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Reconstruction

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 31mins

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.

___________________ 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.

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

7.
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
8.
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
9.
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
10.
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
11.
Who could hold public office in the south during Reconstruction?
a)
African Americans
b)
Confederate Leaders
c)
Southern Women
d)
American Indians
12.
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
13.
Carpetbaggers were...
a)
Newly freed slaves
b)
Southern Republicans
c)
Confederate Soldiers
d)
Northerners who took advantage of southern economic hardships 
14.
What's the best title for this list? 
a)
Black Codes
b)
Reconstruction Laws & Policies
c)
Civil War Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
15.
Abraham Lincoln believed...
a)
African Americans needed Constitutional Amendments to guarantee voting rights
b)
in the southern cause
c)
southern states should have to prove their loyalty after the war
d)
preservation of the Union was more important than punishing the south
16.
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
17.
Scalawags were...
a)
Northerners who took advantage of southern economic hardships 
b)
Southern Republicans
c)
former Confederate Leaders
d)
African Americans
18.
Jim Crow Laws passed after Reconstruction took away African American Voting Rights using...
a)
Voter Registration Laws
b)
Political Gerrymandering
c)
Voter Identification Laws
d)
Poll Taxes and Literacy Tests
19.

Landowners allowed farmers to use their fields in exchange for a share of the crop they grew, this was known as _____________

a)

mixed farming

b)

multiple cropping

c)

tilling

d)

sharecropping

20.

The main goal of these laws were to keep whites and African Americans separate in public places.

a)

Racial Segregation Laws

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

Separation of Color Laws

d)

Literacy Tests

21.

The Freedmen's Bureau helped former slaves struggling to ________________.

a)

find more people to work on plantations

b)

find food and shelter

c)

find jobs in factories

d)

rebuild transportation such as railroads

22.

Sharecropping was like a new form of slavery, because farmers were always ________________.

a)

in debt to the landowners

b)

debt free from the landowners.

c)

making lots of money from the landowners.

d)

forced to work certain hours.

23.
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
24.
During Reconstruction, most former Confederate states
a)
were placed under military rule for a time
b)
were readmitted into the Union, but only after promising to end slavery within 10 years
c)
given full representation in Congress without issue
d)
supported the immediate end of slavery throughout the U.S.
25.

Who would have most likely NOT supported the Freedmen's Bureau?

a)

An abolitionist

b)

a carpetbagger

c)

a former slave owner

d)

a northern business owner

26.
Robert E. Lee was the president of --
a)
the University of Virginia
b)
the College of William and Mary
c)
Harvard College
d)
Washington College
27.
Which policies increased as the South reacted to the 14th and 15th Amendments?
a)
Freedman's Bureau
b)
Black Codes
c)
Fugitive Slave Laws
d)
Big Stick Diplomacy
28.
Which is a belief of both Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee about the direction the South should take after the Civil War?
a)
The South should accept punishment for the war
b)
The South should reconcile with the North
c)
The South should accept discrimination policies
d)
The South should continue to fight the North
29.

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.

30.

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

31.

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

32.

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.

33.

What problems did formerly enslaved people face during Reconstruction?

a)

Black Codes

b)

lack of education

c)

sharecropping

d)

All of the above

34.

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

35.

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.

36.

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.

37.

Which group of people does the picture and quote above make reference to during the Reconstruction Era?

a)

Freed African Americans

b)

Carpetbaggers

c)

Southern military leaders

d)

Northern politicians

38.

Black Codes were designed to do all of the following EXCEPT _________.

a)

Prohibit African Americans from finding a job or buying a house.

b)

Limit the physical freedom of former enslaved African Americans.

c)

Limit the economic freedom of former enslaved African Americans.

d)

Aid former enslaved African Americans.

39.

After Reconstruction, the system of segregation was supported by _________.

a)

Immigration Laws

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

Black Codes

d)

Civil Rights Laws

40.

Following the Civil War, what was established to aid former enslaved African Americans in the South?

a)

NAACP

b)

Freedmen's Bureau

c)

Black Codes

d)

Temperance Movement

41.

Which group was removed from the South at the end of Reconstruction?

a)

Southern military leaders

b)

Public officials

c)

Slaves

d)

Federal troops

42.

What brought an end to Reconstruction after the disputed presidential election of Rutherford B. Hayes?

a)

Compromise of 1877

b)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

c)

Ku Klux Klan

d)

Jim Crow Laws

43.

Abraham Lincoln's Reconstruction plan called for ________ and preservation of the Union over punishing the South.

a)

Emancipation

b)

Reconciliation

c)

Voting Rights

d)

Segregation

44.

The purpose of the Freedman's Bureau was to

a)

provide 40 acres and a mule for each slave.

b)

gain the vote for millions of former slaves.

c)

provide work, education, and relief for former slaves.

d)

get radical Republicans in positions of power in the South.

45.
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
46.
Why did sharecroppers remain poor?
a)
The South flooded during Reconstrucion
b)
They owed money to the landowners, never getting out of debt
c)
The sun never shone on crops
d)
Animals ate all the crops
47.

Believed equality could be achieved through vocational education & accepted social segregation

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Booker T Washington

c)

WEB Dubois

48.

Harvard graduate who co-founded the NAACP

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Booker T Washington

c)

WEB Dubois

49.

What was the nickname for the person this cartoon is portraying?

a)

carpetbagger

b)

Jim Crow

c)

Freedman

d)

Scalawag

50.

How did southern Democrats feel about the Freedmen's Bureau

a)

They liked it because it was a fair way to spend tax money.

b)

They did not like it because it gave too much power to the President.

c)

They liked it because it helped the Ku Klux Klan

d)

They did not like it because it spent their tax money on African Americans.

51.

How did African Americans elevate into the middle class during Reconstruction?

a)

Schools were built and newly freed slaves became educated.

b)

The 15th amendment was passed giving African Americans the right to vote.

c)

Carpetbaggers ensured that African Americans could have any job that they were qualified for.

d)

All of the above.

52.

How did President Lincoln succeed in permanently abolishing the practice represented by the tree in this cartoon (the word on the tree is "slavery")?

a)

By promoting the passage and approval of the 13th Amendment

b)

By promoting the passage and approval of the 14th Amendment

c)

By promoting the passage and approval of the 15th Amendment

d)

By promoting the passage and approval of the 16th Amendment

53.

Allowed people to vote without barriers if their ancestor had voted before Reconstruction.

a)

Segregation

b)

Poll Tax

c)

Literacy Test

d)

Grandfather Clause

54.

Bought a train ticket (7/8th white) he sat in the white train car. He wanted to test the constitutionality of the law. Court case stated that states could separate the races as long as there equal facilities making segregation the law of the land unit 1954.

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Homer Plessy

d)

John Wilkes Booth

55.
Who was the first African American to serve in the US senate?
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Hiram Revels
d)
Barack Obama
56.
The Military Reconstruction Act divided the former Confederate states into 
a)
4 Congressional Districts
b)
5 Military Districts
c)
6 Senate Zones
d)
5 Reconstruction Zones
57.

This former general and President tried to help African Americans, unlike his predecessor, but had many problems running the country because many of his advisers had become corrupt.

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

Rutherford B. Hayes

d)

Barack Obama

58.

This man was the first president to be impeached because fired many members of Lincoln's Cabinet and tried to undermine Reconstruction by being incredibly racist.

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

Rutherford B. Hayes

d)

Donald Trump