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Unit 4: Chapter 1 - Reconstruction

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the main reason for the formation of the terrorist group the Ku Klux Klan?

a)

The group could limit the social, economic, and political progress of African Americans.

b)

The group could help African Americans economically, and socially.

c)

The group could agree with African Americans in government.

d)

The group could support the African Americans socially and politically.

2.

The main occupation for African Americans during Reconstruction was ________________________.  

a)

Carpetbaggers

b)

scalawags

c)

Slaves

d)

Sharecroppers

3.

What was the name given to northern immigrants who came to South Carolina during Reconstruction as teachers and businessmen?

a)

Scalawags

b)

Carpetbaggers

c)

Freedmen

d)

Democratic Republican

4.

Which of the following describes a "scalawag" during Reconstruction?

a)

Newly freed slaves who were competing with the poor white population.

b)

Veterans of the Civil War who refused to return to civilian life in the South.

c)

Northern citizens who moved South to take advantage of the disorder and destruction.

d)

Southerners who supported the Republicans who would benefit from the education and economic opportunities.

5.

Scalawags, carpetbaggers, and freedmen made up which political party during Reconstruction?  

a)

Democrats

b)

Republicans

c)

Federalists

d)

Dixiecrats

6.

Who did the federal government believe was responsible for rebuilding the economies in the southern states after the war?  

a)

Individual states and local governments

b)

Northern philanthropists

c)

Federal government

d)

Churches and charities

7.

Which of the following was South Carolina required to do by Radical Republicans and the military governor?  

a)

End the KKK immediately

b)

Allow women to vote

c)

Ratify the 14th and 15th Amendments

d)

End Sharecropping agreements

8.

Why did African Americans lose their land that was given to them by the Freedmen's Bureau?  

a)

President Johnson pardoned white landowners and returned their land.

b)

President Lincoln did not want land included in agreements to end the war.

c)

President Grant returned the land as part of the compromise with insurgents.

d)

President Jefferson Davis negotiated the return of the land before his surrender at the end of the war.

9.

Which of the following was NOT provided by the Freedmen's Bureau after the Civil War?  

a)

Medical care

b)

Food

c)

Clothing

d)

Money to move North

10.

What did the south rely on to make money after the Civil War?  

a)

Slave labour

b)

Manufacturing

c)

Agriculture

d)

Trade

11.

Which of the following gave women the right to own property after marriage?

a)

19th Amendment

b)

S.C. Constitution of 1868

c)

13th Amendment

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

12.

Which amendments were designed to protect the rights of African Americans? (Choose 3 that apply.)

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

16th Amendment

13.

Which Reconstruction amendment overturned the Dred Scott decision and identified African Americans as citizens?

a)

12th Amendment

b)

13th Amendment

c)

14th Amendment

d)

15th Amendment

14.

What was the main goal of Presidential Reconstruction?

a)

To reunite the nation

b)

To destroy the South

c)

To rebuild the North

d)

To create military districts

15.

After the ratification of the 15th amendment, who was given the right to vote?

a)

All white men and women

b)

Northern male citizens

c)

All male citizens

d)

Former male and female slaves

16.

Which of the following demonstrates the refusal of whites to recognize the social and political rights of the freedmen?

a)

14th Amendment

b)

15th Amendment

c)

Black Codes

d)

Freedman's Bureau

17.

Which provision was found in Johnson's plan for Reconstruction?

a)

Southern elite must request a pardon and ratify the 13th amendment

b)

South Carolina had to recognize the end of slavery and write a new constitution

c)

Military districts were created to punish the South

d)

Fifteen percent of the Southern elite were required to pledge allegiance to the Confederacy

18.

Which of the following proved to be a lasting contribution of the Freedmen's Bureau?

a)

The creation of a new constitution that gave aid to the South.

b)

The creation of a new constitution that increased women's rights.

c)

The creation of a many military groups to support African Americans.

d)

The creation of many schools throughout the South.

19.

What was the purpose of the Black Codes that were passed during Reconstruction?

a)

They repealed the Jim Crow laws.

b)

They restricted the rights of African Americans.

c)

They punished former Confederates.

d)

They provided land to former slaves.

20.

How was the institution of slavery formally abolished in the United States?

a)

through the Compromise of 1850

b)

by the Emancipation Proclamation

c)

through the creation of the Freedman's Bureau in 1865

d)

by the ratification of the 13th amendment in 1865