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Reconstruction Review Pt. B

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Northerners began to lose interest in protecting the rights of freed people because it became ______

a)

too annoying

b)

too dangerous

c)

too expensive

d)

too overbearing

2.

What factor would have truly led to freedom for former slaves?

a)

having a bank account

b)

having the right to vote

c)

owning land

d)

owning slaves

3.

Who did the federal government say should have the responsibility of rebuilding the South economically and physically?

a)

individuals, and local governments only

b)

individuals, and local and state governments

c)

individuals, and state governments only

d)

local and state govenrnments

4.

What was the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau? (Choose the best answer.)

a)

To provide food, clothing, medical care, and education for poor black and white families.

b)

To provide food, clothing, medical care, and education for poor black families.

c)

To provide education for poor black families.

d)

To provide clothing and medical care for poor white families.

5.

What happened to land given to African Americans by the Freedmen's Bureau?

a)

 President Lincoln pardoned (forgave) the white owners and returned their property to them.

b)

President Johnson pardoned (forgave) the white owners and returned their property to them.

c)

The former plantation owners started a mob to take back their land by force.

d)

African Americans were unsuccessful in owning land, unable to grow crops.

6.

Who developed plans for Reconstruction?

a)

Congress

b)

President Johnson

c)

President Lincoln

d)

All developed plans

7.

Instead of having their own land, what did the Freedmen's Bureau help African Americans do?

a)

Raise enough money to buy most families a nice plot of land.

b)

Asked other political parties to sponsor acres of land for African Americans to work.

c)

Created a Free Land system.

d)

Establish the sharecropping relationship with the worker-less plantation owner.

8.

What was the purpose of President Lincoln's plan?

a)

To end the war as quickly as possible.

b)

To abolish slavery in every state.

c)

To keep Ten Percent of the union as slave states.

d)

To keep Ten Percent of the union as free states.

9.

Why did South Carolina have to write a new state constitution in 1868?

a)

South Carolina ratified the 14th and 15th amendments and they wanted to undo that change.

b)

To acknowledge that slavery was now abolished in South Carolina.

c)

South Carolina refused to ratify the 14th and 15th amendments.

d)

To give women the right to vote in South Carolina. 

10.

What were all southern states required to do before they could form a new government? 

a)

They would acknowledge and ratify the 13th amendment. 

b)

They would acknowledge and ratify the 14th amendment. 

c)

They would acknowledge and ratify the 15th amendment. 

d)

They would acknowledge and ratify the 19th amendment.