WorksheetsChpt 18 To Reconstruct a Nation Gibbs/Smith
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins
What did the 13th Amendment say?
Slavery was illegal/not allowed.
All people are citizens of the United States
All men in the United States can vote.
What did the 14th Amendment say?
All men can vote.
Slavery is illegal/not allowed.
All people (born in the U.S.A.) are citizens of the United States and have full rights as American citizens.
What did the 15th Amendment say?
Slavery is illegal/not allowed.
All men can vote.
All people (born in the U.S.A.) are citizens of the United States.
What agency was created by the United States Congress in 1865 to set up schools and churches, supply food and clothing, and solve employment issues for the former slaves?
the American Missionary Association
the Freedmen's Bureau
the Ku Klux Klan
Which Reconstruction era organization worked to improve conditions for the newly-freed African-Americans?
the Redeemers
the Freedman's Bureau
the White League
What was the MAIN purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?
to establish Black Codes to limit freed slaves' rights
to serve as a voice for freed slaves in Congress
to help slaves adjust to their newfound freedom
Which amendment to the Constitution granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to anyone born in the US, including African Americans and former slaves?
13th
14th
15th
Which amendment to the Constitution gave African American men the right to vote?
13th
14th
15th
Which of the following is true about sharecropping
Most southern states outlawed sharecropping
Many freedmen were able to buy new homes through sharecropping
Most sharecroppers remained in debt or in a cycle of poverty
Sharecropping was often referred to as a new form of _________.
Land owning
Slavery
Free labor
What is sharecropping?
A system of farming where farmers rent land and pay the landowner with a share of the profits from their crops
The period of time after the Civil War
A system of farming where the farmer receives a large percentage of the profits from their crop
What groups of people were often sharecroppers?
Rich landowners
Former slaves and poor whites
White Northerns
Agricultural & economic practice where a land owner allows a tenant farmer to work his land for a share of his crop
sustenance farming
sharecropping
carpetbagger
This organization was established to help free men, or former slaves after the Civil War. They built hospitals and schools in the south.
The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
The Bureau of Freed Slaves
The Bureau of the 13th Amendment
The period after the Civil War when the South rejoined the Union was known as:
The Renaissance
The New South Age
Reconstruction
The purpose of Reconstruction was to:
destroy the South
rebuild and unite the country
send former slaves back to Africa
How did the assassination of Abraham Lincoln impact his plans for Reconstruction?
Lincoln's death had little impact on Reconstruction because his plan had already been implemented
Lincoln had only just begun to draft a plan when he was assassinated in 1865
Lincoln did not have time to implement his plan prior to his death, so President Johnson took over Reconstruction
After Lincoln's death, Johnson's plan for Reconstruction
was based on the Republican plan
was seen as lenient, like Lincoln's
strengthened his ties with Congress
As part of his Reconstruction plan, President Johnson thought the South should be treated
harshly
gently
quietly
As state governments were reestablished in the South under Johnson's Reconstruction plan,
more and more African Americans began to participate in government
many Confederate leaders were unable to join the new governments
many in the North felt the South should be punished more harshly
To accuse a government official of wrongdoing
Separation of Powers
Impeach
Three Fifths Compromise
Who took the office of President after President Lincoln was assassinated?
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Livingston
Black Codes are
a coded language African Americans used
laws that told people what they could wear
Laws that restricted and limited African American rights
What was Lincoln’s Plan for Reconstruction?
a. Preserve the Union and end the Civil War as soon as possible, it also required 10% of southern white males to swear loyalty to the Union.
a. Send military control to the South and punish all Confederate Veterans
a. End the use of slave labor in the South and give all African Americans the right to vote
Reconstruction is known as the period of rebuilding after the _________ War.
Civil
French and Indian
Great
The Black Codes were created in many Southern states shortly following the Civil War. What were they?
A set of laws passed that guaranteed equal job opportunities for blacks and whites
A set of laws that allowed African-Americans to serve in a state’s legislature
A set of laws passed to keep African-Americans from having rights equal as whites
The members of Congress battled with both presidents because they felt that the Presidential Reconstruction Plans:
were too focused on helping the freed African slaves, but not on helping the poor, white farmers.
were too strict to allow the Union to ever be reunited as it was prior to the Civil War.
did not punish the Southern states that rebelled against the Union.
What was the purpose of the Military Reconstruction Act
To outlaw Black Codes
To oversee and enforce Reconstruction Legislation
To provide assistance to former slaves after the Civil War
The Ku Klux Klan was started by a group of former ________ as a social club, but quickly grew into a terrorist group.
Europeans
Union officers
Confederate soldiers
The goal of the KKK was to use violence and intimidation to keep African-Americans from exercising their rights under the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment and therefore, allow the southern whites
the right to vote
to achieve some economic independence
to regain control of the state and local governments
Whose election in 1876 signaled the end of Reconstruction?
Rutherford B. Hayes
Ulysses Grant
Andrew Johnson
What title best completes these subtitles?
*Removal of all Federal Troops from the South
*Marked the End of Reconstruction
*Democrats Won Control of the Southern State Government
Slave Codes
Jim Crow Laws
Compromise of 1877
Which teacher loves her students the most?
Mrs. Anita
Mrs. Dingleberry
Mrs. Frizzle
Mrs. Claus
