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Reconstruction Unit Test Review

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 1hrs 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

During the Reconstruction Era from 1865 to 1877...

a)

former Union states were readmitted back into the Union after the Civil War.

b)

former Confederate states were readmitted back into the Union after the Civil War.

c)

former northern states were readmitted back into the Confederacy after the Civil War.

d)

former free states were readmitted back into the Confederacy after the Civil War

2.

This amendment abolishes slavery in the United States and its territories.

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

3.

In his The Ten Percent Plan Abraham Lincoln...

a)

believed that wealthy southerners and former Confederate officials should need a presidential pardon.

b)

believed that the majority of adult males should take a loyalty oath that they had never supported the Confederacy.

c)

believed that the Union should be punished.

d)

believed that the preservation of the Union was more important than punishing the South.

4.

Radical Republicans included this amendment with the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1866.

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

16th

5.

To challenge the Black Codes, Congress passed the...

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1865

b)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1867

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1868

6.

Collectively, the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments guarantee equal protection under the law.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

This amendment gave African American men the right to vote.

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

16th

8.

President Andrew Johnson fought with the Radical Republicans over this law.

a)

The Compromise of 1877

b)

The compromise of 1879

c)

The Civil Rights Act of 1865

d)

The Civil Rights Act of 1866

9.

Identify all of the events that were related to Compromise of 1877.

a)

resulted in the election of Rutherford B. Hayes

b)

Jim Crow laws became prevalent in the South

c)

It ended Reconstruction

d)

Federal troops were removed from the South

e)

resulted in the election of Samuel J. Tilden

10.

During Reconstruction, he fought for the adoption of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, and was a powerful voice for human rights and civil rights.

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Nathan Bedford Forrest

11.

This group opposed African Americans' right to vote and terrorized them and others who supported them.

a)

Radical Republicans

b)

northern Democrats

c)

The Freedmenś Bureau

d)

Ku Klux Klan

12.

Jim Crow laws...

a)

were laws that were enforced in the South through segregation.

b)

were laws that were passed to support the 13th amendment.

c)

allowed African Americans to hold public office during Reconstruction.

d)

were passed by Radical Republicans.

13.

Under Reconstruction plans besides Andrew Johnson´s, Confederate leaders like Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis

a)

were not allowed to hold public office

b)

were allowed to hold public office

c)

became Republicans

d)

wee not allowed to have presidential pardons

14.

The Black Codes...

a)

restricted the economic and physical freedom of Americans

b)

restricted the economic and physical freedom of Radical Republicans

c)

restricted the economic and physical freedom of southern democrats

d)

restricted the economic and physical freedom of African Americans

15.

Hiram Revels was

a)

was the first African American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives

b)

was the first African American to serve as governor of Mississippi.

c)

was the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate.

d)

was the first African American Republican in the state of Georgia.

16.

During Reconstruction, southern troops/soldiers supervised the South.

a)

true

b)

false