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WorksheetsUnit 4: Chapter 1 - Reconstruction
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What was the main reason for the formation of the terrorist group the Ku Klux Klan?
The group could limit the social, economic, and political progress of African Americans.
The group could help African Americans economically, and socially.
The group could agree with African Americans in government.
The group could support the African Americans socially and politically.
The main occupation for African Americans during Reconstruction was ________________________.
Carpetbaggers
scalawags
Slaves
Sharecroppers
What was the name given to northern immigrants who came to South Carolina during Reconstruction as teachers and businessmen?
Scalawags
Carpetbaggers
Freedmen
Democratic Republican
Which of the following describes a "scalawag" during Reconstruction?
Newly freed slaves who were competing with the poor white population.
Veterans of the Civil War who refused to return to civilian life in the South.
Northern citizens who moved South to take advantage of the disorder and destruction.
Southerners who supported the Republicans who would benefit from the education and economic opportunities.
Scalawags, carpetbaggers, and freedmen made up which political party during Reconstruction?
Democrats
Republicans
Federalists
Dixiecrats
Who did the federal government believe was responsible for rebuilding the economies in the southern states after the war?
Individual states and local governments
Northern philanthropists
Federal government
Churches and charities
Which of the following was South Carolina required to do by Radical Republicans and the military governor?
End the KKK immediately
Allow women to vote
Ratify the 14th and 15th Amendments
End Sharecropping agreements
Why did African Americans lose their land that was given to them by the Freedmen's Bureau?
President Johnson pardoned white landowners and returned their land.
President Lincoln did not want land included in agreements to end the war.
President Grant returned the land as part of the compromise with insurgents.
President Jefferson Davis negotiated the return of the land before his surrender at the end of the war.
Which of the following was NOT provided by the Freedmen's Bureau after the Civil War?
Medical care
Food
Clothing
Money to move North
What did the south rely on to make money after the Civil War?
Slave labour
Manufacturing
Agriculture
Trade
Which of the following gave women the right to own property after marriage?
19th Amendment
S.C. Constitution of 1868
13th Amendment
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Which amendments were designed to protect the rights of African Americans? (Choose 3 that apply.)
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
16th Amendment
Which Reconstruction amendment overturned the Dred Scott decision and identified African Americans as citizens?
12th Amendment
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
What was the main goal of Presidential Reconstruction?
To reunite the nation
To destroy the South
To rebuild the North
To create military districts
After the ratification of the 15th amendment, who was given the right to vote?
All white men and women
Northern male citizens
All male citizens
Former male and female slaves
Which of the following demonstrates the refusal of whites to recognize the social and political rights of the freedmen?
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
Black Codes
Freedman's Bureau
Which provision was found in Johnson's plan for Reconstruction?
Southern elite must request a pardon and ratify the 13th amendment
South Carolina had to recognize the end of slavery and write a new constitution
Military districts were created to punish the South
Fifteen percent of the Southern elite were required to pledge allegiance to the Confederacy
Which of the following proved to be a lasting contribution of the Freedmen's Bureau?
The creation of a new constitution that gave aid to the South.
The creation of a new constitution that increased women's rights.
The creation of a many military groups to support African Americans.
The creation of many schools throughout the South.
What was the purpose of the Black Codes that were passed during Reconstruction?
They repealed the Jim Crow laws.
They restricted the rights of African Americans.
They punished former Confederates.
They provided land to former slaves.
How was the institution of slavery formally abolished in the United States?
through the Compromise of 1850
by the Emancipation Proclamation
through the creation of the Freedman's Bureau in 1865
by the ratification of the 13th amendment in 1865
