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Reconstruction

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

After the 13th Amendment, many freedmen agreed to provide labor on plantations, in exchange for sharing part of the harvested crop. This agreement was called ________.

a)

labor sharing

b)

shared harvest

c)

land sharing

d)

sharecropping

2.

Free people who had previously been enslaved were known as __________.

a)

freedmen

b)

unslaved

c)

new citizens

d)

righteous and harmonious fists

3.

What did Radical Republicans want to accomplish?

a)

punishment for Union military officers and returning to pre-Civil War policies

b)

punishment for Confederate leaders and protection of the rights of freedmen

c)

to secede from the Union

d)

to reinstate the practice of slavery

4.

What was vetoed by President Andrew Johnson, because he thought it gave the federal government too much power and was unconstitutional?

a)

Black Codes

b)

The Davis-Wade bill

c)

The Civil Rights Act of 1866

d)

The Dwyane Wade bill

5.

What problems did formerly enslaved people face during Reconstruction?

a)

Black Codes

b)

lack of education

c)

sharecropping

d)

All of the above

6.

What agency was created to help former slaves and control abandoned plantation lands?

a)

The Ku Klux Klan

b)

The Freedmen's Bureau

c)

The Red Shirts

d)

The Sharecroppers' Bureau

7.

Which was a result of the Reconstruction Acts?

a)

All freedmen were provided land.

b)

Congress divided the South into military districts, and placed it under martial law.

c)

Plantation owners were forced to give their land to poor whites who did not own land.

d)

Congress decided to put Confederate leaders in charge of the executive branch.

8.
The 15th Amendment gave African Americans the right to...
a)
citizenship.
b)
vote.
c)
own land.
d)
hold political office.
9.
The 14th Amendment gave African Americans...
a)
free land.
b)
citizenship and equal protection of laws.
c)
the right the vote.
d)
money.
10.
The 13th Amendment ended...
a)
Black Codes.
b)
discrimination.
c)
Jim Crow laws.
d)
slavery.
11.
Black Codes were intended to...
a)
help African Americans gain land.
b)
limit the economic and physical freedom of former slaves.
c)
to remove Federal troops from their region.
d)
to give African Americans a code to communicate.
12.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

13.
"The Union must and shall be preserved" is a quote that may have been made by --
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
14.
How can the provisions stated in the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments best be summarized?
a)
Protection is only provided for male citizens under the law 
b)
Protection is guaranteed for all citizens under the law
c)
Protection is only provided for certain ethnic groups under the law
d)
Protection is not guaranteed to enslaved citizens under the law
15.
"No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges . . . of citizens . . . nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law . . ."
The excerpt above is taken from the --
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
16.
The constitutional amendments that were adopted during Reconstruction --
a)
provided political and legal rights for African Americans
b)
increased the rights of southern soldiers
c)
limited the number of years in a presidential term
d)
allowed federal money to be spent on building construction
17.
"I'm looking to buy up your plantations and influence your government for my own personal gain of wealth and power."
Which group of people does the picture above make reference to during the Reconstruction Era?
a)
Northern Politicians
b)
Carpetbaggers
c)
Southern Military Leaders
d)
Freed African Americans
18.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

19.
During Reconstruction the South was under Military rule
a)
True
b)
False
20.

Northerners who went south after the Civil War to make large profits from the destruction in the south were called

a)

Scalawags

b)

Ku Klux Klan

c)

Carpetbaggers

d)

Sharecroppers

21.

The House of Representatives tried to get rid of President Andrew Johnson by doing what to him:

a)

impeaching him

b)

killing him

c)

bribing him to leave

d)

trying to get him out in the next election

22.

Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was known as:

a)

Wade-Davis Bill

b)

14th Amendment

c)

Ten Percent Plan

d)

Radical Republican Reunification

23.

Which secret society of former Confederate soldiers used terrorism and murder to limit new opportunities for

newly freed African Americans after the

Civil War?

a)

The Order

b)

Ku Klux Klan

c)

White Aryan Resistance

d)

Council of Conservative Citizens

24.
The period after the Civil War when the South rejoined the Union was known as:
a)
The Renaissance
b)
The New South Age
c)
Reconstruction
d)
The Age of Union
25.
Immediately following the Civil War, there was a concerted effort by southern whites to maintain
a)
civil disobedience
b)
integration
c)
equality
d)
white supremacy
26.

One method of getting settlers to help develop public lands in the West was

a)

The 13th Amendment

b)

The Dawes Act

c)

The Homestead Act

d)

The 10% Plan

27.

Freed the slaves legally and permanently.

a)

Fifteenth Amendment

b)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

c)

Thirteenth Amendment

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

28.

Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States.

a)

Fifteenth Amendment

b)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

c)

Fourteenth Amendment

d)

Thirteenth Amendment

29.

Guaranteed that state and federal governments could not deny anyone the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

a)

Fifteenth Amendment

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Proclamation of 1763

d)

Thirteenth Amendment

30.

Black Codes were designed to

a)

punish Southern white Democrats after the Civil War

b)

oppose the effects of the Thirteenth Amendment

c)

help establish the Freedmen's Bureau

d)

assist Radical Republicans in creating military districts

31.

As freed slaves and African Americans began to enjoy rights under Reconstruction, which group began with the primary goal of interfering with these changes?

a)

Ku Klux Klan

b)

Freedmen's Bureau

c)

Radical Republicans

d)

Disciples of John Brown

32.

The first African American elected to Congress was

a)

Hiram Revels

b)

Thurgood Marshall

c)

Blanche Bruce

d)

Crispus Attucks

33.

Label the Union and the Confederacy.

a)Union
b)Confederacy
1
2
1)
2)
34.

Which colonial region's economy was mostly based on cash crops such as rice, tobacco, indigo, and cotton?

A
B
C
35.

Determine which detail explains the significance of the event during the Civil War.

Select the correct answer in each row.

a)

Boosted Northern morale and put an end to Confederate plans to invade the North

1.

Battle of Gettysburg

b)

Provided President Lincoln an opportunity to issue the Emancipation Proclamation

2.

Battle of Antietam

c)

Initiated the Civil War when the Confederate forces attacked the Union

3.

Fort Sumter

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