WorksheetsUnit 7 - Reconstruction
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
In which amendment to the US Constitution is this statement found?
13th
14th
15th
16th
In which amendment to the US Constitution is this statement found?
13th
14th
15th
16th
In which amendment to the US Constitution is this statement found?
13th
14th
15th
16th
In which amendment to the US Constitution is this statement found?
13th
14th
15th
16th
Which amendment can the citizen claim protects her rights?
13th
14th
15th
16th
Other than freed African Americans, which other group did the Freedmen's Bureau aid?
recent immigrants
poor Southern whites
injured Union soldiers
disabled Confederates
What was true of the Jim Crow laws passed during Reconstruction?
the laws were created to support many minority citizens
many of the laws allowed laws for racial segregation
the laws expanded the voting rights of white citizens
many of the laws were designed to reduce immigration
What was the MAIN goal of Jim Crow laws passed during Reconstruction?
to protect African Americans from discrimination
to create economic opportunities for African Americans
to help the government better represent African Americans
to prevent African Americans from exercising their legal rights
One intention of the Jim Crow laws passed in many southern states was to...
create segregated public schools
force the closure of most plantations
outlaw the practices of sharecropping
help fund Reconstruction-era public works
This picture is set during Reconstruction and shows a man protecting African Americans in the South. Which group does the man in the center of the picture represent?
plantation owners
Confederate veterans
the Freedmen's Bureau
the Underground Railroad
How did Southern state governments react to the work of the Freemen's Bureau?
They made the work difficult by passing Jim Crow laws.
They made the work difficult by outlawing sharecropping.
They helped the bureau by registering former slaves to vote.
The helped the bureau by donating land for new universities.
The 15th Amendment to the US Constitution expanded...
consumer rights
worker's rights
voting rights
women's rights
What was common in the sharecropping system in the post-Civil War South?
Sharecroppers combined their new lands to grow more crops.
Sharecroppers kept most of their crops in their own communities.
Sharecroppers sold their crops to plantation owners to buy more land.
Sharecroppers had to give landowners crops in return for the right to farm.
Which constitutional amendment, or amendments, are these statements part of?
Both statements are found in the 13th Amendment.
Both statements are found in the 14th Amendment.
Statement 1 is found in the 14th Amendment and statement 2 is found in the 15th Amendment.
Statement 1 is found in the 13th Amendment, and statement 2 is found in the 14th Amendment.
During the Jim Crow era, southern leaders prevented many African Americans from voting by...
cancelling elections
using secret ballots
requiring special tests
printing fake news articles
How did the Freedmen's Bureau help former slaves who served in the Civil War?
It made sure former slaves received their proper payment.
It made sure former slaves received medals for their service.
It made sure former slaves were given jobs in the US Army.
It made sure former slaves were given jobs in the government.
What were the purposes of the 14th and 15th Amendments?
to protect the voting rights of women
to make the federal government stronger
to guarantee the rights of African Americans
to punish states for seceding from the Union
Which is NOT an example of the Jim Crow laws passed in the South in the decades following Reconstruction?
a law preventing African Americans from sitting in the same sections of buses as white passengers
a law forbidding employers from discriminating against people applying for jobs based on race
a law allowing restaurants to create separate areas for people of different races to eat
a law establishing separate schools for African American and white students
Why did the sharecropping system expand in the South after the Civil War?
Owners of large farms did not have enough labor while many former slaves did not have jobs
The federal government gave small pieces of land to soldiers who served in the Civil War.
Former slaveholders were forced to let former slaves use their land as a form of punishment.
The reconstruction government force plantation owners to give their land to former slaves.
How does the illustration reflect the work of the Freedmen's Bureau?
The organization was responsible for running local governments in the South.
The organization worked to promote education for former slaves in the South.
The organization was responsible for enforcing Jim Crow laws in the South.
The organization worked to convert former slaves to Christianity in the South.
What was the effect of the 13th amendment?
It freed all slaves in the United States.
It granted citizenship to African Americans.
IT banned discrimination against former slaves.
It extended the right to vote to African Americans.
Why did state governments pass Jim Crow laws in the late nineteenth century?
In response to the overcrowding of northern cities.
In response to the passage of the Reconstruction Amendments.
In response to the secession of southern states.
In response to the increasing number of immigrants from Europe.
