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Reconstruction Plans, Lincoln Assassination, Amendments, & Act

Total questions: 81

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Name

Class

Date

1.

Who became president after Abraham Lincoln?

a)

Harry Truman

b)

Franklin D Roosevelt

c)

Bill Clinton

d)

Andrew Johnson

2.

Which amendment gave African American men the right to vote?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

20th

3.

Which amendment is known for giving African Americans citizenship (along with all who are born on American soil)?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

20th

4.

Which amendment is known for abolishing slavery in the United States?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

20th

5.

Which Reconstruction plan required 10% of the Southern population to swear an oath of allegiance to the United States?

a)

Presidential

b)

Congressional

c)

Both

d)

Neither

6.

Which Reconstruction plan required that all Southern voters take an oath of allegiance to the United States?

a)

Presidential

b)

Congressional

c)

Both

d)

None

7.

Which Reconstruction plan required the passing of ONLY the 13th Amendment?

a)

Presidential

b)

Congressional

c)

Both

d)

Neither

8.

Which Reconstruction plan required the passing of ALL THREE amendments (13th, 14th & 15th)?

a)

Presidential

b)

Congressional

c)

Both

d)

Neither

9.

Which plan allowed for the military to take over the South to ensure that Reconstruction requirements were met?

a)

Presidential

b)

Congressional

c)

Both

d)

Neither

10.

Which military district was Georgia a part of during Reconstruction?

a)

1st

b)

5th

c)

2nd

d)

3rd

11.

Each state had to ratify the 13th Amendment before being re-admitted to the Union.

a)

Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan

b)

Johnson's Reconstruction Plan

c)

Congressional Reconstruction Plan

12.

Established 5 military districts in the South.

a)

Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan

b)

Johnson's Reconstruction Plan

c)

Congressional Reconstruction Plan

13.

Wanted Reconstruction to be a fast process that did not severely punish the South.

a)

Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan

b)

Johnson's Reconstruction Plan

c)

Congressional Reconstruction Plan

14.

Required that 10% of a Southern state's population swear an oath to the U.S. before that state could be re-admitted to the Union.

a)

Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan

b)

Johnson's Reconstruction Plan

c)

Congressional Reconstruction Plan

15.

Radical Republicans did not like this plan because they felt that it was not hard enough on the South and that it did not do enough to protect the rights of newly freed African Americans.

a)

Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan

b)

Johnson's Reconstruction Plan

c)

Congressional Reconstruction Plan

16.

How was Lincoln assassinated?

a)

He was stabbed

b)

he was strangled

c)

he died in a house fire

d)

He was shot with a small gun in the back of the head

17.

What was John Wilkes Booth's occupation?

a)

Bricklayer

b)

Actor

c)

Clerk

d)

Soldier

18.

Less than a week after the end of the Civil War, Lincoln was shot in the head by ____________________.

a)

Lee Harvey Oswald

b)

John Wilkes Booth

c)

Mark David Chapman

d)

Sirhan Sirhan

19.

In which theater did the assassination of Abraham Lincoln take place?

a)

Ford's Theater

b)

Kennedy Center Performing Arts Theater

c)

Strathmore Theater

d)

Warner Theater

20.

Which Amendment to the US Constitution finally banned slavery across the WHOLE United States?

a)

The Emancipation Proclamation

b)

The 10th Amendment

c)

The 11th Amendment

d)

The 13th Amendment

21.

A murder or attack for a specific political reason is called an ________________.

a)

Assault

b)

Coup d'etat

c)

Embezzlement

d)

Assassination

22.

Who shot President Lincoln?

a)

John Wilkes Booth

b)

John Hinckley

c)

James Earl Ray

d)

Lee Harvey Oswald

23.

Lincoln was buried in his hometown of ___________________

a)

Washington DC

b)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

c)

Springfield, Illinois

d)

Ann Arbor, Michigan

24.

Which amendment freed African slaves?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

25.

Which amendment gave African Americans citizenship?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

26.

Which amendment gave African American men the right to vote?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

27.

An ______________ is a change to the U.S. Constitution.

a)

ratify

b)

amendment

c)

assassination

28.

An amendment has to be approved, or ________, before it can be added.

a)

changed

b)

ratified

c)

vetoed

29.

What was the purpose of Black Codes?

a)

To help freedmen

b)

To make sure freedmen got rights

c)

To limit the rights of freedmen

d)

To take rights away from the Southern elite

30.

