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8th Review - Reconstruction

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which statement bests represents a Black Code?
a)
African Americans were not allowed to move to another state
b)
African Americans were not allowed to gather in groups in public places
c)
African Americans were not allowed to be sharecroppers
d)
African Americans were not allowed to own land
2.
"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
3.

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

4.

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

a)

freedmen

b)

unslaved

c)

new citizens

d)

righteous and harmonious fists

5.

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

6.

What problems did formerly enslaved people face during Reconstruction?

a)

Black Codes

b)

lack of education

c)

sharecropping

d)

All of the above

7.
What did the 13th Amendment do?
a)
made slavery illegal
b)
made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
c)
gave black men the right to vote
d)
gave former slaves land to begin farms
8.
What did the 14th Amendment do?
a)
made slavery illegal
b)
made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
c)
gave black men the right to vote
d)
gave former slaves land to begin farms
9.
What did the 15th Amendment do?
a)
made slavery illegal
b)
made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
c)
gave black men the right to vote
d)
gave former slaves land to begin farms
10.
What was Reconstruction?
a)
equal treatment for all people
b)
the forced separation of races
c)
a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land
d)
the period of time after the Civil War
11.
The US government created what organization to help former slaves and poor whites?
a)
Bureau of Parks and Recreation
b)
Free Food Bureau
c)
Jobs and Education Bureau
d)
Freedman's Bureau
12.
Reconstruction was the process of
a)
rebuilding the South after the Civil War
b)
creating land zones for freedmen after the Civil War
c)
instituting Black Codes for former slaves
d)
eliminating the plantation economy in the South
13.
Northerners who migrated to the mostly destroyed post-war south to make large profits and/or help freedmen were known as
a)
Scalawags
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Carpetbaggers
d)
Sharecroppers
14.

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

15.

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

16.

law and order maintained by the military

a)

impeach

b)

insurgency

c)

paramilitary

d)

martial law

17.

To ____________ means to accuse a public official of wrongdoing.

a)

advocate

b)

impeach

c)

satire

d)

constitute

18.

to allow all types of people to participate; not segregated

a)

integrate

b)

impeach

c)

advocate

d)

satire