WorksheetsReconstruction Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What did the 13th Amendment do?
It ended trade with foreign countries.
It forbade travel between the states.
It abolished [ended] slavery in the United States.
It gave all freedmen the right to vote.
What were the "Black Codes"?
Laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed by Southern governments after the Civil War.
Another term for the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments.
Laws protecting the newly found rights of freed African Americans.
Secret laws instituted by the Ku Klux Klan.
What does Juneteenth celebrate?
The end of slavery in Texas.
The beginning of Reconstruction in Texas.
The beginning of summer in Texas.
The end of the Civil War in Texas.
The Freedman's Bureau was created in order to:
Settle new immigrants to the South after the Civil War.
Force the South to rejoin the Union after the end of the Civil War.
Restrict the movement and freedom of newly freed slaves in the South.
Educate, help, and provide food/shelter to newly freed slaves in the South.
What was "Reconstruction"?
The era of time when the North and South were fighting over the issue of slavery.
The name of the law that President Lincoln created to free all of the slaves in America.
The time period after the war when the South was rebuilt brought back in to the Union.
The name of the series of events that caused the Civil War.
What happened to President Andrew Johnson when he challenged the Radical Republicans for control of the Reconstruction efforts?
The Democrats were able to take control of the Senate.
The Radical Republicans tried to impeach [remove] him from the Presidency.
The Radical Republicans supported him in his Reconstruction plan.
Because he fought the Radical Republicans the Reconstruction effort failed.
Former slaves often worked as _________, which was a job they were well-trained for and were allowed to do in the South.
Factory Workers
Lawyers
Plantation Owners
Sharecroppers
The 15th amendment gave who the right to vote?
White men
White women
African American men
African American women
Congress passes a law that says everyone must worship the sunset as their new religion. Ana is arrested for refusing to participate.
Which right is being violated?
1st Amendment: Freedom of Religion
2nd Amendment:
Right To Bear Arms
4th Amendment:
No Illegal Search & Seizure
8th Amendment:
No Cruel and Unusual Punishment
A group of 7th-graders sent a letter to the Governor asking him to put an end to the STAAR test. A month later, every student who signed the letter was arrested and charged with being disrespectful to the government.
Which right is being violated?
1st Amendment: Freedom to Petition
2nd Amendment:
Right To Bear Arms
4th Amendment:
No Illegal Search & Seizure
1st Amendment:
Freedom of the Press