What was the name of the group in Congress that sent military troops to the South to enforce the 14th amendment?

a)

Radical Republicans

b)

Daring Democrats

31.

This amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States

a)

12th

b)

13th

c)

14th

d)

15th

32.

Which amendment to the US Constitution prohibited the state and federal governments from denying the right to vote to any male citizen because of "race?"

a)

12th

b)

13th

c)

14th

d)

15th

33.

Which amendment to the US Constitution granted full citizenship to all people born in the United States?

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1981

b)

14th amendment

c)

15th amendment

d)

hippos

34.

This amendment says all male citizens can now vote.

a)

13th

b)

15th

c)

19th

d)

23rd

35.

This amendment says if you are born here you are a citizen.

a)

12th

b)

13th

c)

14th

d)

15th

36.

This amendment abolished slavery.

a)

12th

b)

13th

c)

14th

d)

15th

37.

This was the rebuilding of the country after the Civil War?

a)

Sherman's March to the Sea

b)

Reconstruction

c)

WWI

d)

Freedmen's Bureau

38.

What does the right to assemble mean?

a)

Take things apart

b)

Gather together in one place for a common purpose

c)

Give your opinion

39.

Who was the military governor of TN first?

a)

William G. Brownlow

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

General Grant

d)

Abraham Lincoln

40.

After Andrew Johnson became President Lincoln's vice president, who became the military governor of Tennessee?

a)

General Grant

b)

William G. Brownlow

c)

Stephen Douglas

d)

Fredrick Douglas

41.

The Knoxville Whig was the last pro-Union newspaper in the South before the Civil War.

a)

True

b)

False

42.

Tennessee was the first of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.

a)

True

b)

False

43.

What is a tax people had to pay in order to vote?

a)

Vote Tax

b)

Ballot Tax

c)

Poll Tax

d)

Election Tax

44.

What laws sought to restrict the freedoms of African Americans after slavery ended and they become the basis of Jim Crow Laws?

a)

Separate but Equal Doctrine

b)

Sharecropping

c)

The Grandfather laws

d)

Black Codes

45.

What group of people controlled Congress during the years after the Civil War?

a)

Radical Republicans

b)

Moderate Republicans

c)

Liberal Republicans

46.

Who won the Civil War?

a)

The Union

b)

The Confederacy

c)

Mexico

d)

Europe

47.

What years did the civil war last?

a)

1860-1870

b)

1865-1880

c)

1781-1785

d)

1861-1865

48.

Which is the best description of Reconstruction?

a)

rebuilding the US after a big earthquake

b)

a period of rebuilding in the US after the Revolutionary War

c)

a period of rebuilding in the US after the Civil War

d)

unfair treatment of African Americans after the Civil War

49.

What group in Congress felt that Lincoln's plan was too lenient?

a)

Deciduous Democrats

b)

Radical Republicans

c)

Wistful Whigs

d)

Fancy Federalists

50.

Who wanted to punish the South during Reconstruction?

a)

Democrats

b)

Radical Republicans

c)

Scalawags

d)

Carpetbaggers

51.

Who did the Radical Republicans attempt to impeach?

a)

Lincoln

b)

Johnson

c)

Grant

d)

Hayes

52.

How many military zones was the South divided into?

a)

1

b)

3

c)

5

d)

7

53.

Which plan required a 50% oath of loyalty, creation of the Freedman's Bureau, and punishment of the South

a)

Johnson

b)

Lincoln

c)

Radical Republicans

d)

Democrats

54.

What aspect helped Radical Reconstruction change the South?

a)

Strong government leadership

b)

Military control

c)

White Southern support

d)

Lincoln's leadership

55.

Who wanted to punish the South during Reconstruction?

a)

Democrats

b)

Radical Republicans

c)

Scalawags

d)

Carpetbaggers

56.

Who did the Radical Republicans attempt to impeach?

a)

Lincoln

b)

Johnson

c)

Grant

d)

Hayes

57.

How many military zones was the South divided into?

a)

1

b)

3

c)

5

d)

7

58.

Which statement describes the attitude of the "Radical Republicans" following the Civil War?

a)

"Southern states should pass the 'Black Codes.' "

b)

"The Southern states have been conquered and should be punished for their actions."

c)

"Former Confederate leaders should be forgiven for their actions during the Civil War."

d)

"The country should follow President Lincoln's plans to reunite the country as quickly as possible."

59.

