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Ch 1 Reconstruction

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did Reconstruction begin?

a)

before the war ended

b)

after the Civil War ended

c)

1861

d)

1877

2.

What was one method that states used to bypass the 15th Amendment? Choose all that apply.

a)

poll tax

b)

grandfather clause

c)

literacy test

d)

closing polls early

3.

What term was given to describe state laws in the South during Reconstruction that directly limited the freedom of former slaves?

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

black codes

c)

Enforcement laws

d)

Freedmens Laws

4.

Why did Radical Republicans seek harsh punishments against the former Confederate states?

a)

to industrialize the South

b)

because they considered slavery a crime

c)

quickest route to reunification

d)

because sharecropping was illegal

5.

____________, the period (1865-1877) that followed the American Civil War and during which attempts

were made to redress the inequities of slavery and its political, social, and economic legacy and to solve the problems arising from the readmission to the Union of the 11 states that had seceded at or before the outbreak of war.

a)

Populism

b)

Reconstruction

c)

Enlightenment

d)

Radical Republicans

6.

Who came up with the 10% plan?

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Congress

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

7.

Which of the following was NOT a requirement of the South for the 10% plan?

a)

People who were involved in the confederacy shall no longer vote.

b)

10% of voters (white men) in each slave state must take pledge to the USA.

c)

Require all states to outlaw slavery.

8.

The Freedman's Bureau was created by Congress to do what?

a)

Punish those who took part in the Confederacy.

b)

Provide health for freed slaves and poor whites.

c)

Free the slaves.

9.

What was the 13th Amendment supposed do?

a)

Give women voting rights.

b)

Give African Americans voting rights.

c)

End slavery in the U.S.A.

10.

True or false: Lincoln's 10% plan was agreed upon by Congress.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What was the purpose of Reconstruction?

a)

To unite the country again and rebuild damaged areas of the North and South.

b)

To punish all states that were part of the Confederacy.

c)

To expand voting rights.

12.
This group was formed to help poor southerners with basic necessities. 
a)
Freedmen's Bureau
b)
Wade-Davis Association
c)
Welfare
d)
Amnesty International
13.
Lincoln's view of Reconstruction is best described as
a)
lenient and forgiving
b)
harsh and strict
c)
slow and painful
d)
punishment but fair
14.
Radical Republicans are best described as 
a)
Southerners who agreed with Lincoln's plan
b)
Northerners who wanted to punish the South
c)
anyone who disagreed with Johnson
d)
those who offered forgiveness to Confederates
15.
Laws passed to limit the freedom of blacks 
a)
black codes
b)
segregation
c)
Confederate Codes
d)
redeemer laws
16.
What allowed African American men the right to vote?
a)
15th Amendment
b)
13th Amendment
c)
14th Amendment
d)
Civil Rights Act of 1866
17.
Who was responsible for dividing the South into military districts?
a)
Radical Republicans
b)
Andrew Johnson
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Southern Democrats
18.
When did Reconstruction end?
a)
the Compromise of 1877
b)
the death of President Grant
c)
after the 15th Amendment
d)
the Panic of 1873
19.
Jim Crow laws 
a)
kept blacks and whites separate in public places 
b)
helped stop segregation in most southern states
c)
were passed to help blacks vote
d)
were supposed to stop discrimination
20.
Segregation means 
a)
the forced separation of blacks and whites
b)
the forced separation of north and south
c)
the government can't stop people from voting
d)
racial equality 
21.
The 13th Amedment
a)
gave all citizens the right to vote
b)
gave all slaves their freedom
c)
gave all citizens due process of law
d)
protected freedmen from discrimination
22.
What was the ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?
a)
it ended segregation
b)
it made segregation legal
c)
it ruled against the Ku Klux Klan
d)
it declared the poll tax unconstitutional 
23.
The 14th Amendment
a)
gave citizenship to anyone born in the U.S. 
b)
gave all males the right to vote
c)
allowed freedmen to serve on a jury
d)
abolished slavery
24.

Which of these are things the South needed fixed because of the Civil War?

a)

Fix the economy.

b)

African Americans needed homes and jobs.

c)

Fix their attitude towards African Americans.

d)

Reconstruct property.

25.

After the Civil War, a group that believed the South should be harshly punished and thought that Lincoln was sometimes too compassionate towards the South.

a)

Radical Republicans

b)

Radical Democrats

c)

Libertarians

d)

Whigs

26.

Which of these are examples of Black Codes?

a)

Some said they couldn't own property..

b)

They couldn't live in cities or towns.

c)

Blacks who did not pay fines could be hired out to anyone who would pay their fines.

d)

Black people could only work as domestic servants or farmers.

27.

It kept states from denying the vote to any citizen "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

16th Amendment

28.

The first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress.

a)

Joseph Rainey

b)

Hiram Revels

29.

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.

a)

sharereaping

b)

sharecropping

c)

farming

d)

shareharvesting

30.

A secret society created by white southerners in 1866 that used terror and violence to keep African Americans from obtaining their civil rights.

a)

Klean Khan Keepers

b)

Katnip Kudos Kreepers

c)

Ku Klux Klan

d)

Weight Watchers

31.

Which statement best explains how the Electoral College controversy during the Hayes-Tilden presidential election of 1876 was resolved?

a)

Hayes obtained the electoral support of the northern states after promoting immigration reform.

b)

Tilden obtained the electoral support of the northern states after agreeing to end segregation.

c)

Hayes promised to end Reconstruction if he received the electoral votes of the southern states

32.

Which region was left most damaged physically and economically after the Civil War?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

33.

Which is an example of a Jim Crow law?

a)

Freedmen must be allowed to vote

b)

Black and white people must ride in separate train cars

c)

Freedmen can't gather in groups

d)

Freedmen can NOT vote

34.

What did Radical Republicans want?

a)

a quick and easy reunion of North and South

b)

protection of freedmen and punishment for the South

c)

higher taxes for the southern states

d)

Jim Crow laws and black codes

35.

Who was impeached during this time?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

Rutherford B. Hayes

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