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Unit 10- Reconstruction

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Lincoln's Reconstruction needed southern states to have at least ________ % of the voting population take a loyalty oath.

2.

The (a)   Amendment outlawed slavery.

Choose from the below words
13th
14th
15th
3.

___________________ wanted African Americans to have full citizenship.

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Radical Republicans

d)

Union Army

4.

What amendment made all people born in the United States citizens?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

5.

What amendment grants all citizens equal protection of the laws?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

6.

A freedmen was required to have a labor contract in Mississippi after 1865. This is an example of ______________.

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

sharecropping

c)

the black codes

d)

Reconstruction

7.

Literacy tests were created as a way to suppress African American voters after the passage of the _______________.

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

b)

13th Amendment

c)

14th Amendment

d)

15th Amendment

8.
The 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution...
a)
Gave African Americans the right to own businesses
b)
Freed the Slaves
c)
Gave African Americans the right to vote
d)
Forced African Americans back into slavery
9.
Which of the following was not a goal of Reconstruction?
a)

Reunite the North and the South

b)

Rebuild the South

c)

Develop the system of sharecropping

d)

Determine what to do with newly freed African Americans

10.
Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?
a)
Nathan Bedford Forrest
b)
John Wilkes Booth
c)
Henry Clay
d)
John Breckinridge
11.
What group in Congress felt that Lincoln's plan was too lenient?
a)
Deciduous Democrats
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Wistful Whigs
d)
Fancy Federalists
12.
Northerners who went south after the Civil War to make large profits from the destruction in the south were called
a)
Scalawags
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Carpetbaggers
d)
Sharecroppers
13.
Laws passed by southern states soon after the Compromise of 1877.  These laws legalized segregation whites and blacks to use separate facilities. 
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Black Codes
c)
Freedman's Bureau
d)
Reconstruction
14.
The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War. 
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Freedman's Bureau
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
15.
The organization put in place after the Civil War to provide food, clothing, health care and education in the South was known as:
a)
The Civil Rights Committee
b)
The Freedmen's Bureau
c)
The Welfare Committee
d)
The Salvation Army
16.
All of the following resulted from the end of Reconstruction EXCEPT:
a)
Ku Klux Klan is founded
b)
Jim Crow laws were passed to segregate blacks from whites and place other limits on their rights. 
c)
Sharecropping becomes the dominant economy in the South
d)
Blacks continued to enjoy increased freedoms and equality
17.
In 1866, a group formed in the South to fight against the rising influence of African Americans in the South. Members of this group often turned to violence and intimidation, What was the name of this controversial group?
a)
Sons of the Confederacy
b)
Neo-Nazis
c)
Ku Klux Klan
d)
Black Separatists
18.

Lincoln's "10 Percent Plan" dealt with

a)

his idea for instituting an income tax.

b)

how to draft more men into the Union Army.

c)

re-admitting Southern states into the Union.

d)

his quest to reconquer only 10% of the South

19.
Southern states created the Black Codes to do what?
a)
limit African Americans rights
b)
expand Confederate rights
c)
give women voting rights
d)
jail Carpetbaggers
20.
Carpetbaggers were...
a)
Newly freed slaves
b)
Southern Republicans
c)
Confederate Soldiers
d)
Northerners who took advantage of southern economic hardships 
21.
The Ku Klux Klan was a group that believed...
a)
in white supremacy
b)
in equality for all
c)
in black supremacy
d)
in southern supremacy
22.
Scalawags were...
a)
Northerners who took advantage of southern economic hardships 
b)
Southern Republicans
c)
former Confederate Leaders
d)
African Americans
23.

These were used to take away the rights of African Americans in the South after the Civil War.

a)

Amendments

b)

White Codes

c)

Black Codes

d)

Civil Rights

24.

The following group provided aid (help) to former slaves during Reconstruction.

a)

Black Codes

b)

Carpetbaggers

c)

13th Amendment

d)

Freedmen's Bureau

25.

Which of the following is NOT a policy?

a)

Southern military leaders were barred from public office.

b)

Civil Rights Act of 1866 was enforced by federal troops.

c)

African Americans could be elected to public office.

d)

Southerners resented (felt angry about) carpetbaggers.

26.

This group used fear & violence to prevent African Americans from voting in the South following Reconstruction

a)

Black Codes

b)

Ku Klux Klan

c)

Radical Republicans

d)

Carpetbaggers

27.

