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Reconstruction after the civil war

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which laws were created to prevent African Americans from receiving equal rights during Reconstruction?

a)

Black codes

b)

the 13th-15th amendments

c)

the Freedmen's Bureau

d)

Johnson's Plan

2.

Which amendment abolished slavery in 1865?

a)

the 13th Amendment

b)

the 14th Amendment

c)

the 15th Amendment

d)

the 19th Amendment

3.

When did the time of Reconstruction take place?

a)

1865-1877, after the Civil War

b)

1820-1860, before the Civil War

c)

1861-1865, during the Civil War

4.

Southerners who were pro-Union were called _______, a negative nickname.

a)

Carpetbaggers

b)

Scalawags

c)

Jim Crows

d)

mudslingers

5.

Which system, where African American farmers rented land and paid a profit to white landowners, replaced slavery during Reconstruction?

a)

Indentured servitude

b)

Slavery

c)

Sharecropping

d)

Subsistence farming

6.

Which amendment gave African American men the right to vote in 1870?

a)

the 13th Amendment

b)

the 14th Amendment

c)

the 15th Amendment

d)

the 19th Amendment

7.

Who was President during most of Reconstruction?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Robert E. Lee

8.

How many military districts did the Reconstruction Acts divide the South into?

a)

1

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

9.

Who was the first African American man elected to the Senate?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Nat Turner

c)

Wiliam Carney

d)

Hiram Rhodes Revels

10.

Which amendment granted citizenship rights to African Americans in 1868?

a)

the 13th Amendment

b)

the 14th Amendment

c)

the 15th Amendment

d)

the 19th Amendment

11.

Which government organization was created to help newly freed enslaved people adjust to society?

a)

Black Codes

b)

the Freedmen's Bureau

c)

Poll Taxes

d)

Jim Crow Laws

12.

Northerners who moved South during Reconstruction looking to make a profit were called--?

a)

Carpetbaggers

b)

Scalawags

c)

Jim Crows

d)

Mudslingers

13.

Lincoln's plan for rebuilding the South and readmitting Southern states was--

a)

harsh/mean

b)

moderate/in the middle

c)

He did not have a plan for Reconstruction.

d)

Lenient/easy-going.