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SS Week 18

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which political party had the most power in Alabama before the Civil War?

a)

the Whig party

b)

the Democratic party

c)

the American party

d)

the Republican party

2.

How many African American men from Alabama were elected to the U.S. Congress?

a)

3

b)

5

c)

12

d)

27

3.

What were the Democrats united on?

a)

that cotton should be subsidized

b)

that Mexico should join the Union

c)

that Stephen Douglas should run for the U.S. presidency

d)

that Republicans were a danger to the South

4.

Which person started a school for African American children?

a)

Benjamin Sterling Turner

b)

James T. Rapier

c)

Jeremiah Haralson

d)

Hiram Revels

5.

Jeremiah Haralson was an unusual African American politician because __________.

a)

he supported secession

b)

he started his own political party

c)

he started as a Democrat before becoming a Republican

d)

he met Abraham Lincoln

6.

Where did James T. Rapier attend school?

a)

the U.S., Mexico, and Sweden

b)

France, the U.S., and Egypt

c)

England, Germany, and the U.S.

d)

the U.S., Scotland, and Canada

7.

Who became the president after Lincoln? 

a)

George Washington

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

Rutherford B. Hayes

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

8.

What were the Black Codes?

a)

the agricultural practice of burning cotton fields every four years

b)

a code that members of the Underground Railroad used

c)

laws that tried to return African Americans to slavery

d)

a series of popular books about the Civil War

9.

What did the 13th amendment do?

a)

It gave all African American men the right to vote.

b)

It made seceding from the Union illegal.

c)

It protected all Americans’ civil rights.

d)

It abolished slavery.

10.

After the Civil War, who did the Southern farmland go to?

a)

soldiers who fought for the Union

b)

new immigrants from Europe

c)

the people who owned the land before the war

d)

Northerners who migrated south

11.

Why was it difficult for formerly enslaved people and poor white people to buy land?

a)

They had to show a family connection to it.

b)

They didn’t have enough money to buy it.

c)

The war had destroyed most of the banks.

d)

They had to pay back taxes on it.

12.

How did sharecroppers pay their rent?

a)

They gave the land owner part of the crop.

b)

They sold their crops at market.

c)

They made goods and sold them.

d)

They didn’t have to pay rent.

13.

The 13th amendment allows “involuntary servitude” only when __________.

a)

it occurs outside the U.S

b)

the “involuntary servant” makes more money than the supervisor

c)

the “involuntary servant” has weekends off

d)

it is a punishment for a crime

14.

What is an unalienable right?

a)

a right given only to foreigners

b)

a right that no one can take to another country

c)

a right that cannot be denied

d)

a right that can only be found in the North

15.

Which event ended Reconstruction in the South?

a)

the removal of federal troops from the South

b)

the completion of the state capitol in Montgomery

c)

the carpetbaggers leaving the South

d)

the admission of Texas as a state

16.

During which period did thousands of Northerners move to the South?

a)

Reconstruction

b)

summer

c)

Christmas

d)

construction

17.

Which of the following was not a reason listed in the article for Northerners to move to the South?

a)

The South needed to be rebuilt.

b)

Former soldiers were looking for opportunities that they could not find in the North.

c)

They wanted to make money.

d)

They thought the weather was better.

18.

What effect was there when some Southerners worked with the carpetbaggers?

a)

People moved back to the North.

b)

More people moved to the South.

c)

The Northerners wanted to have slavery again.

d)

Other Southerners considered them to be scalawags, or traitors.

19.

In what year did Hiram Revels become the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate?

a)

1970

b)

1870

c)

1770

d)

1670

20.

Hiram Revels established schools for formerly enslaved people in which state?

a)

North Carolina

b)

Georgia

c)

South Carolina

d)

Mississippi

21.

How long did Revels serve as a senator?

a)

one month

b)

one year

c)

four years

d)

six months