WorksheetsReconstruction Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 22mins
The Thirteenth Amendment effectively completed the work that began with which government law or decision?
the Fugitive Slave Act
the Missouri Compromise
the Great Compromise
The Emancipation Proclamation
How did Southern state governments react to the work of the Freedmen'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.
They helped the bureau by donating land for new universities
What was the goal of the Freedmen's Bureau?
to help unmarried men find jobs and protect the environment
to provide electricity and help control floods in Tennessee
to create jobs by building roads and bridges in the South
to provide housing and medical care to former slaves
The Fifteenth Amendment to the US Constitution expanded
consumer rights
workers' 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.
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 practice of sharecropping.
help fund Reconstruction-era public works.
Which constitutional amendment, or amendments, expanded the effects
of the Emancipation Proclamation?
the Fifteenth Amendment only
the Thirteenth Amendment only
the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments
the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments
After the Civil War, sharecropping in the United States was MOST helpful
to
Landowners
former slaves
farm workers
veterans
Why was the Freedmen's Bureau created
to run state and local governments in the South
to assist in the industrialization of the Southern states
to punish Southern states for their role in the Civil War
to provide aid to former slaves and poor whites in the South
During the Jim Crow era, southern leaders prevented many African
Americans from voting by
canceling elections.
using secret ballots.
requiring special tests.
printing fake news articles.
How did southern legislatures enforce racial segregation after
Reconstruction?
They passed Jim Crow laws.
They outlawed sharecropping
They created the Freedmen's Bureau.
They proposed the Fourteenth Amendment
Which statement about the Fifteenth Amendment is correct?
It freed all slaves in the United States.
It protected former slaves' right to vote
It lowered the voting age to eighteen
It banned discrimination against women.
What were the purposes of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth 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
In exchange for being granted land to farm, sharecroppers were required
to
provide housing for soldiers serving in the army.
perform cleaning duties in the landowner's home.
return much of the harvest to the owner of the land.
settle on land in the unexplored western United States.
What was the effect of the Thirteenth 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 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 governments forced plantation owners to give
their land to former slaves.
Many problems limited the success of the Freedmen's Bureau. Which of
the following was NOT one of those problems?
opposition by white Southerners
little interest from former slaves
a shortage of funds for its programs
too few employees to carry out its tasks
Which organization formed during Reconstruction in order to prevent
African Americans from exercising their rights?
The Freedman's Bureau
The Ku Klux Klan
The confederate army
the Sons of Liberty
How does this 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.
The man in the middle is protecting the African Americans in the South. Which group of people does the man in the middle represent?
Plantation Owners
The Confederate Veterans
The Freedman's Bureau
The Underground Railroad
