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Reconstruction Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which term best describes the period of rebuilding the South immediately following the Civil War?

a)

Reperation

b)

Rebuilding

c)

Reconstruction

d)

Restoration

2.

Which Amendment states that anyone born in the United States is a citizen, so it granted citizenship to African Americans?

a)
14th
b)
15th
c)
16th
d)
13th
3.

What Amendment was passed to guarantee African American men the right to vote?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

16th

d)

15th

4.

When Lincoln was killed, who became president?

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Stonewall Jackson

5.
Poll taxes & ____ prevented African Americans from voting.
a)

grandfather clauses

b)
Jim Crow laws
c)
black codes
d)
Freedmen's Bureau
6.

System of work in which farmers traded a portion of the crops they grew in exchange for renting land, tools & supplies

a)
sharecropping
b)
40 acres & a mule
c)

total war

d)
pastoralism
7.
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
8.

Which statement best describes the beliefs of Radical Republicans?

a)

"The United States has done enough and shouldn't have to pay more to support freed slaves."

b)

"Former Confederate leaders should be forgiven for their actions during the Civil War."

c)

"The Southern states and members of the Confederacy should be punished for their actions."

d)

"The country should follow President Lincoln's plan to reunite the country as quickly as possible."

9.

What is the purpose of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution?

a)
Gave African American's citizenship and provided equal protection of the law for all citizens
b)
Gave all men the right to vote
c)
Made slavery illegal
d)
Gave women the right to vote
10.

This organization helped newly freed slaves with food, medical care, jobs, housing and schooling. 

a)
Sharecropping
b)
Jim Crow Laws
c)
Reconstruction
d)
Freedmen's Bureau 
11.

Black codes were designed to control the lives of which group of people?

a)
Latinos
b)
African-Americans 
c)
Native Americans
d)
Asians
12.

Which of these was NOT part of the Reconstruction Acts of 1867?

a)

Put South under military rule

b)

States must ratify 14th Amendment

c)

States must write new constitutions

d)

Plantations were divided into farms for former slaves

13.

To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office

a)

Impeach

b)

Amnesty

c)

Ratification

d)

Black Codes

14.

Why is Juneteenth important?

a)

It represent the end of the Civil War

b)

It represent Martin Luther King's Birthday

c)

It represents independence from Britain

d)

It represents the end of slavery

15.

What significant event happened in June 1865?

a)

Congress passed the 13th amendment.

b)

The last plantation in the U.S closed down.

c)

Enslaved people in Galveston, TX learned they were free.

d)

President Lincoln gave the Emancipation Proclamation.