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Reconstruction

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which reconstruction amendment was written immediately after the Civil War?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
19th
2.
Which amendment abolished slavery?
a)
15th
b)
19th
c)
14th
d)
13th
3.
Which group of people were most affected by the passing of the 14th Amendment?
a)
Plantation owners
b)
White Politicians
c)
African Americans
d)
Immigrants
4.
Which amendment gives all people equal protection under the law?
a)
14th 
b)
15th
c)
19th
d)
13th
5.
Which policies increased as the South reacted to the 14th and 15th Amendments?
a)
Freedman's Bureau
b)
Black Codes
c)
Fugitive Slave Laws
d)
Big Stick Diplomacy
6.
"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
7.
What was the result of passing the 15th Amendment during reconstruction?
a)
Rights were taken away from plantation owners
b)
African American rights increased
c)
Women received equal rights
d)
Expanded rights for First Americans
8.

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

9.

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

a)

freedmen

b)

unslaved

c)

new citizens

d)

righteous and harmonious fists

10.

What problems did formerly enslaved people face during Reconstruction?

a)

Black Codes

b)

lack of education

c)

sharecropping

d)

All of the above

11.

Which of the following tried to limit the rights of African Americans in order to help the planter elite hold onto slavery-like conditions?

a)

The Freedmen's Bureau

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Black Codes

d)

Radical Republicans

12.

What group was known for its use of violence and intimidation against its enemies during Reconstruction?

a)

Radical Republicans

b)

freedmen

c)

sharecroppers

d)

the Ku Klux Klan

13.

How did sharecropping affect freedmen?

a)

Sharecropping hurt freedmen because it kept them in a cycle of debt to white landowners.

b)

Sharecropping helped freedmen because white landowners had to pay them for labor and they were able to save their money.

c)

Sharecropping helped freedmen because they finally owned their own land.

d)

Sharecropping did not affect freedmen because only white landowners were sharecroppers.

14.

After the Civil War, a large class of poor sharecroppers developed. This was one of many signs that:

a)

Sharecropping was beneficial to everyone.

b)

The Southern economy was very healthy after the Civil War.

c)

The Civil War ruined the economy in the South.

d)

The North was ready to secede from the Union.

15.

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

16.

In what ways did the Freedmen's Bureau help freedmen?

a)

The Bureau helped the Ku Klux Klan by guiding freedmen to their "proper place."

b)

The Bureau helped white plantation owners find freedmen to exploit.

c)

The Bureau helped create sharecropping and the freedmen's cycle of debt to white landowners.

d)

The Bureau helped people find jobs and medical care, and supported education.

17.
In 1865, the Thirteenth Amendment was the first amendment added to the United States Constitution after the Civil War. As a result of this amendment. 
a)
women obtained the right to vote
b)
free speech was protected
c)
alcohol was not to be made or sold
d)
slavery was abolished
18.
The 14th Amendment was approved by the states and became part of the United States Constitution in 1868. The purpose of this amendment was to define citizenship and to protect the rights gained by 
a)
African Americans
b)
factory workers
c)
European immigrants
d)
naturalized citizens
19.
During Reconstruction many southern states created new laws. Why did many people in the north consider these Jim Crow Laws unjust? 
a)
They made sharecropping illegal.
b)
They kept women from voting
c)
They limited the rights of African Americans in the south.
d)
They gave African Americans in the south too much freedom
20.
The period after the Civil War was known as Reconstruction. To deal with the conditions after the war, the federal government created the Freedmen's Bureau. What was its purpose? 
a)
 to help Confederate soldiers receive medical care
b)
to help Union soldiers
c)
to help former slaves
d)
to help women obtain the right to vote in elections
21.
After the Civil War, the slaves had been freed and many of the large plantations were destroyed. Many of the freedmen that had worked on the plantations were now out of work. Many turned to sharecropping. Which of the following BEST describes sharecropping? 
a)
Sharecroppers had to share the equipment used on the farms
b)
Sharecroppers had little money so they had to buy small plots of land
c)
Sharecroppers had to share their crops with other sharecroppers
d)
Sharecroppers had to give farm owners part of their crop for using the land
22.
The following statements below are referring to what event in American history?
● period that followed the Civil War
● states brought back into the Union
● country rebuilt 
a)
revolution
b)
Reconstruction
c)
rebuilding
d)
desegregation
23.
What was the biggest problem facing the United States at the end of the Civil War?
a)
 rebuilding the South and bringing it back into the Union
b)
setting up the Freedmen's Bureau
c)
paying off war debts
d)
catching and punishing the man who assassinated Lincoln
24.

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.

25.

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.

26.

Describe the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction?

a)

It was a group that took laws in their own hands to help black people have the same rights as white people.

b)

It was a vigilante hate group that took laws in their own hands to keep black people from not having the same rights as Native Americans.

c)

It was a group that took laws in their own hands to keep southern people from not having the same rights as northern people.

d)

It was a vigilante hate group that took laws in their own hands to keep black people from not having the same rights as white people.

27.

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.

28.
Who were Carpetbaggers? 
a)
Southerners who moved to the North to escape the rebuilding
b)
Northerners who moved to South to make money off of the Reconstruction

c)
Southerners who joined the Republican Party and helped with the Reconstruction
d)
Northerners who were against the Civil War
29.
When did Reconstruction in the United   States occur?
a)
1812-1817
b)
1865-1877
c)
1805-1817
d)
1859-1867
30.
What was the purpose of Reconstruction in the United States? 
a)
To tax the southern states as punishment for the war
b)
To help the southern states become a part of the Union again.

c)
To rebuild the industry of the northern states
d)
To build up the west as a replacement to the south
31.
What was the last southern state to be readmitted to the Union? 
a)
Tennessee
b)
Georgia
c)
Alabama
d)
Virginia
32.
What government organization was established to help African Americans fight the Black Codes? 
a)
Freedman's Bureau
b)
Better Business Bureau
c)
Helping Hands
d)
Hayes Helpers
33.
After President Lincoln was assassinated, the Vice President became President. The new President was
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Ulysses Grant
c)
George Bush
d)
John Wilkes Booth
34.
Which of these was NOT used to try to stop African Americans from voting?
a)
A reading test
b)
the "Grandfather Clause"
c)
The Ku Klux Klan
d)
The Freedmen's Bureau
35.
Sharecropping often kept African American farmers poor because
a)
The farmers owed more money than they made each year
b)
the landowners would not sell them land
c)
only those who voted could own land
d)
Most African Americans did not want to work anymore
36.
What did Congress do to enforce their plan for Reconstruction?
a)
Started the KKK
b)
Sent soldiers to the South
c)
Moved all African Americans to the West
d)
Restart the Civil War
37.
Which of the following is something the Freedman’s Bureau did NOT do to help African Americans?
a)
Set up schools
b)
hire teachers
c)
provide food and other supplies
d)
pay off the sharecropper's debts
38.
Assasination means the killing of a political figure.
a)
true
b)
false
39.
Reconstruction began at the end of the Revolutionary War
a)
True
b)
false
40.
Jim Crow laws enforced segregation based on race.
a)
True
b)
false
41.
Freedman's Bureau worked to make life difficult for newly freed slaves.
a)
True
b)
false

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