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Chapter 18 Review

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

10

b)

30

c)

50

d)

99

2.

The __________Amendment outlawed slavery.

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

3.

Schools in the south to educate freedmen were set up by the ______________

a)

Union Army

b)

Special Field Order 15

c)

Freedmen's Bureau

4.

President Johnson was impeached for _________________.

a)

lying to the country

b)

violating the Tenure of Office Act

c)

holding elections in an off year

5.

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

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

6.

What amendment grants all citizens equal protection of the laws?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

7.

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

8.

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

9.

Select all that apply. The 15th Amendment states that a person cannot be denied the right to vote based on ____________________.

a)

race.

b)

previous condition of servitude.

c)

religious beliefs

d)

political opinions

10.
Which is the best description of Reconstruction?
a)
rebuilding the US after a big earthquake
b)
a period of rebuilding in the US after the Revolutionary War
c)
a period of rebuilding in the US after the Civil War
d)
unfair treatment of African Americans after the Civil War
11.
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
12.
Frederick Douglass believed...
a)
that the south would rise again
b)
in jobs for all
c)
that there should be public education
d)
in civil liberties and voting rights for all
13.
Which laws allowed Union Soldiers to supervise the south during Reconstruction?
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
the Voting Rights Act
c)
the Amnesty Act
d)
the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the Military Reconstruction Act
14.
Carpetbaggers were...
a)
Newly freed slaves
b)
Southern Republicans
c)
Confederate Soldiers
d)
Northerners who took advantage of southern economic hardships 
15.
The Presidential Election of 1876 resulted in...
a)
military supervision of the south
b)
the restoration of voting rights for white southerners
c)
the end of Reconstruction in the south
d)
equal rights for African Americans
16.

Free people who had previously been enslaved were known as __________.

a)

freedmen

b)

unslaved

c)

new citizens

d)

righteous and harmonious fists

17.

What did Radical Republicans want to accomplish?

a)

punishment for Union military officers and returning to pre-Civil War policies

b)

punishment for Confederate leaders and protection of the rights of freedmen

c)

to secede from the Union

d)

to reinstate the practice of slavery

18.

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?

a)

They voted to re-elect President Lincoln.

b)

They tried to impeach President Johnson.

c)

They set their differences aside in hopes of uniting the nation.

d)

They vetoed his plan and wrote a new one.

19.

President Lincoln worked on a plan for Reconstruction before the Civil War was over. Which of the following was part of his plan?

a)

Ten percent of voters in a state had to take an oath of allegiance.

b)

Confederate soldiers could never re-join the Union.

c)

Plantation owners would be sent away to other countries.

d)

Freedmen would become the owners of former plantations.

20.

What problems did formerly enslaved people face during Reconstruction?

a)

Black Codes

b)

lack of education

c)

sharecropping

d)

All of the above

21.
What did the 13th Amendment do?
a)
made slavery illegal
b)
made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
c)
gave black men the right to vote
d)
gave former slaves land to begin farms
22.
What did the 14th Amendment do?
a)
made slavery illegal
b)
made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
c)
gave black men the right to vote
d)
gave former slaves land to begin farms
23.
What did the 15th Amendment do?
a)
made slavery illegal
b)
made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
c)
gave black men the right to vote
d)
gave former slaves land to begin farms
24.
What was segregation?
a)
equal treatment for all people
b)
the forced separation of races
c)
a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land
d)
the period of time after the Civil War
25.
What was Reconstruction?
a)
equal treatment for all people
b)
the forced separation of races
c)
a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land
d)
the period of time after the Civil War
26.
The US government created what organization to help former slaves and poor whites?
a)
Bureau of Parks and Recreation
b)
Free Food Bureau
c)
Jobs and Education Bureau
d)
Freedman's Bureau
27.
These were laws that made it illegal for African Americans to live or work in certain areas and allowed whites to arrest African Americans who were not working.  Once arrested they would be forcibly assigned to work for white landowners. 
a)
Freedman's Bureau Laws
b)
Reconstruction Acts
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
28.
Reconstruction was the process of
a)
rebuilding the South after the Civil War
b)
creating land zones for freedmen after the Civil War
c)
instituting Black Codes for former slaves
d)
eliminating the plantation economy in the South
29.
Northerners who migrated to the mostly destroyed post-war south to make large profits and/or help freedmen were known as
a)
Scalawags
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Carpetbaggers
d)
Sharecroppers
30.
Hayes agreed to remove federal troops from the South in order to win the Presidency in the Election of 1876. This--
a)
started Reconstruction
b)
got him impeached
c)
made Southern Democrats angry
d)
ended Reconstruction
31.

The south was divided into how many military districts during reconstruction?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

5

d)

7

32.

Which of the following is true about sharecropping

a)

Sharecropping favored the freeedmen.

b)

Many freedmen were able to buy new homes through sharecropping

c)

Most sharecroppers remained in debt or in a cycle of poverty

d)

Many state governments offered loan for sharecropping farmers.

33.
As sharecroppers former slaves were given a place to live, seeds, and equipment in order produce crops.  The land owner received a ________ of all crops grown
a)
Share
b)
Parcel
c)
Ownership
34.
What organization was designed to intimidate former slaves and anyone who supported former slaves?
a)
Ku Klux Klan
b)
Freedmen s Bureau 
c)
Black Codes
35.

Who was the first African-American U.S. Senator?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Philip Bazaar

c)

William Carney

d)

Hiram Rhodes Revels

36.

