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Reconstruction

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name

Class

Date

What do all three amendments after the Civil War guarantee for citizens of the United States?

land ownership

freedom of religion

equal protection under the law

a payroll tax

Although the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were passed, which two groups were the last to receive their full citizenship benefits?

African-Americans & Women

Women & Immigrants

Native Americans & African Americans

Women & Native Americans

During Reconstruction, African Americans gained –

equal rights.

a guaranteed job.

money for land.

insurance.

What were people called who were from the North and took advantage of the Southerners during Reconstruction?

Loyalists

Abolitionists

Carpetbaggers

Pioneers

What was the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

Established aid to former slaves

Provided citizenship

To create poll taxes

To end slavery

What name was given to the laws passed by southern states that limited economic and physical freedom of former slaves?

Civil Rights Act

Compromise of 1877

14th Amendment

Black Codes

What did the 13th Amendment do?

Grant Citizenship

Ban Slavery

Give all Citizens the Right to Vote

Provide for Freedom of Speech

The 14th Amendment...

Grants citizenship to all persons born in the U.S. regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude

Ensures all persons born in the U.S.have the right to vote

Bans Slavery

Determines the Process by which the President and Vice President of the US are Elected

The 15th Amendment...

Bans slavery in the United States and all of its territories

Guarantees the Right to keep and bear arms

Grants citizenship to all persons born in the U.S. regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude

Ensures all persons born in the U.S. have the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude

10.

Who won the Election of 1876 and thus began the end of the Reconstruction Era?

Rutherford B. Hayes

Ulysses S. Grant

Andrew Johnson

Tywin Lannister

11.

The Reconstruction Era began after the end of the ___.

Revolutionary War

Warring States Period

War of 1812

Civil War

12.

Which President tried to Veto the Civil Rights Act of 1866?

Andrew Johnson

Abraham Lincoln

Rutherford B. Hayes

Hu Jintao

13.

A terrorist group that prevented blacks from voting

Ku Klux Klan

Freedmen Bureau

Jim Crow Laws

Civil Rights Act of 1866

14.

Why did the Compromise of 1877 happen ?

The Compromise of 1877 was reached to settle the disputed 1899 U.S. Presidential election.

The Compromise of 1877 happened because the citizens food wasn't cooked correctly.

The Compromise of 1877 was reached to settle the disputed 1876 U.S. Presidential election.

The Compromise of 1877 was reached to abolish slavery.

15.

Lincoln's main goal for Reconstruction was to:

put former Confederate leaders on trial

add amendments to the Constitution

rejoin the former Confederate states with the Union

give suffrage to freed slaves

16.

The Freedmen's Bureau was established to provide former slaves with:

food and clothing

schools and education

legal and financial aid

all of these

17.

After Lincoln's assassination, Reconstruction was passed to his vice-president:

Ulysses S. Grant

Rutherford B. Hayes

Andrew Johnson

Charles Sumner

18.

What was the economic impact of sharecropping for most freedmen and their families?

Many took advantage of the Homestead Act

They found manufacturing jobs in new southern factories

They found themselves trapped in a cycle of debt and poverty

They attended freedmen's schools and black colleges

100 %

Reconstruction

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 15mins

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