WorksheetsReconstruction Review Game
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. Which group was a government agency that provided food, schools, and medical care to freed slaves and others in the South?
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Freedman’s Bureau
c)
13th Amendment
d)
sharecropping
2.
2. The 14th Amendment said that _____.
a)
All slaves were free
b)
All women could vote
c)
All men could vote
d)
Former Slaves were now equal citizens
3.
3. Unfair poll taxes and tests were established to keep African Americans from ____.
a)
Paying taxes
b)
Voting for leaders
c)
Obeying segregation laws
d)
sharecropping
4.
4. As a result of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, slave owners in the South _____.
a)
were required to free all of their slaves.
b)
had to limit the hours that they made their slaves work.
c)
could track down any slave who escaped.
d)
were forced to give a portion of land to each slave.
5.
5. The Freedmen's Bureau was started by the U.S. government during the Reconstruction of the South. It was created to help former slaves. What was one thing the Bureau was responsible for?
a)
Punishing former slave owners
b)
Building schools for former slaves
c)
Getting the 14th Amendment passed
d)
Hiding escaped slaves from their owner
6.
6. After the Civil War and Lincoln’s assassination, what did President Johnson decide to do with the abandoned plantation lands in the South?
a)
give them to poor whites and former slaves
b)
take them for the U.S. government
c)
give them back to their former owners
d)
divide them among the freed slaves
7.
7. After Reconstruction, blacks were not allowed to sit in the same areas at the theater as whites. They had to sit in the back part of the theater, while whites sat at the front of the theater. This is an example of ____.
a)
reconstruction
b)
desegregation
c)
reconciliation
d)
discrimination
8.
8. The 15th Amendment was ratified in 1870, five years after the Civil War had ended. This amendment allowed the newly freed slaves to
a)
become owners of land and property
b)
participate more fully as citizens by voting
c)
press charges against their former masters
d)
emigrate to another country
9.
9. Which right did African Americans gain due to the Civil War?
a)
freedom
b)
jobs
c)
Clothing
d)
housing
10.
10. Which word means the separation of people, usually based on race or religion?
a)
Organization
b)
Civilization
c)
Segregation
d)
reconstruction
11.
11. Why was Reconstruction needed in the United States?
a)
The Civil War destroyed parts of the country.
b)
The Industrial Revolution meant new building materials.
c)
The Revolutionary War destroyed parts of the country.
d)
Slaves had to be divided among northern states.
12.
12. Period that followed the Civil War when states were brought back into the Union and the country was rebuilt.
a)
Rebuilding
b)
Revolution
c)
Amendments
d)
Reconstruction
13.
13. Which is a result of Jim Crow laws?
a)
Segregation of schools ended
b)
African Americans lost rights
c)
Prejudices were stopped
d)
African Americans gained rights
14.
14. Based on what you know about the Civil War, why did the economy suffer in the South after the war?
a)
The South had lost all its slave workers.
b)
There were no jobs for the returning soldiers
c)
No one was buying Southern cotton anymore
d)
Many Southerners decided to move north
15.
15. Which was a system used in the South after the Civil War in which farmers rented land from a landowner by promising to pay the owner with a portion of the crop?
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
14th Amendment
c)
Sharecropping
d)
Freedman’s Bureau
16.
16. The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified on December 6, 1865. The effect of the amendment was that
a)
slaves were set free only in the Northern states
b)
slaves were freed only in the Southern states
c)
slaves were freed only if they could buy their freedom.
d)
all slaves in the North and South had to be set free
17.
17. African Americans had to attend separate schools from whites after Reconstruction. This was called ___.
a)
reconstruction
b)
segregation
c)
reuniting
d)
desegregation
18.
18. A group of laws that enforced segregation were called ____.
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Confederate Laws
c)
Southern Laws
d)
Amendments
19.
19. When was the Reconstruction period in the United States?
a)
1865-1877
b)
1850-1900
c)
1861-1865
d)
1870-1877
20.
20. Which region was allowed back into the Union during Reconstruction?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
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