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WorksheetsRebuilding a Nation
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Which statement best summarizes Abraham Lincoln's aim for Reconstruction?
Lincoln wanted to end slavery and enforce the Black Codes.
Lincoln wanted to end slavery and humiliate southern plantation owners.
Lincoln wanted to end the war as quickly as possible and reunite the nation.
Lincoln wanted to fight one or more battle to destroy the South.
What group wanted to reunite families, establish strong communities, form their own churches, and claim equal citizenship?
U.S. Congress
Confederate Soldiers
Southern Plantation Owners
Southern African Americans
Which amendment made slavery illegal everywhere in the United States?
13th
14th
15th
What rights were granted by the 14th amendment?
right for all citizens to vote
right for all citizens to own land
right for all citizens to own a business
right for all citizens to have equal protection of the law
Which group was granted the right to vote by the 15th amendment?
all citizens
all immigrants
all male citizens
all African Americans
Which were examples of preventing the right to vote?
poll taxes
literacy tests
"grandfather clause"
all of the above
Which of the following was a major role of the Freedman's Bureau?
to enforce the Black Codes
to help write new state constitutions
to help the former slaves after the war
to encourage African Americans to run for office
Which population did General Sherman advocate for "40 acres and a Mule"?
freedmen
Northern migrants
Southern elite
scalawags
What was the effect of the sharecropping system on both African Americans and poor white sharecroppers?
It helped them become a part of the middle class.
It allowed them to have a political voice for the first time.
It allowed them to make enough money to eventually buy their own land.
It forced them to become dependent on the landowner for land and fall into debt.
What policy made it difficult for African American men to vote and required separated facilities such as bathrooms, water fountains, and schools?
Black Codes
Jim Crow Laws
14 Amendment
Compromise of 1877
What was the Port Royal Experiment?
Union troops occupied SC Sea Isands
10,000 slaves freed and owners fled
First major attempt by Northerners to rebuild Southern economy and political systems.
All of the above
What group of people were Freedmen's Conventions for?
former Confederate soldiers
former plantation owners
former slaves
former Union soldiers
