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WorksheetsChapter 18 Review
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 37mins
Lincoln's Reconstruction needed southern states to have at least ________ % of the voting population take a loyalty oath.
10
30
50
99
The __________Amendment outlawed slavery.
13th
14th
15th
Schools in the south to educate freedmen were set up by the ______________
Union Army
Special Field Order 15
Freedmen's Bureau
President Johnson was impeached for _________________.
lying to the country
violating the Tenure of Office Act
holding elections in an off year
What amendment made all people born in the United States citizens?
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
What amendment grants all citizens equal protection of the laws?
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
A freedmen was required to have a labor contract in Mississippi after 1865. This is an example of ______________.
Jim Crow Laws
sharecropping
the black codes
Reconstruction
Literacy tests were created as a way to suppress African American voters after the passage of the _______________.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
Select all that apply. The 15th Amendment states that a person cannot be denied the right to vote based on ____________________.
race.
previous condition of servitude.
religious beliefs
political opinions
Free people who had previously been enslaved were known as __________.
freedmen
unslaved
new citizens
righteous and harmonious fists
What did Radical Republicans want to accomplish?
punishment for Union military officers and returning to pre-Civil War policies
punishment for Confederate leaders and protection of the rights of freedmen
to secede from the Union
to reinstate the practice of slavery
Radical Republicans thought President Johnson's Reconstruction plan was too easy on the South and did not protect freedmen. After Johnson decided to remove the Secretary of War, what did they do about this?
They voted to re-elect President Lincoln.
They tried to impeach President Johnson.
They set their differences aside in hopes of uniting the nation.
They vetoed his plan and wrote a new one.
President Lincoln worked on a plan for Reconstruction before the Civil War was over. Which of the following was part of his plan?
Ten percent of voters in a state had to take an oath of allegiance.
Confederate soldiers could never re-join the Union.
Plantation owners would be sent away to other countries.
Freedmen would become the owners of former plantations.
What problems did formerly enslaved people face during Reconstruction?
Black Codes
lack of education
sharecropping
All of the above
The south was divided into how many military districts during reconstruction?
2
4
5
7
Which of the following is true about sharecropping
Sharecropping favored the freeedmen.
Many freedmen were able to buy new homes through sharecropping
Most sharecroppers remained in debt or in a cycle of poverty
Many state governments offered loan for sharecropping farmers.
Who was the first African-American U.S. Senator?
Frederick Douglass
Philip Bazaar
William Carney
Hiram Rhodes Revels
The Homestead Act attempted to promote development of western lands by
creating a system of dams for crop migration
removing all restrictions on immigration
placing Native Americans on reservations
providing free land to settlers
Literacy tests, grandfather clauses, and segregation were examples of:
resistance by Southerners to allow African Americans to get ahead.
resistance by Northerners to allow African Americans to get ahead.
ways to help African Americans face their difficulties.
A law that required blacks to work or face being arrested or forced to work as a servant
Freedmen Bureau
Sharecropping
Black Codes
Compromise of 1877
What was the purpose of the Military Reconstruction Act
To outlaw Black Codes
To oversee and enforce Reconstruction Legislation
To provide assistance to former slaves after the Civil War
To allow ex-Confederate officials to hold political office
A law that pardon Confederate officials and allowed them to vote and hold political office
Enforcement Act
Compromise of 1877
Amnesty Act of 1872
Civil Rights Act of 1866
True or False: President Johnson created many laws to help freedmen during Reconstruction
True
False
The Supreme Court ruling that legalize segregation in the United States
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Plessy v. Sanford
A tax used to keep black and poor whites from voting
Literacy Test
Jim Crow Laws
14th Amendment
Poll tax
A test given before poor whites and freedmen could vote in the United States
Poll Tax
Literacy test
Black codes
Jim Crow Laws
A law that legally segregated blacks and whites in public places
Poll tax
Literacy test
Sharecropping
Jim Crow Laws
President Lincoln thought the Wade-Davis bill was:
too easy on the South because it only required 10 percent of southerners to take an oath of loyalty to the Union.
too harsh on the South because it required 50 percent of southerners to take an oath of loyalty to the Union.
a perfect way to reunite the North and South.
better to be renamed the "Davis-Wade" bill, to put the names in alphabetical order.
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 ________.
labor sharing
shared harvest
land sharing
sharecropping
Free people who had previously been enslaved were known as __________.
freedmen
unslaved
new citizens
righteous and harmonious fists
What did Radical Republicans want to accomplish?
punishment for Union military officers and returning to pre-Civil War policies
punishment for Confederate leaders and protection of the rights of freedmen
to secede from the Union
to reinstate the practice of slavery
Radical Republicans thought President Johnson's Reconstruction plan was too easy on the South and did not protect freedmen. After Johnson decided to remove the Secretary of War, what did they do about this?
They voted to re-elect President Lincoln.
They tried to impeach President Johnson.
They set their differences aside in hopes of uniting the nation.
They vetoed his plan and wrote a new one.
President Lincoln worked on a plan for Reconstruction before the Civil War was over. Which of the following was part of his plan?
Ten percent of voters in a state had to take an oath of allegiance.
Confederate soldiers could never re-join the Union.
Plantation owners would be sent away to other countries.
Freedmen would become the owners of former plantations.
What problems did formerly enslaved people face during Reconstruction?
Black Codes
lack of education
sharecropping
All of the above
Which of the following tried to limit the rights of African Americans in order to help the planter elite hold onto slavery-like conditions?
The Freedmen's Bureau
Abraham Lincoln
Black Codes
Radical Republicans
What group was known for its use of violence and intimidation against its enemies during Reconstruction?
Radical Republicans
freedmen
sharecroppers
the Ku Klux Klan
How did sharecropping affect freedmen?
Sharecropping hurt freedmen because it kept them in a cycle of debt to white landowners.
Sharecropping helped freedmen because white landowners had to pay them for labor and they were able to save their money.
Sharecropping helped freedmen because they finally owned their own land.
Sharecropping did not affect freedmen because only white landowners were sharecroppers.
After the Civil War, a large class of poor sharecroppers developed. This was one of many signs that:
Sharecropping was beneficial to everyone.
The Southern economy was very healthy after the Civil War.
The Civil War ruined the economy in the South.
The North was ready to secede from the Union.
In what ways did the Freedmen's Bureau help freedmen?
The Bureau helped the Ku Klux Klan by guiding freedmen to their "proper place."
The Bureau helped white plantation owners find freedmen to exploit.
The Bureau helped create sharecropping and the freedmen's cycle of debt to white landowners.
The Bureau helped people find jobs and medical care, and supported education.
Which statement is true about President Andrew Johnson?
Johnson fought with Congress over Reconstruction, but lost.
Johnson was able to override Congress's veto of his Reconstruction plan.
Johnson did not have a plan for Reconstruction and did not think the President should be involved.
Johnson had many allies in Congress, which helped his Reconstruction plan win.
