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Reconstruction Era - Unit

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which president created the 10% Plan?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Rutherford B. Hayes

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

Abraham Lincoln

2.

These laws were created for the sole purpose of limiting the rights of African Americans and keeping them in conditions close to slavery.

a)

13th Amendment

b)

Black Codes

c)

Compromise of 1877

d)

15th Amendment

3.

What does the 13th Amendment do?

a)

Limit the rights of African Americans

b)

Grant citizenship to anyone born in the United States

c)

Abolish Slavery

d)

Give the right to vote to all male citizens

4.

What does the 14th Amendment do?

a)

Limit the rights of African Americans

b)

Grant citizenship to anyone born in the United States

c)

Abolish Slavery

d)

Grant the right to vote to all males, no matter their race

5.

What does the 15th Amendment do?

a)

Limit the rights of African Americans

b)

Grant citizenship to any born in the United States

c)

Abolish slavery

d)

Grant the right to vote to all male citizens, no matter their race

6.

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 or portion

b)

ownership

c)

debt

d)

none of the above

7.

In the end, who won the Election of 1876?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Rutherford B. Hayes

8.

After the election of 1876, a bargain was stuck that allowed Rutherford B. Hayes to become president if the federal government would removed troops from the southern states, thus ending Reconstruction.

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Dred Scott v Sandford

c)

Missouri Compromise

d)

Compromise of 1877

9.

Who was responsible for for the Wade-Davis Bill?

a)

Hiram Revels

b)

Democrats

c)

Radical Republicans

d)

Rutherford B. Hayes

10.

What term best describes an individual who moved from the North to the South during Reconstruction?

a)

Scalawags

b)

KKK Member

c)

Carpetbaggers

d)

Jim Crow

11.

The first African American senator was...

a)

Benjamin Wade

b)

Hiram Revels

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Henry W. Davis

12.

This term that best describes an individual who lived in the South and switched to supporting the Radical Republicans and Reconstruction.

a)

Jim Crow

b)

Scalawags

c)

KKK Member

d)

Carpetbaggers

13.

What THREE main things did the Compromise of 1877 do?

a)

Increased the budget of the military

b)

Made Rutherford B. Hayes President

c)

Removed troops from the South

d)

Ended Reconstruction

14.

The Jim Crow Era is best known for...

a)

Impeachment

b)

Segregation

c)

Scalawags

d)

Carpetbaggers

15.

Was Andrew Johnson from the North or the South?

a)

North

b)

South

16.

Which president was in office when the 15th Amendment was ratified in 1870?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Rutherford B. Hayes

c)

Andrew Johnson