Worksheets1.2 Reconstruction
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 1hrs 25mins
A series of laws that severely restricted the rights, freedoms and movement of African-Americans in Southern states after the Civil War. This came before Jim Crow laws. It was overtly racist.
Black codes
Gerrymandering
Fugitive Slave Laws
Restrictive rights codes
a person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction, either through political or economic opportunities. Often a person perceived as an unscrupulous opportunist. A snakeoil salesman.
Northern Opportunist
Carpetbagger
Sharecropper
Northern Antagonizer
1870."The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." One of three Reconstruction Amendments.
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15 Amendment
16th Amendment
1868. "No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." One of three Reconstruction Amendments.
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
16th Amendment
The name given to a faction in the U.S. Congress which advocated emancipation of slaves before and during the Civil War, and insisted on harsh penalties for the South following the war, during the period of Reconstruction.
Democratic-Republicans
War Hawks
Emancipationists
Radical Republicans
a system of debt peonage in which a tenant farmer especially in the southern United States who is provided with credit for seed, tools, living quarters, and food, who works the land, and who receives an agreed share of the value of the crop minus charges.
Carpetbagging
Sharecropping
Cropdusting
Cattlecalling
1865. "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." One of three Reconstruction Amendments.
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
16th Amendment
What Amendment was passed to guarantee African American men the right to vote?
13th
14th
16th
15th
When Lincoln was killed, he became president.
Andrew Johnson
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Stonewall Jackson
Fair treatment through the normal judicial system (laws) is
Emancipation Proclamation
Secession
Due Process
Reconstruction
Same crime: White women received misdemeanors, blacks got 39 whippings.
What agency was created by the United States Congress in 1865 to set up schools and churches, supply food and clothing, and solve employment issues for the former slaves?
the American Missionary Association
the Freedmen's Bureau
the Ku Klux Klan
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - NAACP
Which statement best describes the beliefs of Radical Republicans?
"The United States has done enough and shouldn't have to pay more to support freed slaves."
"Former Confederate leaders should be forgiven for their actions during the Civil War."
"The Southern states and members of the Confederacy should be punished for their actions."
"The country should follow President Lincoln's plan to reunite the country as quickly as possible."
What was the result of President Andrew Johnson's impeachment?
He was sentenced to two years in federal prison.
He was removed from office immediately.
He was acquitted and remained in office.
Who supported the Civil Rights Act of 1866, funding the Freedmen's Bureau, military control over Southern states, and ratification of the 14th and 15th Amendments?
Radical Republicans
Southern Democrats
President Andrew Johnson
Which of the following was NOT a reason why the KKK was created?
Southern Democrats wanted to regain power
Southern whites wanted to prevent black people from voting
Some whites wanted to make sure everyone had equal rights
Some whites who were angry about losing power resorted to violence
How did sharecropping affect freedmen after the Civil War?
Many former slaves became locked into a cycle of poverty and debt
It gave black families a way to own their own farms
It made freedmen independent
It allowed many former slaves to become wealthy citizens
What was the grandfather clause?
Excused someone from a literacy test if father or grandfather was able to vote before Reconstruction.
Enforced separation of races.
Assessments that were once used to qualify someone to vote.
A fee to vote.
After the 15th amendment was passed in 1870, by 1875 how many black senators did the US Have?
7
5
33
1
By 1901, how many black representatives and senators were there in the US?
11
7
1
33
What was the low point of White/Black relations in US History known as?
Reconstruction
Nadir
Jim Crow
Civil Rights Movement
Who was the leader of the Radical Republicans?
Abraham Lincoln
Thaddeus Stephens
Andrew Johnson
Rutherford B Hayes
