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Unit 9 (2022)

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln

a)

John Wilkes Booth

b)

Lee Harvey Oswald

c)

James Earl Ray

d)

Sirhan Sirhan

2.

Who became president after Abraham Lincolns assassination?

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

John F. Kennedy f

d)

William Howard Taft

3.

Who gained power in Congress after Lincolns assassination?

a)

Radical Republicans

b)

Democrats

c)

Whigs

d)

Southern Democrats

4.

Who wanted to punish the South after the assassination?

a)

Radical Republicans

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

Democrats

d)

Whigs

5.

What is being described in the box?

a)

Lincolns Assassination

b)

Lincoln's inaugural address

c)

Appomattox Court House

d)

Creation of the KKK

6.

Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

16th Amendment

7.

Which amendment gave African Americans citizenship?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

16th Amendment

8.

Which amendment gave African American men the right to vote?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

16th Amendment

9.

What does the image represent?

a)

Freedman's Bureau School

b)

Abolitionist Church

c)

Jim Crow Laws

d)

Civil Rights Meeting

10.

Under the Reconstruction Acts what were former Confederate officials NOT allowed to do?

a)

They could not hold political office

b)

They could not own land anymore

c)

They could not live in the South

d)

They could not vote

11.

What was the Congressional (radical republican) Plan for Reconstruction?

a)

Put southern states under military governments until the 14th and 15th Amendments were ratified.

b)

Southern states could re-enter into the Union immediately

c)

All males had to take a loyalty oath

d)

No southern states could re-enter the Union.

12.

What was a major difference between the President's reconstruction plan the radical republicans reconstruction plan?

a)

The Radical Republicans’ plan divided the Southern states into military districts.

b)

The presidents plan did not call for loyalty oaths

c)

The Radical Republicans plan allowed states to enter quickly

d)

The presidents plan called for military occupation

13.

Black Codes in southern states led to which amendment being passed?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

16th Amendment

14.

How did Southern states respond to the 15th Amendment (right to vote)?

a)

By imposing requirements designed to deny African Americans the right to vote

b)

By rioting and trying to reignite the Civil War

c)

By petitioning the Government

d)

They simply allowed African American in the polls

15.

Who's plan for reconstruction wanted to put the south under military governments until the 14th and 15th amendments were ratified?

a)

Lincoln

b)

Johnson

c)

Radical Republicans

d)

Lame Democrats

16.

What was the primary issue between President Johnson and Congress?

a)

they disagreed about how the south should be brought back into the Union.

b)

They disagreed about taxation for the South

c)

They disagreed about states rights

d)

They disagreed about the 13th Amendment.

17.

Who does the picture represent?

a)

Carpetbaggers from the North

b)

Scalawags from the South

c)

Corrupt Congressmen

d)

Southern officials being bribed.

18.

Why did Southern states enact Black Codes?

a)

to limit the impact of the 13th Amendment

b)

to empower African Americans

c)

To establish equality

d)

To establish suffrage for African Americans

19.

A northerner who would most likely take advantage of southern whites to make money?

a)

Carpetbagger

b)

Scalawag

c)

Radical Republican

d)

Abolitionist

20.

Southern white who supported the Republicans and their efforts to reconstruct the south

a)

Carpetbaggers

b)

Scalawags

c)

Radical Republicans

d)

Democrats

21.

Why was President Johnson impeached?

a)

He had violated the Tenure of Office Act

b)

He wanted to forgive the South

c)

He had packed the Supreme Court

d)

He suspended constitutional rights for ex-confederates

22.

What law make it illegal to remove cabinet officials who had already been approved by Congress?

a)

Tenure of Office Act

b)

Reconstruction Acts

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Dawes Act

23.

Why did Tennessee adopt a new constitution in 1870?

a)

To meet federal requirements to ban slavery

b)

to incorporate higher taxes in the states

c)

To outlaw Jim Crow laws

d)

To establish a TN Supreme Court

24.

How did this part of the 1870 TN Constitution impact African Americans?

a)

Most could not afford to pay a poll tax

b)

Most could afford to pay a poll tax

c)

It did not affect African Americans

d)

African Americans were not allowed to vote.

25.

What type of laws segregated (separated) people by race in places like bathrooms, restaurants, trains, and even water fountains?

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

Black Code Laws

c)

Tenure of Office Laws

d)

SIgnatory Laws

26.

What type of law is being displayed above?

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

Black Code Laws

c)

Proclamation Laws

d)

Law of Equality

27.

This group was made of ex-confederate soldiers who intimidated people by attacking their homes and families to enforce white supremacy.

a)

Ku Klux Klan

b)

Radical Republicans

c)

Carpetbaggers

d)

Scalawags

28.

The KKK used "vigilante" justice. What does the word "vigilante" mean?

a)

when people without legal authority use violence to enforce rules of the society

b)

To use small amounts of violence to support your goals

c)

To use peaceful protests to accomplish your goals

d)

To neglect the law completely

29.

Which issue brought about conflict between Andrew Johnson and the Radical Republicans?

a)

How the south should be brought back into the Union

b)

How to tax the south for war reparations

c)

How to punish the south for Lincoln's assassination

d)

How to rebuilt the west

30.

Who vetoed the Freedman's Bureau?

a)

President Johnson

b)

President Lincoln

c)

Radical Republicans

d)

Democrats

31.

What prevented Tilden from winning the election of 1876?

a)

Special Electoral Commission awarded 3 disputed southern states votes to Hayes

b)

Special Electoral Commission declared Tilden unfit for office.

c)

He received less popular vote

d)

He was not an American citizen

32.

How was the controversial election of 1876 determined?

a)

Electoral College

b)

Special Electoral Commission chose the winner

c)

A coin flip

d)

Congressional vote based on popular sovereignty

33.

When Hayes became President in 1877, what was one of his first actions?

a)

He pulled all federal troops out of the South ending reconstruction

b)

He raised taxes on the South

c)

He reinstated the Freedman's Bureau

d)

He abolished the 13th Amendment

34.

According to the chart, why was the Election of 1876 controversial?

a)

Tilden won the popular vote but lost the election

b)

Hayes lost the election due to corruption

c)

Hayes won the popular vote but lost the election

d)

Tilden won the election but lost the electoral college

35.

The KKK used violence to enforce rules without any legal authority. What is this called?

a)

Vigilante Justice

b)

Legal Lawsuit

c)

Carpetbagger

d)

Scalawag

36.

Why were laws that established literacy tests, poll taxes, and grandfather clauses were passed by Southern states?

a)

limit the rights of formerly enslaved persons

b)

To support Radical Republicans

c)

To raise money for the south

d)

to improve education for former slaves

37.

What did Jim Crow laws enforce?

a)

Segregation

b)

Equality

c)

Slavery

d)

Indentured Servitude

38.

Governor William Bronlow's harsh reconstruction efforts led to the rise of which vigilante group?

a)

KKK

b)

Radical Republicans

c)

Democrats

d)

Whigs