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WorksheetsReconstruction through progressivism
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 40mins
What is reconstruction?
the period after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union
Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws
A belief that ultimate power resides in the people. Notion that the people of a territory should determine if they want to be a slave state or a free state.
Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole
What federal agency was invented to help destitute freedmen find jobs/get education/medical care/clothing/ etc?
Freedmen's Bureau
Farmers' Alliance
Redeemers
The Grange
What was President Lincoln’s reconstruction plan?
To end the war as quickly as possible, by requiring that only 10% of the population swear allegiance to the Union before they could reconstitute their state governments and send representatives to Congress, and state governments had to end slavery
The facilitation of the establishment of over 1,000 schools throughout the South. Distributing to freedmen those lands that had been abandoned during the war or that had been confiscated as punishment for disloyalty to the Union.
Humiliating the southern elite by requiring that they individually request a pardon from President Lincoln and ratify the 13th amendment that freed the slaves.
To physically rebuild all of the buildings that were destroyed during the war
What was different about President Johnson’s plan compared to President Lincoln's Plan?
He wanted to humiliate the Southern elite by making them individually ask for a pardon.
He wanted to keep slaves available for Southern plantation owners.
He wanted to protect the rights of the newly freed slaves as well as the Republican’s political power.
He wanted to get impeached
Why did Congress pass a reconstruction plan?
The reasons Congress passed a Reconstruction plan were to protect the rights of the newly freed slaves as well as the Republican’s political power.
The reasons Congress passed a Reconstruction plan were to protect the rights of the newly freed slaves as well as the Democrat’s political power.
The reasons Congress passed a Reconstruction plan were to take away the rights of the newly freed slaves as well as the Republican’s political power.
All of these are correct
Congress ______________ President Johnson to ensure that as commander in chief, he could not undermine its efforts.
Impeached
Removed
Assassinated
Collaborated with
What is the 13th Amendment?
Abolishes and prohibits slavery
Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws
U.S. cannot prevent a person from voting because of race, color, or creed
Gave women the right to vote
What is the 14th Amendment?
Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws
Abolishes and prohibits slavery
U.S. cannot prevent a person from voting because of race, color, or creed
Gave women the right to vote
What is the 15th Amendment
U.S. cannot prevent a person from voting because of race, color, or creed
Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws
Abolishes and prohibits slavery
Gave women the right to vote
What job did many newly freed slaves get that wasn’t too much different than slavery?
Sharecropping
Factory Jobs
Doctors
Teachers
What were Carpetbaggers?
A northerner who went to the South immediately after the Civil War; especially one who tried to gain political advantage or other advantages from the disorganized situation in southern states
A system used on southern farms after the Civil War in which farmers worked land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops, or for a place to stay
A derogatory term for Southerners who were working with the North to buy up land from desperate Southerners
a person who has migrated to a less occupied area and established permanent residence
What were Scalawags?
A derogatory term for Southerners who were working with the North to buy up land from desperate Southerners
A northerner who went to the South immediately after the Civil War; especially one who tried to gain political advantage or other advantages from the disorganized situation in southern states
a person who has migrated to a less occupied area and established permanent residence
27th president of the U.S.; he angered progressives by moving cautiously toward reforms and by supporting the Payne-Aldrich Tariff; he lost Roosevelt's support and was defeated for a second term.
What was a positive outcome for African American men as a result of the new Constitution of 1868?
African American men were allowed to vote and hold office
African American men got reparations
African American men got a stimulus check
All of these answers
The president election of 1876 came down to which two candidates?
Samuel Tilden and Rutherford B Hayes
Theodore Roosevelt and Rutherford B Hayes
Samuel Tilden and William Taft
Samuel Tilden and Woodrow Wilson
Who won the election of 1876?
Rutherford B Hayes
Samuel Tilden
Theodore Roosevelt
William Taft
What was the Compromise of 1877?
Democrats agreed to let Rutherford B Hayes be the winner of the 1876 election if federal troops were pulled out of the South.
Republicans agreed to let Rutherford B Hayes be the winner of the 1876 election if federal troops were pulled out of the South.
Democrats agreed to let Samuel Tilden be the winner of the 1876 election if federal troops were pulled out of the South.
Republicans agreed to let William Taft be the winner of the 1876 election if federal troops were pulled out of the South.
What event led to the ending of Reconstruction?
Compromise of 1877
Civil War
Progressive Movement
Supreme Court Decision of Plessy vs Ferguson
What were redeemers?
Largely former slave owners who were the bitterest opponents of the Republican program in the South. Staged a major counterrevolution to "redeem" the south by taking back southern state governments. Their foundation rested on the idea of racism and white supremacy. Redeemer governments waged and aggressive assault on African Americans.
Movement of farmers in the late 1800s to become politically involved to protect their interest in America; movement wanted to expand the money supply and regulate Big Business.
an association formed by farmers in the last 1800s to make life better for farmers by sharing information about crops, prices, and supplies
A Farmers' organization founded in late 1870s; worked for lower railroad freight rates, lower interest rates, and a change in the governments tight money policy
What was the Eight Box Law?
