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Reconstruction: 1865-1877

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 1hrs 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What do all three amendments after the Civil War guarantee for citizens of the United States?
a)
land ownership
b)
freedom of religion
c)
equal protection under the law
d)
a payroll tax
2.
Although the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were passed, which two groups were the last to receive their full citizenship benefits?
a)
African-Americans & Women
b)
Women & Immigrants
c)
Native Americans & African Americans
d)
Women & Native Americans
3.
What were people called who were from the North and took advantage of the Southerners during Reconstruction?
a)
Loyalists
b)
Abolitionists
c)
Carpetbaggers
d)
Pioneers
4.
Reconstruction came to an end when –
a)
the Black Codes were adopted.
b)
a compromise took place over the 1876 election.
c)
Lincoln was elected President.
d)
Congress proposed the 13th Amendment.
5.
What was the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau?
a)
Established aid to former slaves
b)
Provided citizenship
c)
To create poll taxes
d)
To end slavery
6.
Which thought the preservation of the Union was more important than punishing the South?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
Ned Stark
d)
George Washington
7.
What name was given to the laws passed by southern states that limited economic and physical freedom of former slaves?
a)
Civil Rights Act
b)
Compromise of 1877
c)
14th Amendment
d)
Black Codes
8.
What did the 13th Amendment do?
a)
Grant Citizenship
b)
Ban Slavery
c)
Give all Citizens the Right to Vote
d)
Provide for Freedom of Speech
9.
The 14th Amendment...
a)
Grants citizenship to all persons born in the U.S. regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
b)
Ensures all persons born in the U.S.have the right to vote
c)
Bans Slavery
d)
Determines the Process by which the President and Vice President of the US are Elected
10.
The 15th Amendment...
a)
Bans slavery in the United States and all of its territories
b)
Guarantees the Right to keep and bear arms
c)
Grants citizenship to all persons born in the U.S. regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
d)
Ensures all persons born in the U.S. have the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
11.
Who won the Election of 1876 and thus began the end of the Reconstruction Era?
a)
Rutherford B. Hayes
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Andrew Johnson
d)
Tywin Lannister
12.
The Reconstruction Era began after the end of the ___.
a)
Revolutionary War
b)
Warring States Period
c)
War of 1812
d)
Civil War
13.

Which of the following was a requirement the Confederacy had to meet complete to be readmitted to the Union?

a)

10% of each states population had to take an oath to the Union and prohibit slavery in their new state constitutions.

b)

10% of all former slaves had to agree to admit the southern state they were born in the right to rejoin the Union

c)

10% of a each states population had to agree to amnesty & create a new state constitution that allowed for the adoption of slavery.

d)

12% of each states population had to take an oath to the Confederacy and prohibit slavery in their new state constitutions.

14.

Which of the following did the Freedmen's Bureau accomplish to help freedmen (African Americans)

a)

Provided an education for children to read and write

b)

Donated clothing & food for the homeless

c)

Trained adults for future jobs and careers

d)

All of the Answers are Correct

15.

Who was Abraham's Lincoln's vice president that took control of the White House AFTER Lincoln's assassination?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

John Brown

16.

Which term is associated with white southern men who supported "Reconstruction changes" and maybe moved to the north after the Civil War.

a)

Carpetbaggers

b)

Sharecroppers

c)

Scalawags

d)

Slaves

17.

Which picture illustrates the 13th Amendment?

a)
b)
c)
d)
18.

Which picture accurately represents the "meaning" of the 14th Amendment?

a)
b)
c)
d)
19.

Which picture accurately represents the 15th Amendment

a)
b)
c)
d)
20.

Which group of people were not included in the writings of the 15th amendment?

a)

Mexican-American Men

b)

Women

c)

White Men

d)

African American Men

21.

Which of the following correctly places the ERAs in order (when they occurred)

a)

Mexican-American War, Reconstruction, & Civil War

b)

Reconstruction, Civil War, & Mexican-American War

c)

Mexican-American War, Civil War, & Reconstruction

d)

Civil War, Mexican American War, & Reconstruction

22.

Northern Republicans disliked Andrew Johnson because they felt he was.....

a)

Too soft on the south & the worst person to be president

b)

Too soft on the north & favored tariffs on factories

c)

Too harsh on the south & needed to follow Lincoln's 10% plan

d)

Too harsh on the north & needed to refocus on rebuilding a broken country

23.

Who was the first black Congressman?

a)

Charles Sumner

b)

Samuel Tilden

c)

Hiram Revels

d)

Rutherford Hayes

24.

Which of these white supremacist groups was seen as the military arm of the Democrat Party?

a)

Ku Klux Klan

b)

Knights of the White Camellia

c)

White league

d)

Red Shirts

25.
Lincoln's main goal for Reconstruction was to:
a)
put former Confederate leaders on trial 
b)
add amendments to the Constitution
c)
rejoin the former Confederate states with the Union
d)
give suffrage to freed slaves
26.
To stop the Ku Klux Klan from interfering with elections, Congress enacted the:
a)
Amnesty Act
b)
Compromise of 1877
c)
Civil Rights Act of 1866
d)
Enforcement Acts
27.
An important factor in Ulysses S. Grant winning the presidency in 1868 was:
a)
he served as Andrew Johnson's vice-president
b)
500,000 African-Americans were able to vote
c)
he had support from southern Democrats
d)
people preferred presidents with beards
28.

What was the economic impact of sharecropping for most freedmen and their families?

a)

Many took advantage of the Homestead Act

b)

They found manufacturing jobs in new southern factories

c)

They found themselves trapped in a cycle of debt and poverty

d)

They attended freedmen's schools and black colleges

29.

Literacy tests and poll taxes were means by which:

a)

sharecroppers could pay off their debts

b)

African-Americans were denied suffrage rights

c)

southern states paid for public schools

d)

Federal officials prosecuted white terrorist groups

30.

As Reconstruction began, what problem did southerners face?

a)

Homes, farms, and towns destroyed

b)

Business failures and high unemployment

c)

High inflation made currency worthless

d)

all of these

31.

Who is Scooby Doo's best friend?

a)

Shaggy

b)

Daphne

c)

Velma

d)

Fred

32.

How many days in a year?

a)

375

b)

265

c)

325

d)

365

33.

What color is made when you mix blue and yellow?

a)

aqua

b)

brown

c)

green

d)

purple

34.

What does 70 x 30=

a)

2400

b)

240

c)

2100

d)

210

35.

What planet is closest to the sun?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Mars

c)

Mercury

d)

Earth

36.

What is the name of the boy in "Winnie the Pooh"?

a)

Christian Roger

b)

Christopher Robin

c)

Christopher Michael

d)

Michael Robin

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