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unit 10 Redo Option

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 1hrs 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

2.

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

3.

What were free slaves called? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Indentured servants
Abolitionists
Colonists
freedmen
4.

Who became president after Abraham Lincoln was assasinated? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
James K. Polk
5.

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

6.

After the 13th Amendment, many freedmen agreed to provide labor on plantations, in exchange for sharing part of the harvested crop. This agreement was called ________.

a)

labor sharing

b)

shared harvest

c)

land sharing

d)

sharecropping

7.

What group was known for its use of violence and intimidation against its enemies during Reconstruction?

a)

Radical Republicans

b)

freedmen

c)

sharecroppers

d)

the Ku Klux Klan

8.

In what ways did the Freedmen's Bureau help freedmen?

a)

The Bureau helped the Ku Klux Klan by guiding freedmen to their "proper place."

b)

The Bureau helped white plantation owners find freedmen to exploit.

c)

The Bureau helped create sharecropping and the freedmen's cycle of debt to white landowners.

d)

The Bureau helped people find jobs and medical care, and supported education.

9.

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

10.

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.

11.

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

a)

Immigration Laws

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

Black Codes

d)

Civil Rights Laws

12.

Slavery was abolished with the passage of the _______.

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

b)

13th Amendment

c)

14th Amendment

d)

15th Amendment

13.
What was Reconstruction?
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
14.

Which title would have most likely appeared on this political cartoon immediately after the Reconstruction period ended?

a)

"Black Codes Limit Freedoms of Former Slaves"

b)

"Federal Troops Leave the South"

c)

"Freedmen's Bureau is Established"

d)

"Civil Rights Act Helps Former Slaves"

15.

He would have said, "It is more important to preserve the Union and reconcile rather than punish the South"

a)

Frederick Douglas

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Robert E. Lee

16.

What was the purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

a)

to create equality for all Americans

b)

to ensure equal distribution of power between National and State government.

c)

to limit the power of the federal government

d)

to give all people the right to vote

17.

Who would have most likely NOT supported the Freedmen's Bureau?

a)

An abolitionist

b)

a carpetbagger

c)

a former slave owner

d)

a northern business owner

18.
What did the 14th Amendment do?
a)
made slavery illegal
b)
made former slaves citizens and gave them rights
c)
gave black men the right to vote
d)
gave former slaves land to begin farms
19.
System of farming where farmers gave part of their crop to pay for the land they rented
a)
Family-Farming
b)
Sharecropping
c)
Groupcropping
d)
Split-Farming
20.

Granted citizenship & guaranteed equal protection under the law

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

21.
This was the president of the Confederate States.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Jefferson Davis
22.
This was the President of the Union.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Ulysses S Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
23.

The Emancipation Proclamation

a)

made slavery legal

b)

began slavery

c)

ended slavery in the Confederate states

d)

ended slavery only in the North

24.
This is where the Civil War Ended
a)
Yorktown
b)
Richmond
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Appomattox Courthouse
25.

What advantages did the Union have over the Confederacy?

a)

Better Generals

b)

Stronger allies

c)

Natives were on their side

d)

More people, more factories and food, more railroads

26.

Why was the surrender at Vicksburg crucial to the success of the Union campaign in the West?

a)

It allowed the Union to control the Mississippi River

b)

It allowed the Union to surround the Capital city

c)

It allowed the Union to Blockade important railroads

d)

It allowed the Union to occupy new territories

27.

What was the cause for the Southern states to secede?

a)

Lincoln's election of 1860

b)

They didn't like the clothes the North wore

c)

The North was taking all of the slaves from the South because they needed help farming

28.
Southern General from Virginia who led the South's largest army and lost a major battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
29.
The place where Confederate cannons opened fire thus starting the Civil War
a)
Sherman's March to Sea
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Atlanta Campaign
d)
Fort Sumter
30.
General Sherman led his troops through Georgia toward Savannah and destroyed  things that Southerners needed for war.
a)
Sherman's March to the Sea
b)
Fort Sumter
c)
Gettysburg
d)
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
31.

What were free slaves called? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Indentured servants
Abolitionists
Colonists
freedmen
32.
"I'm looking to buy up your plantations and influence your government for my own personal gain of wealth and power."
Which group of people does the picture above make reference to during the Reconstruction Era?
a)
Northern Politicians
b)
Carpetbaggers
c)
Southern Military Leaders
d)
Freed African Americans
33.
"The Union must and shall be preserved" is a quote that may have been made by --
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Abraham Lincoln
34.
a)

F

b)

G

c)

H

d)

J

35.
a)

F

b)

G

c)

H

d)

J

36.
a)

F

b)

G

c)

H

d)

J

37.
a)

F

b)

G

c)

H

d)

J

38.
a)

F

b)

G

c)

H

d)

J

39.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

40.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

41.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

42.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

43.
a)

F

b)

G

c)

H

d)

J

44.
a)

a

b)

b

c)

c

d)

d

45.
a)

F

b)

G

c)

H

d)

J

46.
a)

F

b)

G

c)

H

d)

J

47.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

48.
a)

F

b)

G

c)

H

d)

J

49.
a)

F

b)

G

c)

H

d)

J

50.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

51.
a)

F

b)

G

c)

H

d)

J

52.

In the excerpt above, what does "this interest" refer to? (a)  

Choose from the below words
The Confederate States of America
Protective tariffs
Slavery
The U.S. Constitution

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