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WorksheetsReconstruction in South Carolina
Total questions: 138
Worksheet time: 2hrs 51mins
● period that followed the Civil War
● states brought back into the Union
● country rebuilt
Lincoln's "10 Percent Plan" dealt with
his idea for instituting an income tax.
how to draft more men into the Union Army.
re-admitting Southern states into the Union.
his quest to reconquer only 10% of the South
The purpose of the Freedman's Bureau was to
provide 40 acres and a mule for each slave.
gain the vote for millions of former slaves.
provide work, education, and relief for former slaves.
get radical Republicans in positions of power in the South.
Presidential Reconstruction following the American Civil War can BEST be described as
a plan to fix the damage to the White House caused by the Civil War.
a desire to rebuild the southern states quickly to help control the economy.
a desire to rebuild the country quickly and without ill feelings following the war.
a desire to punish those southerners responsible for causing and/or prolonging the war.
What group was created in 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee, for the purpose of preventing both the programs of Reconstruction and laws promoting racial equality?
Freedman's Bureau
Ku Klux Klan
Know Nothing Party
White Circle Council
The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified following which war?
The Civil War
The Vietnam War
The American Revolution
The Spanish American War
The period of rebuilding of The South after The Civil War was known as
The Renaissance
Reconstruction
The Guilded Age
The Industrial Revolution
Which Amendment abolished slavery in the United States?
13th
14th
15th
3rd
Which statement describes the attitude of the "Radical Republicans" following the Civil War?
"Southern states should pass the 'Black Codes.' "
"The Southern states have been conquered and should be punished for their actions."
"Former Confederate leaders should be forgiven for their actions during the Civil War."
"The country should follow President Lincoln's plans to reunite the country as quickly as possible."
Which is the BEST description of the southern economy during Reconstruction?
The southern economy was stabilized because of trade relationships with Great Britain and France.
The southern economy was still based on agriculture and cotton, but now depended on sharecropping rather than slave labor
The southern economy was transformed from being based on agriculture to being completely dependent on industry and manufacturing.
The southern economy was completely restored by 1866 and was actually more productive and profitable than the pre- Civil War economy.
Which Amendment gave United States citizens of all races the right to vote?
13th
14th
15th
5th
Who would have most likely NOT supported the Freedmen's Bureau?
An abolitionist
a carpetbagger
a former slave owner
a northern business owner
For a short time, African Americans held the majority in the lower house of what state legislature?
North Carolina
South Carolina
Alabama
Kentucky
Carpetbaggers is a term that referred to
dirty carpet that white southerners carried with them to the south.
Unwanted northerners who cleaned carpet.
Scalawags who traveled to the south looking for higher wages.
Cheap suitcases made of carpet fabric-what white southerners might have thought untrustworthy newcomers might carry.
Most whites Southerners did not want African Americans to have more rights.
True
False
African Americans made gains in higher education in the south. Northerners set up academics in the south. These academics grew into a network of colleges and universities for African Americans.
True
False
No Democrats or planters supported the Klan.
True
False
Some carpetbagger's were dishonest people looking to take advantage of the South's difficulties.
True
False
Some white southerners supported Klu Klux Klan because they saw violence as a way to oppose Republican rule.
True
False
What is Reconstruction?
a time of rewards
a time of rebuilding
a time for renewal
a time for new schools
Who was the president at the beginning of Reconstruction?
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
Jefferson Davis
Who was the president at the end of Reconstruction?
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
Jefferson Davis
How long did Reconstruction last?
1865-1877
1860-1865
1776-1780
1860-1877
Why did many planters lose their land after the Civil War?
Union forces took over their plantations
They were sent to prison for using slaves
They were unable to compete with yeoman farmers
They had trouble making enough money without slaves
What did Rutherford B. Hayes agree to do if the Southern states would accept him as president?
allow slavery in those states
allow those states to use their old constitutions
give states the right to choose if African Americans could vote
order United States troops to leave the South
Why was the Freedman's Bureau established?
shortages of funds and personnel
to help former slaves and poor whites after the civil war
to allow freedmen to borrow land in exchange for rent
Which group wanted the strictest requirements for readmitting former Confederate states?
Southern plantation owners
Radical Republicans in Congress
Officials from the Freedmen's Bureau
Members of the Democratic Party
Northerners who went south after the Civil War to make large profits from the destruction in the south were called
Scalawags
Ku Klux Klan
Carpetbaggers
Sharecroppers
Which secret society of former Confederate soldiers used terrorism and murder to limit new opportunities for
newly freed African Americans after the
Civil War?
The Order
Ku Klux Klan
White Aryan Resistance
Council of Conservative Citizens
Federal soldiers were present in the Confederate states as a part of the Reconstruction effort until which event?
the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment
the passage of the Tenure of Office Act
the creation of the Freedmen's Bureau
the Compromise of 1877
The Reconstruction divided the South into what types of districts?
Parishes
Regional
Wards
Military
Jim Crow laws
Segregated blacks and whites
Killed minorities
Resulted in slavery
Were ended after the Civil War
What does the acronym “smh” stand for?
shake my heart
share my heart
shake my head
shake my hand
This American Civil War hero stole a Confederate steamer, was a champion for education & civil rights and became a famous SC politician (Hint: The Generals down the road)
Joe Frazier
William Hilton
William Sherman
Robert Smalls
The current governor of SC is ________
Henry McMaster
Lindsey Graham
Tim Scott
Nikki Haley
SC's state reptile is ___________
Alligator
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
The Lizard Man
Rattlesnake
This building is located in
Charleston
Columbia
Greenville
Lugoff
USC's mascot, the Fightin' Gamecocks pays homage to
Chickens
Birds
Thomas Sumter
The State Bird
What is the nickname of South Carolina?
Redneck state
Palmetto state
Pimento state
Crescent moon state
Name the state bird.
Cardinal
Blue Jay
Cockatoo
Carolina Wren
Name the state animal.
Whitetail Deer
Carolina Wren
Black Bear
Iguana
Name state stone.
Travertine
Blue Granite
Sandstone
Marble
Name the state fruit.
Apple
Pear
Orange
Peach
Name the state capital.
Columbia
Charleston
Seneca
Greenville
Who is South Carolina named in honor of?
King Carolina I
King Christian I
King Cameron I
King Charles I
1876
Black Students: 123,085
Black Teachers: 1,087
1878
Black Students: 20,000
Black Teachers: 989
What best describes this change?
What did governor Wade Hampton Want to do in SC?
give African Americans full citizenship rights
get the Bourbons out of office
return to the pre-Civil War era
repeal Jim Crow laws
Where on a plantations did most enslaved people live?
in the planter's house
in the overseer's house
in large rich houses
in small one-room cabins
Black codes were laws that_____.
Gave suffrage to African-Americans
Took freedoms away from African-Americans
Brought African-Americans to write a new constitution
Gave federal funding to build more schools and hospitals
Which amendments were passed directly after the Civil War?
10th, 11th, and 12th
1st, 2nd and 3rd
13th, 14th, and 15th
19th, 20th, and 21st
Scalawags, carpet baggers, and freedmen were all part of the ____
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Dixiecrat Party
Federalist Party
What was the purpose of the KKK?
To terrorize freedmen
To terrorize union soldiers
To fight for states rights
To terrorize scalawags
