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Freedmen's Bureau vs. Ku Klux Klan

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Free people who had previously been enslaved were known as .

a)

freedmen

b)

unslaved

c)

new citizens

2.

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

3.

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

4.

What agency was created to help former slaves and control abandoned plantation lands?

a)

The Ku Klux Klan

b)

The Freedmen's Bureau

c)

The Red Shirts

d)

The Sharecroppers Bureau

5.

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.

6.

What was Reconstruction?

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

7.

What were Jim Crow Laws?

a)

equal treatment for all people

b)

laws that made segregation legal

c)

a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land

d)

the period of time after the Civil War

8.

What laws segregated public facilities in the south?

a)

Jim Crow Law

b)

Affirmative Action Laws

c)

Prohibition Laws

d)

Quota Laws

9.

he Ku Klux Klan was a group that believed...

a)

in equality for all

b)

in white supremacy

c)

in black supremacy

d)

in southern supremacy

10.

Jim Crow laws enforced segregation based on race.

a)

True

b)

false

11.

What was the purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

a)

to give all people the right to vote

b)

to ensure equal distribution of power between National and State government.

c)

to limit the power of the federal government

d)

to create equality for all Americans

12.

 

Which amendment prohibited states from denying men the right to vote based on discrimination? 

a)

15th

b)

14th

c)

13th

13.

Which amendment made slavery illegal?

a)

15th

b)

14th

c)

13th

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

14.

What Amendment was created to guarantee Freed Slaves citizenship?

a)

15

b)

14

c)

13

d)

99

15.

The KKK succeeded in stopping the Freedmen’s Bureau

a)

True

b)

False

16.

The Freedmen's Bureau succeeded in aiding African Americans

a)

Fals

b)

True

17.

Why did the Freedmen’s Bureau dismantle?

a)

Pressure from white southerners

b)

They wanted to

c)

African Americans didn’t want help from the bureau anymore

18.

What happened to abandoned plantation lands?

a)

The KKK stole them

b)

The government gave the lands to white southerners

c)

The Freedmen’s Bureau redistributed them

d)

Curious George flew away with them

19.

What were Radical Republicans?

a)

A group of African Americans that wanted help from The Bureau

b)

A group of white southerners that didn’t follow the law

c)

A faction of the Republican Party during the Civil War that opposed slavery

20.

What unfair system was created to exploit the fact that many freedmen couldn’t read and write

a)

Citizen requirement test

b)

Literacy test

c)

Brainly test

d)

Abraham Lincoln state test