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Unit 9:Reconstruction

Total questions: 61

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which is the best description of Reconstruction?
a)
rebuilding the US after a big earthquake
b)
a period of rebuilding in the US after the Revolutionary War
c)
a period of rebuilding in the US after the Civil War
d)
unfair treatment of African Americans after the Civil War
2.
The 14th Amendment granted...
a)
freedom of speech
b)
citizenship and equal protection
c)
the right to vote
d)
the right to a speedy and fair trial
3.
Which of these amendments gives citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color or previous condition of servitude?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
18th Amendment
4.
The 13th Amendment ...
a)
banned slavery
b)
grants voting rights
c)
grants citizenship and equal protection
d)
restores Confederate rights
5.
Southern states created the Black Codes to do what?
a)
limit African Americans rights
b)
expand Confederate rights
c)
give women voting rights
d)
jail Carpetbaggers
6.
Carpetbaggers were...
a)
Newly freed slaves
b)
Southern Republicans
c)
Confederate Soldiers
d)
Northerners who took advantage of southern economic hardships 
7.
Abraham Lincoln believed...
a)
African Americans needed Constitutional Amendments to guarantee voting rights
b)
in the southern cause
c)
southern states should have to prove their loyalty after the war
d)
preservation of the Union was more important than punishing the south
8.
The Presidential Election of 1876 resulted in...
a)
military supervision of the south
b)
the restoration of voting rights for white southerners
c)
the end of Reconstruction in the south
d)
equal rights for African Americans
9.
Scalawags were...
a)
Northerners who took advantage of southern economic hardships 
b)
Southern Republicans
c)
former Confederate Leaders
d)
African Americans
10.
Jim Crow Laws passed after Reconstruction took away African American Voting Rights using...
a)
Voter Registration Laws
b)
Political Gerrymandering
c)
Voter Identification Laws
d)
Poll Taxes and Literacy Tests
11.
Which reconstruction amendment was written immediately after the Civil War?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
19th
12.
Which answer choice correctly lists the events in the correct order?
a)
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Black Codes
End of Reconstruction
Freedman's Bureau
b)
Black Codes
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Freedman's Bureau
End of Reconstruction
c)
Freedman's Bureau
Black Codes
Civil Rights Act of 1866
End of Reconstruction
d)
End of Reconstruction
Black Codes
Freedman's Bureau
Civil Rights Act of 1866
13.
Which amendment gives all people equal protection under the law?
a)
14th 
b)
15th
c)
19th
d)
13th
14.

This organization gave food, clothing, medicine, and other supplies to freed slaves. It built thousands of schools.

a)

Freedom's Bureau

b)

Freedmen's Bureau

c)

Hope Bureau

d)

Helpful Bureau

15.

Landowners allowed farmers to use their fields in exchange for a share of the crop they grew, this was known as _____________

a)

mixed farming

b)

multiple cropping

c)

tilling

d)

sharecropping

16.

The main goal of these laws were to keep whites and African Americans separate in public places.

a)

Racial Segregation Laws

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

Separation of Color Laws

d)

Literacy Tests

17.

This is the term used when people are treated differently because of the color of their skin.

a)

equality

b)

discrimination

c)

elitism

d)

disenfranchisement

18.
Jim Crow laws were upheld by which Supreme Court case in 1898?
a)
RHS vs. BGHS
b)
Brown vs. Board of Education
c)
Clymore vs. Kiser
d)
Plessy vs. Ferguson
19.
Reconstruction ended in ____ with a compromise over the election of 1876.
a)
1865
b)
1900
c)
1861
d)
1877
20.
Black Codes were intended to...
a)
help African Americans gain land.
b)
limit the economic and physical freedom of former slaves.
c)
to remove Federal troops from their region.
d)
to give African Americans a code to communicate.
21.
What was segregation?
a)
equal treatment for all people
b)
the forced separation of races
c)
a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land
d)
the period of time after the Civil War
22.
These were laws that made it illegal for African Americans to live or work in certain areas and allowed whites to arrest African Americans who were not working.  Once arrested they would be forcibly assigned to work for white landowners. 
a)
Freedman's Bureau Laws
b)
Reconstruction Acts
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
23.

Which of the following is true about sharecropping

a)

Sharecropping favored the freeedmen.

b)

Many freedmen were able to buy new homes through sharecropping

c)

Most sharecroppers remained in debt or in a cycle of poverty

d)

Many state governments offered loan for sharecropping farmers.

24.

This group used fear & violence to prevent African Americans from voting in the South following Reconstruction

a)

Black Codes

b)

Ku Klux Klan

c)

Radical Republicans

d)

Carpetbaggers

25.

Which of the following presidents was the first ever President to be impeached during Reconstruction for firing the Secretary of War who was in charge of the military districts of the South?

a)

Rutherford B. Hayes

b)

Ulysses Grant

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

Samuel Tilden

26.

Members of the Republican party who believed the Confederacy should be punished for their actions and believed African Americans were entitled to the same political rights and opportunities as whites.

a)

Carpetbagger

b)

Scalawag

c)

Radical Republican

d)

Freedmen

27.

A article that allowed individuals who did not pass the literacy test to vote if their fathers or grandfathers had voted before Reconstruction began.

a)

Poll Tax

b)

Black Codes

c)

Grandfather Clause

d)

Jim Crow Laws

28.

A tax of a fixed amount per persons that had to be paid before the person could vote.

a)

Poll Tax

b)

Literacy Test

c)

Jim Crow Laws

d)

Grandfather Clause

29.

A method used to prevent civilians from voting by requiring prospective voters to read and write at a specific level.

a)

Poll Tax

b)

Grandfather Clause

c)

Black Codes

d)

Literacy Test

30.

