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Module 19 Reconstruction

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Compromise of 1877

a)

Agreement made after the president election of 1876 that allowed Hayes to become president as long as federal troops were removed from the South, ended Reconstruction.

b)

Compromise that would allow the Confederacy to keep some enslaved people as long as they rejoined the Union.

c)

abolished slavery in the United States.

d)

Established that the right of citizens of the United States to vote should not be denied by race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

2.

14th amendment

a)

Abolished slavery in the United States.

b)

Protects freedom of speech, religion, and press.

c)

Gave citizenship to all persons born or "naturalized" in the United States and provides those citizens equal protection under U.S laws.

d)

Established that the right of citizens of the United States to vote should not be denied by race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

3.

13th Amendment

a)

Protects freedom of speech, religion, and press.

b)

Abolished slavery in the United States.

c)

Gave citizenship to all persons born or "naturalized" in the United States and provides those citizens equal protection under U.S laws.

d)

Established that the right of citizens of the United States to vote should not be denied by race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

4.

15th amendment

a)

Gave citizenship to all persons born or "naturalized" in the United States and provides those citizens equal protection under U.S laws.

b)

Protects freedom of speech, religion, and press.

c)

Abolished slavery in the United States.

d)

Established that the right of citizens of the United States to vote should not be denied by race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

5.

Freedmen's Bureau

a)

Organization established in 1865 by Congress to help

former black enslaved people and poor whites in the South.

b)

Bureau that former enslaved people had to register with to obtain their freedom.

c)

Organization that promoted the abolition of slavery.

d)

Organization that was established to help in rebuilding and reconstructing the Union post Civil War.

6.

Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

a)

Organization established in 1865 by Congress to help former black enslaved people and poor whites in the South

b)

A secret society started by a group of Confederate Veterans

that became an unofficial military force focused on reversing the federal government’s progressive Reconstruction Era-activities

c)

A groups of abolitionists that worked hard to promote the anti-slavery cause throughout the United States.

d)

People that describe themselves as not extreme or excessive in their political views

7.

Radical Republicans

a)

Group of representatives that were very extreme with their views and believed the government should be tougher on the South for leaving the Union.

b)

People that describe themselves as NOT excessive or extreme in their political beliefs.

c)

A northerner who moved to the South during the Reconstruction era to take advantage of the unsettled conditions (to make money).

d)

Southerners that wanted the northerners to leave the South and allow the southern states to rule themselves.

8.

Moderates

a)

A groups of abolitionists that worked hard to promote the anti-slavery cause throughout the United States.

b)

People that describe themselves as not extreme or excessive in their political views

c)

Southerners that wanted the northerners to leave the South and allow the southern states to rule themselves.

d)

A group of railroad workers that aided in the reconstruction of railroads across the North and South.

9.

Carpetbagger

a)

A term used to describe a wealthy elite who provided poor folks in the south with money during the Reconstruction era.

b)

A person who traveled around the North and South selling carpet to the wealthy elites to turn a profit.

c)

A northerner who moved to the south during the Reconstruction era to try to take advantage of the unsettled conditions

d)

A term given to former enslaved people who were now eligible citizens of the United States.

10.

Black Codes

a)

Union reconstruction plans

b)

The spine-tingling battle cry that Confederate troops became known for.

c)

Honor codes amongst confederate soldiers

d)

aka Jim Crow Laws, were passed with the intent of restricting African American rights and freedoms.

11.

Sharecropping

a)

When a farmer that rents land has to give part of his crops to landowner as rent payment.

b)

Shared responsibility of the crops on a farm.

c)

Term used for taking care of your crops.

d)

A strong defensive position.

12.

10 Percent Plan

a)

Agreement made after the president election of 1876 that allowed Hayes to become president as long as federal troops were removed from the South, ended Reconstruction.

b)

Lincoln's plan for reconstruction- when 10% of voters in the South took an oath of loyalty to the Union they could form a government and rejoin the Union.

c)

Compromise that would allow the Confederacy to keep some enslaved persons as long as they rejoined the Union.

d)

Jefferson Davis' plan for reconstruction- when 10% of voters in the South took an oath of loyalty to the Union they could form a government and rejoin the Union.

13.

Freedmen

a)

A person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.

b)

An emancipated slave.

c)

A white Southerner who worked with northern Republicans during Reconstructions, usually for personal profit. Used as an insult by Southern Democrats.

d)

To force someone to follow a law, rule, or obligation

14.

Civil Rights

a)

Representing or supporting an extreme or progressive portion of a political party.

b)

The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.

c)

The ability to read and write.

d)

The separation by an institution of people or things from others or a main group based on race, class, ethnic group, religion or gender.

15.

Segregation

a)

The separation by an institution of people or things from others or a main group based on race, class, ethnic group, religion or gender.

b)

The prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control of a person or people group.

c)

To force someone to follow a law, rule, or obligation.

d)

an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses.

16.

Suffrage

a)

The separation by an institution of people or things from others or a main group based on race, class, ethnic group, religion or gender.

b)

The prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control of a person or people group.

c)

The right to vote in political elections.

d)

an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses.