The Homestead Act attempted to promote development of western lands by

a)

creating a system of dams for crop migration

b)

removing all restrictions on immigration

c)

placing Native Americans on reservations

d)

providing free land to settlers

37.
What gave settlers 160 acres of land in exchange for the settlers "improving" their new land?
a)
Homestead Act
b)
Dawes Act
c)
Morril Act
d)
Reconstruction Act
38.
What took land from Indian tribes and promoted assimilation?
a)
Homestead Act
b)
Morril Act
c)
Dawes Act
d)
Reconstruction Act
39.

Literacy tests, grandfather clauses, and segregation were examples of:

a)

resistance by Southerners to allow African Americans to get ahead.

b)

resistance by Northerners to allow African Americans to get ahead.

c)

ways to help African Americans face their difficulties.

40.

A law that required blacks to work or face being arrested or forced to work as a servant

a)

Freedmen Bureau

b)

Sharecropping

c)

Black Codes

d)

Compromise of 1877

41.

What was the purpose of the Military Reconstruction Act

a)

To outlaw Black Codes

b)

To oversee and enforce Reconstruction Legislation

c)

To provide assistance to former slaves after the Civil War

d)

To allow ex-Confederate officials to hold political office

42.

A law that pardon Confederate officials and allowed them to vote and hold political office

a)

Enforcement Act

b)

Compromise of 1877

c)

Amnesty Act of 1872

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

43.

True or False: President Johnson created many laws to help freedmen during Reconstruction

a)

True

b)

False

44.

The Supreme Court ruling that legalize segregation in the United States

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Dred Scott v. Sanford

d)

Plessy v. Sanford

45.

A tax used to keep black and poor whites from voting

a)

Literacy Test

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

14th Amendment

d)

Poll tax

46.

A test given before poor whites and freedmen could vote in the United States

a)

Poll Tax

b)

Literacy test

c)

Black codes

d)

Jim Crow Laws

47.

A law that legally segregated blacks and whites in public places

a)

Poll tax

b)

Literacy test

c)

Sharecropping

d)

Jim Crow Laws

48.

President Lincoln thought the Wade-Davis bill was:

a)

too easy on the South because it only required 10 percent of southerners to take an oath of loyalty to the Union.

b)

too harsh on the South because it required 50 percent of southerners to take an oath of loyalty to the Union.

c)

a perfect way to reunite the North and South.

d)

better to be renamed the "Davis-Wade" bill, to put the names in alphabetical order.

49.

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 ________.

a)

labor sharing

b)

shared harvest

c)

land sharing

d)

sharecropping

50.

Free people who had previously been enslaved were known as __________.

a)

freedmen

b)

unslaved

c)

new citizens

d)

righteous and harmonious fists

51.

What did Radical Republicans want to accomplish?

a)

punishment for Union military officers and returning to pre-Civil War policies

b)

punishment for Confederate leaders and protection of the rights of freedmen

c)

to secede from the Union

d)

to reinstate the practice of slavery

52.

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?

a)

They voted to re-elect President Lincoln.

b)

They tried to impeach President Johnson.

c)

They set their differences aside in hopes of uniting the nation.

d)

They vetoed his plan and wrote a new one.

53.

President Lincoln worked on a plan for Reconstruction before the Civil War was over. Which of the following was part of his plan?

a)

Ten percent of voters in a state had to take an oath of allegiance.

b)

Confederate soldiers could never re-join the Union.

c)

Plantation owners would be sent away to other countries.

d)

Freedmen would become the owners of former plantations.

54.

What problems did formerly enslaved people face during Reconstruction?

a)

Black Codes

b)

lack of education

c)

sharecropping

d)

All of the above

55.

Which of the following tried to limit the rights of African Americans in order to help the planter elite hold onto slavery-like conditions?

a)

The Freedmen's Bureau

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Black Codes

d)

Radical Republicans

56.

What group was known for its use of violence and intimidation against its enemies during Reconstruction?

a)

Radical Republicans

b)

freedmen

c)

sharecroppers

d)

the Ku Klux Klan

57.

How did sharecropping affect freedmen?

a)

Sharecropping hurt freedmen because it kept them in a cycle of debt to white landowners.

b)

Sharecropping helped freedmen because white landowners had to pay them for labor and they were able to save their money.

c)

Sharecropping helped freedmen because they finally owned their own land.

d)

Sharecropping did not affect freedmen because only white landowners were sharecroppers.

58.

After the Civil War, a large class of poor sharecroppers developed. This was one of many signs that:

a)

Sharecropping was beneficial to everyone.

b)

The Southern economy was very healthy after the Civil War.

c)

The Civil War ruined the economy in the South.

d)

The North was ready to secede from the Union.

59.

In what ways did the Freedmen's Bureau help freedmen?

a)

The Bureau helped the Ku Klux Klan by guiding freedmen to their "proper place."

b)

The Bureau helped white plantation owners find freedmen to exploit.

c)

The Bureau helped create sharecropping and the freedmen's cycle of debt to white landowners.

d)

The Bureau helped people find jobs and medical care, and supported education.

60.

Which statement is true about President Andrew Johnson?

a)

Johnson fought with Congress over Reconstruction, but lost.

b)

Johnson was able to override Congress's veto of his Reconstruction plan.

c)

Johnson did not have a plan for Reconstruction and did not think the President should be involved.

d)

Johnson had many allies in Congress, which helped his Reconstruction plan win.