A way of preventing those who were illiterate from voting. Only one of eight ballot boxes counted votes
Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power.
Limited rights of blacks. Literacy tests, grandfather clauses and poll taxes limited black voting rights. Enforced segregation.
Compromise that enables Rutherford B Hayes to take office as President in return for the end of Reconstruction. Republicans promise 1) Remove military from South, 2) Appoint Democrat to cabinet (David Key postmaster general), 3) Federal money for railroad construction and levees on Mississippi river
What other ways did they prevent African Americans from voting?
Poll Tax
Literacy Tests
Gerrymandering
All of these answers
Which South Carolina leader rose to power in the 1890s as the leader of the Populist movement?
Ben Tillman
Richard Manning
Robert Cooper
Woodrow Wilson
What kind of platform did Ben Tillman run on?
White Superiority
Disenfranchisement of African Americans
Jim Crow Laws
All of these
In 1895, what did the new constitution establish in South Carolina?
Literacy Tests
Poll Taxes
Required that voters be able to read interpret the United States Constitution.
All of these
What were Jim Crow Laws?
Limited rights of blacks. Literacy tests, grandfather clauses and poll taxes limited black voting rights. Enforced segregation.
System that allowed farmers to get more credit. They used harvested crops to pay back their loans.
A policy of favoring native-born individuals over foreign-born ones
A law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
Explain the Supreme Court decision of Plessy vs. Ferguson.
The court decided that separate but equal is constitutional and legal
The court decided that separate but equal is not constitutional and legal
The court decided that combined and equal is constitutional and legal
The court decided that combined and equal is not constitutional and legal
Why was the overproduction of farmers a bad thing?
The prices of crops fell which led to farmers making less money.
The prices of crops rose which led to farmers making less money.
The prices of crops fell which led to farmers making more money.
The prices of crops rose which led to farmers making more money.
What replaced the large plantations of the antebellum period?
Sharecropping
Factories
Tech Companies
Ridesharing Apps
What “Crop pest” was known to wipe out an entire harvest?
Boll Weevil
Covid
Fires
Earthquake of 1886
What wanted to help farmers sell their goods and was very active in politics?
Farmers' Alliance
Redeemers
Sharecroppers
Gerrymanderers
What was the populist party?
Movement of farmers in the late 1800s to become politically involved to protect their interest in America; movement wanted to expand the money supply and regulate Big Business.
Largely former slave owners who were the bitterest opponents of the Republican program in the South. Staged a major counterrevolution to "redeem" the south by taking back southern state governments. Their foundation rested on the idea of racism and white supremacy. Redeemer governments waged and aggressive assault on African Americans.
A Farmers' organization founded in late 1870s; worked for lower railroad freight rates, lower interest rates, and a change in the governments tight money policy
an association formed by farmers in the last 1800s to make life better for farmers by sharing information about crops, prices, and supplies
What major event devastated Charleston in 1886 that we can still see effects of to this day?
Earthquake
Big Fire
Big Hurricane
Typhoon
What was the progressive movement?
Formed by Midwestern Farmers, Socialists, and Labor Organizers -attacked monopolies, and wanted other reforms, such as bimetallism, transportation regulation, the 8-hour work day, and income tax
Movement of farmers in the late 1800s to become politically involved to protect their interest in America; movement wanted to expand the money supply and regulate Big Business.
Ratified on August 18, 1920 (drafted by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton), prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex. The Constitution allows the states to determine the qualifications for voting, and until the 1910's most states disenfranchised women. The amendment was the culmination of the women's suffrage movement in the U.S.
28th president of the United States, known for World War I leadership, created Federal Reserve, Federal Trade Commission, Clayton Antitrust Act, progressive income tax, lower tariffs, women's suffrage (reluctantly), Treaty of Versailles, sought 14 points post-war plan, League of Nations (but failed to win U.S. ratification), won Nobel Peace Prize
When the government has a “hands off” approach to businesses, not regulating or restricting businesses, what is that called?
Laissez-Faire
Progressive
Populist
Muckraker
What are monopolies?
A market in which there are many buyers but only one seller.
Idea that government should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs.
Economic policy by Roosevelt that favored fair relationships between companies and workers
Journalists who searched for corruption in politics and big business
What did progressive reformers want to do?
End Corruption in business and government
Address economic problems such as poverty
Improve society
All of these
What is muckraking?
the practice in journalism of exposing the wrong-doings of public people and organizations.
solving the problems of new immigrants
to limit the voting power of the mill workers
supporting a fair tax system including the income tax the could provide needed services to the people
What were Theodore Roosevelt’s goals as president?
Sought to control Corporations
Protect Consumers
Protect natural resources
All of these
What amendment was passed to enforce prohibition of alcohol in 1918?
13th Amendment
16th Amendment
18th Amendment
17th Amendment
In 1920, women were given the right to vote by which amendment?
13th Amendment
15th Amendment
17th Amendment
19th Amendment
Which amendment was passed so the Progressives could get their tax reform?
14th Amendment
16th Amendment
18th Amendment
15th Amendment
