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Reconstruction Test Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This was the program implemented by the federal government between 1865 and 1877 to repair damage to the South caused by the Civil War and restore the southern states to the Union

a)

Reconstruction

b)

Readmission

c)

Civil Rights Acts

d)

White League

2.

All of the following were true about the South after the Civil War EXCEPT

a)

African Americans lacked citizenship and ways to make a living

b)

African Americans were still considered slaves

c)

Homes and properties were destroyed and/or abandoned

d)

Businesses closed down due to poor economy

3.

At the start of Reconstruction, African Americans did NOT have any of the following EXCEPT

a)

Freedom from slavery

b)

Voting rights

c)

Full citizenship

d)

Access to education

4.

Congressmen who advocated full citizenship rights for African Americans along with a harsh Reconstruction policy towards the South

a)

Radical Republicans

b)

Moderate Republicans

c)

Southern Democrats

d)

Free Soilers

5.

This was an organization that helped feed, clothe, and educate newly freed African Americans and poor whites

a)

Freedman's Bureau

b)

White League

c)

Klu Klux Klan

d)

Radical Republicans

6.

Which one of these was NOT true about Andrew Johnson?

a)

He was Lincoln's Vice President and took over after he was assassinated

b)

He was impeached by Congress

c)

He passed all of the Radical Republican policies

d)

He wanted to restore the status of southern states

7.

Southern states did all of the following in response to rejoining the Union EXCEPT...

a)

instituted black codes

b)

limited the vote to white men

c)

Sent former Confederate officials to Congress

d)

Gave newly freed African Americans 40 acres and a mule

8.

This was a law that established federal guarantees of civil rights for all citizens, passed despite President Johnson's veto

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

13th Amendment

9.

1868 constitutional amendment which defined citizenship and guarantees citizens equality under the law

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

Klu Klux Klan Act

10.

1870 constitutional amendment that guaranteed voting rights to men regardless of race or previous condition ofservitude

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

Enforcement Acts

11.

negative term for a white Southerner who supported the Republicans during Reconstruction

a)

carpetbagger

b)

scalawag

c)

Radical Republican

d)

abolitionist

12.

A northerner who went to the South immediately after the Civil War; especially one who tried to take advantage of the condition of the south

a)

Klansman

b)

Southern Democrat

c)

carpetbagger

d)

scalawag

13.

_______  the seperation of races was supported by democrats and many republicans wheras _______, the joining together of races was supported only by radicals.

a)

integration, segregation

b)

segregation, discrimination

c)

segregation, integration

d)

discrimination, integration

14.

This was a system used on southern farms after the Civil War in which farmers worked land owned by someone else in return for a small share of the crops profits, kept African Americans and poor whites in a cycle of poverty

a)

Sharecropping

b)

Tenant Farming

c)

Share-tenancy

d)

Slavery

15.

All of the following were issues in the south during reconstruction EXCEPT

a)

illiteracy

b)

poor medical care

c)

poor housing

d)

lack of available farmland

16.

Which one of the following DID NOT occur during Ulysses S. Grant's presidency?

a)

An economic depression due to the failure of a national bank

b)

Lots of scandals and corruption on local and national levels

c)

The general public losing faith in its leaders

d)

Radical Republicans holding control of southern state governments

17.

_________ believed that African Americans should go to trade school and own businesses to advance in society, whereas _________ wanted African Americans to go to college/university and demand changes in laws to guarantee equality

a)

Ida B. Wells, Booker T. Washington

b)

Ida B. Wells, W.E.B. DuBois

c)

W.E.B. DuBois, Booker T. Washington

d)

Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois

18.

All of the following contributed to the end of Reconstruction EXCEPT...

a)

Radical Republican leaders and reformers passing away

b)

Freedmans Bureau being dissolved

c)

Military troops being removed from the South

d)

Radical Republicans holding control of southern state governments

19.

term for a white southern Democrat who returned to power after 1870, symbolized a return of power to white men in the South

a)

Redeemer

b)

Radical

c)

Moderate

d)

Grand Wizard

20.

What happened as a result of the Compromise of 1877

a)

Rutherford B. Hayes (R) won the election of 1876 by one electoral vote

b)

troops were withdrawn from south and their states were given money to build ports and railroads

c)

Both

d)

Neither