Whose election in 1876 signaled the end of Reconstruction?

a)

Rutherford B. Hayes

b)

Ulysses Grant

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

Samuel Tilden

31.

What former Union General was elected President?

a)

Rutherford B. Hayes

b)

Samuel Tilden

c)

Ulysses Grant

d)

Andrew Johnson

32.

Who opposed Andrew Johnsons' presidential reconstruction plan?

a)

Radical Republicans

b)

White Southerners

c)

Democrats

d)

Carpetbaggers

33.

What unfair system was created to exploit the fact that Freedmen could not read and write?

a)

poll tax

b)

literacy test

c)

sharecropping

d)

grandfather clause

34.

What group of politicians felt that Pres. Lincoln was going "too soft" on the South?

a)

Southern Republicans

b)

Demonstrative Democrats

c)

Radical Republicans

d)

None of the above

35.

Pres. Johnson's Reconstruction Plan could be described as...

a)

...punishing to the South

b)

...favorable to the South

c)

...fair to the South

d)

...none of the above

36.

Black Codes were put into place for what purpose?

a)

Assist Black citizens

b)

Oppress Black citizens

c)

Identify Black citizens

d)

Remove Black citizens

37.

Which group of people does the picture and quote above make reference to during the Reconstruction Era?

a)

Freed African Americans

b)

Carpetbaggers

c)

Southern military leaders

d)

Northern politicians

38.

Black Codes were designed to do all of the following EXCEPT _________.

a)

Prohibit African Americans from finding a job or buying a house.

b)

Limit the physical freedom of former enslaved African Americans.

c)

Limit the economic freedom of former enslaved African Americans.

d)

Aid former enslaved African Americans.

39.

After Reconstruction, the system of segregation was supported by _________.

a)

Immigration Laws

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

Black Codes

d)

Civil Rights Laws

40.

Who was more interested in preserving the Union than punishing the South?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Robert E. Lee

41.

What was the result of the Civil Rights Act of 1866?

a)

Southern military leaders were allowed to run for public office

b)

Sharecropping became popular in northern states

c)

African Americans gained equal rights

d)

Plantations were given to former slaves

42.

Which statement should be placed in the box labeled with the number 2?

a)

Ensures all citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

b)

Bans slavery in the United States and all of its territories.

c)

Grants citizenship to all persons born in the United States and guarantees them equal protection under the law.

d)

Guarantees employment to all previous slaves.

43.

Robert E. Lee would have most likely urged Southerners to do what following the conclusion of the Civil War?

a)

Urge Southerners to reunite with the Union as Americans

b)

Support the institution of Black Codes

c)

To keep fighting against the Union

d)

Side with those who wanted to continue to fight.

44.

Which group of people does the picture and quote above make reference to during the Reconstruction Era?

a)

Freed African Americans

b)

Carpetbaggers

c)

Southern military leaders

d)

Northern politicians

45.

Frederick Douglass fought for the adoption of constitutional amendments that guaranteed _________.

a)

Voting rights

b)

Freedom of speech

c)

Right to bear arms

d)

Freedom of religion

46.

Which of the following describes African Americans AFTER the Civil War?

a)

Carpetbaggers

b)

Enslaved

c)

Citizens

d)

Scalawags

47.

Black Codes were designed to do all of the following EXCEPT _________.

a)

Prohibit African Americans from finding a job or buying a house.

b)

Limit the physical freedom of former enslaved African Americans.

c)

Limit the economic freedom of former enslaved African Americans.

d)

Aid former enslaved African Americans.

48.

After Reconstruction, the system of segregation was supported by _________.

a)

Immigration Laws

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

Black Codes

d)

Civil Rights Laws

49.

Slavery was abolished with the passage of the _______.

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

b)

13th Amendment

c)

14th Amendment

d)

15th Amendment

50.

Which of the following was a result of the 14th Amendment?

a)

Provided aid to African Americans by giving them jobs and education.

b)

Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States.

c)

Abolished slavery in the United States and all of its territories.

d)

Ensured male citizens the right to vote.

51.

Who was more interested in preserving the Union than punishing the South?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Robert E. Lee

52.

Which amendment is illustrated in the picture?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

16th Amendment

53.

Which THREE amendments guarantee equal protection under the law for all citizens?

a)

12th

b)

13th

c)

14th

d)

15th

54.

Following the Civil War, what was established to aid former enslaved African Americans in the South?

a)

NAACP

b)

Freedmen's Bureau

c)

Black Codes

d)

Temperance Movement

55.

Which group was removed from the South at the end of Reconstruction?

a)

Southern military leaders

b)

Public officials

c)

Slaves

d)

Federal troops

56.

What brought an end to Reconstruction after the disputed presidential election of Rutherford B. Hayes?

a)

Compromise of 1877

b)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

c)

Ku Klux Klan

d)

Jim Crow Laws

57.

Abraham Lincoln's Reconstruction plan called for ________ and preservation of the Union over punishing the South.

a)

Emancipation

b)

Reconciliation

c)

Voting Rights

d)

Segregation

58.

Which of the following occurred after the Compromise of 1877? (CHOOSE THREE)

a)

Reconstruction ended

b)

Federal troops were removed from the South

c)

African Americans held public office in the South

d)

The Freedmen's Bureau was established

e)

Rights that African Americans had gained were lost

59.

Federal troops were authorized to enforce equal rights of African Americans under the ________.

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

b)

Compromise of 1877

c)

13th Amendment

d)

Black Codes

60.

What is this headline referring to?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

Freedmen's Bureau

61.

Which group was removed from the South at the end of Reconstruction?

a)

Southern military leaders

b)

Public officials

c)

Slaves

d)

Federal troops

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