In which plan, rejected by Lincoln, did a majority of the southern states' white adult males have to pledge loyalty to the Union?

a)

Wade-Davis Bill

b)

10% plan

c)

Civil Rights Act

d)

Freedmen's Bureau

60.

During the Reconstruction Era many Radical Republicans passed legislative reforms that were designed to --

a)

support the passage of the black codes in the former Confederate states

b)

actively resist the Wade-Davis Bill that granted equal rights to African Americans

c)

give economic opportunities and political rights to the newly freed slaves

d)

create lenient measures to make it easy for the southern states to rejoin the Union

61.

Following the 13th Amendment many Southern state governments countered by enacting black codes. The Radical Republicans in Congress responded to these black codes with the passage of the --

a)

Civil Rights Acts of 1866

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Compromise of 1870

d)

Morill Act

62.

___________________ wanted African Americans to have full citizenship.

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Radical Republicans

d)

Union Army

63.

What percentage of people had to say the loyalty oath under the Radical Republicans?

a)

10%

b)

100%

c)

75%

d)

50%

64.

Leader of the Radical Republicans

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

John Wilkes Booth

d)

Thaddeus Stevens

65.

During Radical Reconstruction, traditionally white Southern Democrats

a)

had more power than ever before

b)

enjoyed economic success

c)

had less influence and power than most others

d)

united to reform the Confederate government

66.

Radical Republicans wanted to be much more _____________ on the Confederacy for seceding.

a)

strict

b)

lenient

c)

fair

d)

angry

67.

During Radical Reconstruction Africans Americans had more rights.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

68.

What was not an effect of Radical Reconstruction?

a)

The South was divided into Military Districts.

b)

New State Constitutions that included public education.

c)

10% of voters needed to swear loyalty before being reentered to the Union.

d)

African Americans were elected members of governments.

69.

When was Reconstruction?

a)

1860-1870

b)

1861-1865

c)

1865-1877

70.

How did Radical Republicans feel about slavery?

a)

It was criminal.

b)

It was a necessary evil.
It was a necessary evil.

c)

It should be permitted in the South.

d)

It was allowed in the western territories.

71.

During the Reconstruction Era many Radical Republicans passed legislative reforms that were designed to --

a)

support the passage of the black codes in the former Confederate states

b)

actively resist the Wade-Davis Bill that granted equal rights to African Americans

c)

give economic opportunities and political rights to the newly freed slaves

d)

create lenient measures to make it easy for the southern states to rejoin the Union

72.

___________________ wanted African Americans to have full citizenship.

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Radical Republicans

d)

Union Army

73.

What was Abraham Lincoln's main goal?

a)

Preserve the union and end the Civil War as quickly as possible

b)

To humiliate the Southern elite

c)

To establish Black Codes that replaced the Slave Codes

d)

Ensure the war was not fought in vain and that freed slaves were indeed, fr

74.

This Reconstruction plan said a state could rejoin if 10% of its population swore an oath of loyalty

a)

Lincoln's Plan

b)

Johnson's Plan

c)

Radical Republican's Plan

d)

Grant's Plan

75.

Which plan required a 50% oath of loyalty, creation of the Freedman's Bureau, and punishment of the South

a)

Johnson

b)

Lincoln

c)

Radical Republicans

d)

Democrats

76.

Why was Lincon's 10 Percent Plan not put in to effect?

a)

The war wasn't finished yet

b)

He became Secretary of State

c)

He was assassinated

d)

He lost the war

77.

Who did the Radical Republicans attempt to impeach?

a)

Lincoln

b)

Johnson

c)

Grant

d)

Hayes

78.

Who became the president when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

Andrew Johnson

79.

Which group wanted the strictest requirements for readmitting former Confederate states?

a)

Southern plantation owners

b)

Radical Republicans in Congress

c)

Officials from the Freedmen's Bureau

d)

Members of the Democratic Party

80.

The members of Congress battled with both presidents because they felt that the Presidential Reconstruction Plans:

a)

were too focused on helping the freed African slaves, but not on helping the poor, white farmers.

b)

were too strict to allow the Union to ever be reunited as it was prior to the Civil War.

c)

were too lenient on the Southern states that had rebelled against the Union.

d)

were created too quickly without consulting the former leaders of the Confederate states.

81.

What was a goal of Reconstruction?

a)

Reunite the North and South

b)

Disunite the North and South

c)

Add new territory to the US

d)

Punish the South

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