17.
to cancel
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Vigilante
c)
Freedman
d)
Nullify
18.
the date celebrated as the anniversary of Emancipation Day for enslaved people in Texas 
a)
Ordinance
b)
Juneteenth
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Reconstruction
19.
the effort, after the Civil War, to reorganize the seceded states and bring them back into the Union
a)
Sovereign
b)
Freedmen’s Bureau
c)
Reconstruction 
d)
Emancipation Proclamation
20.
The executive order that declared enslaved persons in the Confederate states were free 
a)
Freedman 
b)
Reconstruction
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Black Codes
21.
Jim Crow laws were mainly directed at this group 
a)
Latinos
b)
African-Americans 
c)
Native Americans
d)
Asians
22.
What best describes Jim Crow laws?
a)
better opportunities for women
b)
African Americans gaining full civil and political rights
c)
discrimination laws focused on Native Americans
d)
unequal opportunities for African Americans in housing, jobs, and education
23.
Jim Crow laws included
a)
literacy tests, poll taxes and a grandfather clause
b)
grandfather clause, physical exam, court cases
c)
english requirements, photo id, citizenship
d)
all blacks in voting, women could vote, food tax
24.
Which of the following were used to keep African Americans from voting?
a)
violence
b)
literacy tests
c)
poll taxes
d)
all of these
25.

What Supreme Court case ruled "separate but equal" was OK and legal?

a)

Redskins vs Cowboys

b)

Aylor vs Byrd

c)

Brown vs Board of Education

d)

Plessy vs Ferguson

26.
This organization was created to help colored people with racial problems they were experiencing, especially in the South
a)
United Way
b)
NAACP
c)
Red Cross
d)
KKK
27.
Southern states tried to prevent African-Americans from voting by making them 
a)
pay to vote
b)
volunteer at voting locations for a year
c)
live in the town for 10 years before voting
28.
Which of the following is an effect of the Civil War?
a)
the Missouri Compromise
b)
Bleeding Kansas
c)
the Gettysburg Address
d)
Reconstruction
29.
Identify what the Emancipation Proclamation did.
a)
freed slaves in the Confederate states
b)
ended slavery in the entire country
c)
freed slaves in the border states
d)
ended the Civil War
30.
When was the Civil War fought?
a)
1855-1861
b)
1860-1877
c)
1861-1865
d)
1863-1868
31.

The 13th, 14th and 15th amendments are a part of the _______.

a)

Civil Rights Act

b)

Civil War Act

c)

Freemen Act

d)

Anti-slavery Act

32.

Which era focused on rebuilding America?

a)

Civil War

b)

Early Statehood

c)

Reconstruction

d)

Texas Revolution

33.

__________________________ means to formally leave the United States.

a)

Segregate

b)

Sectionalism

c)

Secede

d)

Separate

34.

A federal law that outlawed Black Codes

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

b)

Civil Rights Act of 1865

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1867

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1868

35.

What state was the first to secede from the Union?

a)

Texas

b)

North Carolina

c)

South Carolina

d)

Virginia

36.

What was the name of the new country formed from the states that seceded?

a)

Fredonia

b)

Confederate States of America

c)

Southern States of America

d)

Articles of Secession

37.

Who was the Republican candidate for president in 1860?

a)

John Bell

b)

Stephen Douglass

c)

Henry Clay

d)

Abraham Lincoln

38.

Which of the following was NOT a goal of Reconstruction?

a)

Rebuild the South

b)

Help and protect newly freed slaves

c)

Punish former Confederate leaders

d)

Bring the former Confederate states back into the Union

39.

The Civil Rights Act of 1866 provided civil rights for African Americans and

a)

Native Americans.

b)

was followed by the South without any issues.

c)

was enforced by Northern troops.

d)

gave them free land in the West.

40.

Which court case established "separate but equal"?

a)

The Dred Scott Decision

b)

Plessy vs. Ferguson

c)

Georgia vs. Stanton

d)

Mississippi vs. Johnson

41.

Who became President immediately after Lincoln's assassination?

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

Rutherford B. Hayes

d)

William McKinley

42.

When Reconstruction ended

a)

Abraham Lincoln was President.

b)

African Americans in the South were treated fairly, as equals to whites.

c)

Andrew Johnson was President.

d)

African Americans lost many of the rights they had recently gained because there were no federal troops to protect them.

43.

Which Constitutional Amendment ensures that all citizens have the right to vote regardless of race, color or previous condition of servitude?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

44.

Which of the following statements about the three Reconstruction Plans are correct?

a)

Johnson's plan passed a series of laws known as the Reconstruction Acts.

b)

The Reconstruction Acts basically divided the South into 5 military districts with the military commander of the district given complete authority.

c)

Lincoln's plan was known as the 10 % plan.

d)

Johnson's plan was also lenient towards the southern states.

e)

The Congressional Plan, or Radical Republican Plan, was meant to aid newly freed slaves,(known as freedmen) and to punish the south.

45.

After the Civil War, slaves were suddenly given their freedom and were called the freedman. What was life like for these freedmen during Reconstruction?

a)

The Freedmen's Bureau was established which helped establish a system of wage labor.

b)

Freed slaves had little to no money or clothing and became sharecroppers or tenant farmers.

c)

Groups like the KKK worked to improve the economic conditions of the freed slaves.

d)

Job Opportunities were limited as they had no education and could not read or write as a result of slave codes.

e)

Most freed slaves were given their own land

46.

Which man can best be described as having a powerful voice for human rights and civil liberties for all?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Ulysses D. Grant

47.

In which geographic region did reconstruction take place?

a)

Southeast

b)

Northeast

c)

Southwest

d)

Midwest

48.

In which geographic region did many freedmen settle during and after reconstruction?

a)

Northeast

b)

Southeast

c)

Midwest

d)

Southwest

49.

Harvard graduate who co-founded the NAACP

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Booker T Washington

c)

WEB Dubois

50.

Less than a week after the end of the Civil War, President Lincoln was assassinated by _______________, a Southern sympathizer.

a)

Lee Harvey Oswald

b)

John Wilkes Booth

c)

Mark David Chapman

d)

Lewis Powell