Agricultural & economic practice where a land owner allows a tenant farmer to work his land for a share of his crop

a)

sustenance farming

b)

sharecropping

c)

carpetbagger

d)

slavery

28.
What amendment abolished slavery?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
16th
29.
The 14th Amendment granted...
a)
freedom of speech
b)
citizenship and equal protection
c)
the right to vote
d)
the right to a speedy and fair trial
30.
Which of these amendments gives citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color or previous condition of servitude?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
18th Amendment
31.

What organization was formed to help former slaves find work, shelter, and food?

a)

Jobs and Education Buereau

b)

Securities and Exchange Commission

c)

National Park Service

d)

The Freedman's Bureau

32.

What was the goal of the Black Codes?

a)

Give women voting rights

b)

Limit African Americans' rights

c)

Jail carpetbaggers

d)

Help African Americans enter the work force

33.

What organization was formed in order to stop African Americans from using their right to vote?

a)

The Ku Klux Klan

b)

The Confederacy

c)

Carpetbaggers

d)

The Freedman's Bureau

34.

Who were scalawags?

a)

African American politicians

b)

Southerners who supported Reconstruction

c)

Northerners who moved to the South

d)

Tenant farmers

35.

What is Sharecropping?

a)

A system for sharing crops between former slaves.

b)

A system in which a tenant rents lands and promises the landlord a portion of their crops.

c)

A system where multiple people entered contracts to work for several years for no pay.

d)

The system of farms run by prisons.

36.

northern born Republican office holders who had moved to the South after the War

a)

Ku Klux Klan

b)

carpetbaggers

c)

Freedmen's Bureau

d)

Jim Crow

37.
Why was it difficult for the South to rebuild their towns after the Civil War?  
a)
Union occupation
b)
Carpetbaggers stole funds
c)
Scalawags stopped production
d)
No money and too much damage
38.
How did sharecropping affect former slaves?
a)
Made them Rich
b)
Left them in a cycle of debt
c)
Whites joined terrorist groups
d)
They were taxed heavily
39.
What was the purpose of the Radical Republican Plan?  
a)

End the War quickly

b)

Humiliate Planters

c)

Punish the South & keep Republicans in control of Congress

d)

Let the Democrats control Congress

40.
What did Southern States, like South Carolina, still depend on for their economy after the Civil War?
a)
Foreign investment
b)
Scalawag Labor
c)
Agriculture
d)
Manufacturing
41.
What is the name for northerners who moved to the South to work as teachers, missionaries, and entrepreneurs? 
a)
Scalawags
b)
Carpetbaggers
c)
Freedmen
d)
Sharecroppers
42.

Which statement best describes the aims of President Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?

a)

to protect the rights of African-Americans

b)

to harshly punish the South

c)

to bring the southern states back into the Union quickly

d)

to ensure that the economy of the South would be rebuilt

43.

During Reconstruction, why was the Freedmen's Bureau established?

a)

to rebuild lines of communication and transportation in southern states

b)

to promote ratification of the 13th Amendment banning slavery in the United States

c)

to give assistance to anyone affected by the war, especially the former slaves

d)

to give economic assistance only to those deemed as native South Carolinians

44.

Which group of people experienced the least amount of change in their economic, political, and social status during Reconstruction?

a)

the planter elite

b)

the newly freed slaves

c)

elite white women

d)

small farmers

45.

Any southerner with over $20,000 of property had to apply directly to the President for a pardon.

a)

Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan

b)

Johnson's Reconstruction Plan

c)

Congressional Reconstruction Plan

46.

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

47.

Established 5 military districts in the South.

a)

Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan

b)

Johnson's Reconstruction Plan

c)

Congressional Reconstruction Plan

48.

Established the Freedmen's Bureau.

a)

Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan

b)

Johnson's Reconstruction Plan

c)

Congressional Reconstruction Plan

49.

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

50.

Each Southern state had to nullify secession or say that the act had been illegal before re-entering the Union.

a)

Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan

b)

Johnson's Reconstruction Plan

c)

Congressional Reconstruction Plan

51.

Each Southern state had to ratify the 14th Amendment and create a new state constitution.

a)

Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan

b)

Johnson's Reconstruction Plan

c)

Congressional Reconstruction Plan

52.

Created the Reconstruction Acts in response to the development of the KKK in the South.

a)

Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan

b)

Johnson's Reconstruction Plan

c)

Congressional Reconstruction Plan

53.

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

54.

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

55.

Match the following

a)

abolished slavery in the U.S

1.

13th Amendemnt

b)

gave blacks/former slaves citizenship

2.

14th Amendment

c)

gave blacks/former slaves the right to vote

3.

15th Amendment

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