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Ch. 19 Reconstruction

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Lincoln's Reconstruction needed southern states to have at least ________ % of the voting population take a loyalty oath.

a)

10

b)

30

c)

50

d)

99

2.

The __________Amendment outlawed slavery.

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

3.

Schools in the south to educate freedmen were set up by the ______________

a)

Union Army

b)

Special Field Order 15

c)

Freedmen's Bureau

4.

___________________ wanted African Americans to have full citizenship.

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Radical Republicans

d)

Union Army

5.

President Johnson was impeached for _________________.

a)

lying to the country

b)

violating the Tenure of Office Act

c)

holding elections in an off year

6.

What amendment made all people born in the United States citizens?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

7.

Literacy tests were created as a way to suppress African American voters after the passage of the _______________.

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

b)

13th Amendment

c)

14th Amendment

d)

15th Amendment

8.
What amendment abolished slavery?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
16th
9.
Which of the following was not a goal of Reconstruction?
a)
Reunite the North and the South
b)
Rebuild the South
c)
Develop the system of sharecropping
d)
Determine what to do with African Americans
10.
Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?
a)
Nathan Bedford Forrest
b)
John Wilkes Booth
c)
Henry Clay
d)
John Breckinridge
11.
What group in Congress felt that Lincoln's plan was too lenient?
a)
Deciduous Democrats
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Wistful Whigs
d)
Fancy Federalists
12.
Laws passed by southern states soon after the Compromise of 1877.  These laws legalized segregation whites and blacks to use separate facilities. 
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Black Codes
c)
Freedman's Bureau
d)
Reconstruction
13.
The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War. 
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Freedman's Bureau
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
14.
The organization put in place after the Civil War to provide food, clothing, health care and education in the South was known as:
a)
The Civil Rights Committee
b)
The Freedmen's Bureau
c)
The Welfare Committee
d)
The Salvation Army
15.
All of the following resulted from the end of Reconstruction EXCEPT:
a)
Ku Klux Klan is founded
b)
Jim Crow laws were passed to segregate blacks from whites and place other limits on their rights. 
c)
Sharecropping becomes the dominant economy in the South
d)
Blacks continued to enjoy increased freedoms and equality
16.
Which three Amendments where designed to ensure equality for the slaves?
a)
17th,18th,19th
b)
13th,14th,15th
c)
13th,14th,16th
d)
8th,9th,10th
17.
In 1866, a group formed in the South to fight against the rising influence of African Americans in the South. Members of this group often turned to violence and intimidation, What was the name of this controversial group?
a)
Sons of the Confederacy
b)
Neo-Nazis
c)
Ku Klux Klan
d)
Black Separatists
18.
Southern states created the Black Codes to do what?
a)
limit African Americans rights
b)
expand Confederate rights
c)
give women voting rights
d)
jail Carpetbaggers
19.
Who could hold public office in the south during Reconstruction?
a)
African Americans
b)
Confederate Leaders
c)
Southern Women
d)
American Indians
20.
The Presidential Election of 1876 resulted in...
a)
military supervision of the south
b)
the restoration of voting rights for white southerners
c)
the end of Reconstruction in the south
d)
equal rights for African Americans
21.

What gave African Americans equal rights and authorized the use of federal troops for its enforcement?

a)

15th Amendment

b)

Civil Rights Acts of 1866

c)

Freedmen's Bureau

d)

Black Codes

22.

Which of the following is NOT associated with the Election of 1876?

a)

The beginning of Reconstruction

b)

The end of Reconstruction

c)

Tilden & Hayes

d)

The Removal of troops from the south

23.

The following group provided aid (help) to former slaves during Reconstruction.

a)

Black Codes

b)

Carpetbaggers

c)

13th Amendment

d)

Freedmen's Bureau

24.

Agricultural & economic practice where a land owner allows a tenant farmer to work his land for a share of his crop

a)

sustenance farming

b)

sharecropping

c)

carpetbagger

d)

slavery

25.

What is Reconstruction?

a)

It is a period when the North rejoined the Union after the Civil War.

b)

It is a period when the South rejoined the Union after the Civil War.

c)

It is a period when the United States rejoined the Union after the Civil War.

d)

It is a period when the Yankees rejoined the Union after the Civil War.

26.

What was Jim Crow laws?

a)

It was laws that kept African American separate from other Americans.

b)

It was laws that kept Native Americans separate from other Americans.

c)

It was laws that kept African American separate from other Native Americans.

d)

It was laws that kept Americans separate from other Native Americans.

27.

What was the Freedmen's Bureau?

a)

It was an agency set up by Congress to give support to poor blacks only.

b)

It was an agency set up by Congress to give support to poor Native Americans.

c)

It was an agency set up by Congress to give support to poor blacks and whites.

d)

It was an agency set up by Congress to give support to poor whites only.

28.

How did the poll tax that was established during the Tennessee Constitutional Convention of 1870 affect elections?

a)

Since blacks couldn't afford the poll tax, no new African Americans were elected.

b)

Since whites couldn't afford the poll tax, no new Americans were elected.

c)

Since Native Americans couldn't afford the poll tax, no new Native Americans were elected.

d)

Since settlers couldn't afford the poll tax, no new Americans were elected.

29.

What were Black Codes?

a)

Laws that were passed to restrict the freedom of African Americans and keep them working in low paying jobs.

b)

Laws that were passed to restrict the freedom of Native Americans and keep them working in low paying jobs.

c)

Laws that were passed to restrict the freedom of poor whites and keep them working in low paying jobs.

d)

Laws that were passed to restrict the freedom of former Confederates and keep them working in low paying jobs.

30.

What is segregation?

a)

It forces the coming together of races of people.

b)

It forces the separation of government officials.

c)

It forces the separation of races of people.

d)

It forces the coming together of government officials.

31.

Who became president after Lincoln was assassinated?

a)

Lyndon B. Johnson

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

Rutherford B. Hayes

32.

Who was the first African American senator?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Hiram Revels

c)

Philip Bazaar

d)

Crispus Attucks

33.

Land grants given by the federal government to states for establishing colleges

a)

Dawes Act

b)

Homestead Act

c)

Tenure of Office Act

d)

Morrill Act

34.

Legislation passed to encourage growth in the west by allowing individuals to earn up to 160 acres of land

a)

Dawes Act

b)

Homestead Act

c)

Tenure of Office Act

d)

Morrill Act

35.

authorized the federal government to break up tribal lands by partitioning them into individual plots; objective was to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream U.S. society

a)

Dawes Act

b)

Homestead Act

c)

Tenure of Office Act

d)

Morrill Act

36.

Law forbidding the president to remove civil officers without senatorial consent

a)

Dawes Act

b)

Homestead Act

c)

Tenure of Office Act

d)

Morrill Act

37.

What is NOT one way they limited the voting rights of African Americans during Reconstruction?

a)

Grandfather Clause

b)

Literacy test

c)

ID checks

d)

poll tax

38.

What was not part of the Wade-Davis Bill?

a)

high-ranking Confederates could receive pardons only by appealing to the president

b)

Majority of the state's white male adults had to pledge loyalty to the Union

c)

Only white males who had not fought against the Union could vote for delgates

d)

all new constitutions had to ban slavery