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WorksheetsSSUS10 Review
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 9mins
Which is the best description of Reconstruction?
Period of rebuilding the Union at the end of the Civil War
Period of Rebuilding the south after the Civil War
Period of Rebuilding the US after the Revolution
Unfair treatment of African Americans
Radical Republicans in Congress gained control of Reconstruction by
impeaching Andrew Johnson
winning 2/3 majority in 1866
Passing the Tenure of office Act
Creating the Freemen's Bureau
Congressional Reconstruction was concerned with ____________, while Presidential Reconstrction wanted
New Bill of Rights; Novel on the Civil War
Immigrants from Europe; textile industry in the north
Revenge; bringing the Union back together quickly
Bringing the Union back together; Revenge
What was NOT a part of President Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?
No former supporter of the Confederacy would be allowed to vote in federal elections for ten years.
All Southerners except high-ranking Confederate government and army officials would be pardoned.
The federal government would protect the property rights of Southerners except regarding slaves.
Ten percent of each state's voters had to swear allegiance to the United States before the state could rejoin the Union.
The federal government divided the South into military districts during the Reconstruction Era in response to
the redistribution of land by Southern states to punish former slaveholders and Confederate supporters.
the struggles of Southern states to industrialize at the pace necessary for their economies to recover.
the passage of legislation by Southern states aimed at restricting the rights of formerly enslaved persons.
the inability of Southern states to adequately defend themselves against attacks by foreign aggressors.
Which of the following was NOT a goal of the Freedmen's Bureau?
to settle labor disputes and give legal advice to former slaves
to provide food and medical care to those in need in the South
to establish schools to educate former slaves and help them find work
to protest against the treatment of African Americans in Southern states
What did the policy of dividing the South into these military districts achieve?
It helped the South’s manufacturing industry recover from the Civil War, and the region became the industrial center of the country.
It helped protect and provide opportunities for African Americans, but these successes were reversed when the policy ended.
It helped protect and provide opportunities for African Americans, and these have been successful throughout the years following the Civil War
It helped the South’s manufacturing industry recover from the Civil War, but the region’s agricultural industry collapsed.
How did the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln affect Reconstruction policies?
States' rights were expanded at the expense of federal power to prevent future conflict.
The federal government became less focused on protecting the rights of newly freed slaves.
Punishments for former Confederate generals and politicians were lightened.
The readmission of former Confederate states to the Union became more difficult.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
15th Amendment
19th Amendment
14th Amendment
13th Amendment
In which amendment, does "except as a punishment for a crime..." lead to the creaton of Black Codes and Indentured Servitude?
14th
21th
1st
13th
The Grandfather Clause, Poll Taxes, and literacy test were all tools use to limit the passage of which amendment?
13th
15th
14th
10th
What was the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau
