.

Under the crop-lien system, a tenant could lose all of his ____ if he didn't pay his required rent.

a)

crop

b)

children

c)

land

28.

What precedent did the Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson establish?

a)

separate but equal

b)

14th Amendment

c)

all men are created equal

29.

Which of these was not a direct attempt to restrict voting rights for African Americans?

a)

grandfather clause

b)

poll tax

c)

black codes

d)

literacy test

30.

Ulysses S. Grant was a strong supporter of civil rights for all African Americans.

a)

YEP!

b)

NOPE!