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WorksheetsPost-Civil War Reconstruction
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 4hrs 10mins
When was Abraham Lincoln assassinated at Fords Theatre?
April 1866
December 1865
April 1865
Fall 1867
*Select all correct answers*
Which Amendments were voted upon during the Reconstruction Period?
13th Amendment
12th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
16th Amendment
Abraham Lincoln started discussing reconstruction while the Civil War was still being fought.
True
False
What did the Freedman's Bureau assist former slaves with?
Provide Shelter/Find homes
Open 3,000 schools
Negotiate labor contracts
All Answers
The Freedmen were:
Former slave owners
Freed slaves
A political group
A government agency
Did Abraham Lincoln want to punish the South after the Civil War?
Yes
No
The South won the Civil War
Who said "Let us have peace"
Andrew Johnson
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
While the exact date the Civil War ended can be questioned, in what year did it end? (Hint - at the end of that year Reconstruction is falsely declared complete)
(a)
What is the name of the 1864 Bill that required a majority of southern voters to promise loyalty to the United States?
The Johnson Lincoln Bill
The Civil Rights Bill
The Wade Davis Bill
The Grant Lee Bill
How many schools did the Freedman's Bureau open in the South during Reconstruction?
500
10,000
3,000
dozens
What did the 13th Amendment do?
Treaty to end the Civil War
Abolished slavery
Gave the right to vote to all men
Provided land to former slaves
What were the voter restrictions called, such as literacy tests and poll taxes, that southern states enacted?
Black Codes
Poll Taxes
Grandfather Clause
Freedman's Bureau
In July of 1863 what caused a riot in New York City?
A train crash
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln
The first military draft in U.S. history
A large sporting event that got out of control
What is another name for President Lincoln's Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, which offers pardon and restoration of property to the confederate state?
Emancipation Proclamation
10 Percent Plan
Presidential Reconstruction
13th Amendment
Issued by General Sherman, the Special Field Order 15 did what?
Set aside coastal land in 40 acre plots exclusively for black people
Gave the right to vote to women
Allowed the Union army to surrender to the Confederacy
Negotiated contracts for freedmen
*Select all correct answers*
What did President Andrew Johnson's plan for Presidential Reconstruction in 1865 call for?
States must ratify the Thirteenth Amendment to end slavery
An end to Black Codes
Provided general amnesty to all Southerners who swear loyalty to the union
Money to be provided to former slaves
South's large landowners and Confederate leadership must petition him individually for pardons
Who ordered the land provided by General Sherman in Special Field Order 15 to be returned to it's former owners?
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Andrew Johnson
Jefferson Davis
Who vetoed the Civil Rights Bill of 1866?
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Andrew Johnson
Why did Ulysses S. Grant lose sympathy for, and speak out against, President Andrew Johnson?
President Johnson called the crowd names and swore at them on a speaking tour in 1866.
President Johnson removed Ulysses S. Grant from his position as General of the Union Army
President Johnson vetoed the Civil Rights Bill of 1866
*Select all correct answers*
President Andrew Johnson became the first president to
be impeached by Congress in 1868
be assassinated
have a veto overridden by Congress
serve three terms as president
What slogan did Ulysses S. Grant use in his campaign to become president?
Taste the rainbow.
A bad excuse is better than none.
The British are coming!
Let us have peace.
Which state was the last former confederate state to rejoin the union in 1870?
Georgia
Maine
California
Texas
Virginia
What happened at the Colfax Massacre on April 13 of 1873?
After surrendering, about 50 of Louisiana's almost all-black state militia were murdered by "The White League", a white supremacy group.
John Brown attacked and killed several Democrats in support of abolitionism.
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre
What happened to the economy in 1873?
The United States became the richest nation in the world
The US Dollar was introduced
The first major depression in US history began, leading to widespread unemployment
Demand of goods increased, so much that US manufacturers could not keep up, causing massive inflation (prices of goods to skyrocket)
Which rule is also known as "The abolition of slavery"
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
Bureau of Freedmen
Who was the president when the 13th Amendment was ratified (became law)?
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Andrew Johnson
Who was opposed to the passage of the 13th Amendment?
Abraham Lincoln
Republicans
Democrats in the House of Representative
Former slaves
What year was the 14th Amendment ratified?
1865
1868
1870
1873
Who vetoed the 14th Amendment?
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Jefferson Davis
What is the purpose of the 15th Amendment?
Right to vote cannot be denied by race?
To restrict voting rights of former slaves
To create segregation
All persons born in the United States have full rights
When was the Bureau of Freedmen created?
March of 1965
March of 1865
1868
1861
Where were the black codes created and enforced?
New Hampshire
Northern States
All states
Southern States
Choose all answers that were part of the Black Codes:
Start of segregation
Created to reestablish white supremacy
Controlled labor costs of freedmen
Provided shelter and medical care to freemen
Which rule or amendment gave full rights of citizenship to all persons born in the United States in every state and territory?
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Black Codes
14th Amendment
Bill of Rights
Write the vocab word below that means: "making something valid by formally confirming it"
(a)
Who was the Vice-President from 1873-1877?
Andrew Johnson
Schuyler Colfax
Ulysses S. Grant
Henry Wilson
What year did the Bureau of Freedmen end?
(a)
What is the definition of suffrage?
The prohibition of segregation
The abolition of slavery
The right to vote in public elections
The right to be a citizen
The Black Codes were created by and intended to help the (a) states
Which vocab word means "charge with an offense" or "bring an accusation against"?
(a)
In what year do Reconstruction policies finally end?
(a)
What is a Radical Republican?
A politician that is out of touch with the country
A southerner who wanted to enforce Black Codes
A member of the republican party who opposed voting rights for African Americans
A member of the republican party committed to the equal treatment of freed slaves
What state was the birthplace of the 16th President of the United States? (full state name)
(a)
In 1870 President Grant tries to find land for former slaves. Where did he propose for this failed attempt?
(a)
Andrew Johnson was never elected president. Who was his Vice President?
He didn't have one
Ulysses S. Grant
Schuyler Colfax
Andrew Johnson
What vocab word has the following definition: "a vote that blocks a decision"
(a)
In 1866, which city suffered through 3 days of racial violence?
(a)
What happened on November 5, 1872?
The Panic on Wall Street began
President Grant is re-elected
The 14th Amendment passes Congress
General Sherman issues Special Field Order 15
What was Abraham Lincoln's first year as president?
(a)
The 14th Amendment did 4 things (see: "known by what name?" on your worksheet). Select the 4 correct answers of problems this Amendment attempted to address:
Apportionment
Equal Protection
Civil War Debt
Right to Vote
Citizenship Rights
