WorksheetsReconstructions Impact on the Nation
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Which of the following best defines the term Reconstruction?
The amendment that outlawed slavery
The time period (1865-1877) when former confederate states were reintegrated into the country.
The amendment that guaranteed citizenship to newly freed enslaved people and gave them equal protection.
Strict states laws passed after the Civil War.
Which of the following created five military districts, required Congressional approval for new state constitutions, required Confederate states give voting rights to all men, and required former Confederate states must approve the 14th amendment?
Reconstruction Acts of 1867
Jim Crow Laws
Black Codes
15th Amendment
After the election of 1876, a bargain was stuck that allowed Rutherford B. Hayes to become president if the federal government would removed troops from the southern states, thus ending Reconstruction.
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott v Sandford
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1877
These strict state laws were passed after the Civil War, restricting black people's right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces.
Compromise of 1877
Black Codes
15th Amendment
Reconstruction Acts.
These Northerners saw the reconstruction South as a chance to get rich quickly by seizing political office now barred from the old order.
Carpetbaggers
Scalawags
Confederates
Colfax Massacre
These southern whites allied themselves with the northerners, and took advantage of the political openings to get rich quick.
Carpetbaggers
Scalawags
Confederates
Colfax Massare
These acts were passed by congress, despite President Johnson's Veto. They protected the citizenship and voting rights of black Americans in the south.
Civil Rights Act of 1866
15th Amendment
13th Amendment
Reconstruction Acts of 1867
This white supremacy, terrorist, organization was created by former confederates to prevent political participation by black Americans and republicans in the south.
Freedmen's Bureau
Confederates
Scalawags
Ku Klux Klan
The 15th Amendment granted:
citizenship to everyone, regardless of race
equal rights to blacks
voting rights to black males
voting rights to women
"Black Codes" and "Jim Crow Laws" were state laws generally designed to segregate and keep control of:
former slaves
Democrats in the South
former Confederate military officers
Exodusters
Jim Crow Laws were an attempt by Southern whites to achieve segregation using the principle:
separate but equal
due process of law
equal protection
integration
Who was Nathan Bedford Forrest?
the first black governor of Louisiana
The founder of the Ku Klux Klan
the author of the 15th Amendment
the president of the Confederacy
Freedmen, Republicans, carpetbaggers, and scalawags were often the target of:
Radical Republicans
the Ku Klux Klan
Exodusters
former slaves
Match the following based on the Reconstruction Plans
Lincoln
Original plan to rebuild the nation and readmit Southern states to the nation
Andrew Johnson
State needs to abolish slavery before being readmitted
Republicans
Shift control of Reconstruction from executive branch to the legislature
Congress
States are required to approve the Fourteenth Amendment to be readmitted
Match the following based on the Reconstruction Plans
Lincoln
Original plan to rebuild the nation and readmit Southern states to the nation
Andrew Johnson
State needs to abolish slavery before being readmitted
Republicans
Shift control of Reconstruction from executive branch to the legislature
Congress
States are required to approve the Fourteenth Amendment to be readmitted
Freedmen´s Bureau
Agency established by Congress to help former slaves in the South
Reconstruction
Period of rebuilding the nation after the Civil War
Fourteenth Amendment
African American Citizenship
Fifteenth Amendment
Banned states from denying African Americans right to vote
Sharecropping
Landowners gave a few acres of land to farm workers in exchange for a portion of their crops
Freedmen´s Bureau
Agency established by Congress to help former slaves in the South
Reconstruction
Period of rebuilding the nation after the Civil War
Fourteenth Amendment
African American Citizenship
Fifteenth Amendment
Banned states from denying African Americans right to vote
Sharecropping
Landowners gave a few acres of land to farm workers in exchange for a portion of their crops
(a) was not part of the Congressional Reconstruction
Radicals
Republicans who wanted to destroy the political power of former slaveholders
Scalawag
White Southerners who joined the Republican Party
Carpetbagger
Northerners who moved to the South after the war
Ku Klux Klan
White southerners who used violence to keep blacks from voting
the period after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union
Reconstruction
Freedmen's Bureau
Andrew Johnson
Ten Percent Plan
1865 - Agency set up to aid former slaves in adjusting themselves to freedom. It furnished food and clothing to needy blacks and helped them get jobs
Freedmen's Bureau
Andrew Johnson
Ten Percent Plan
13th Amendment (1865)
17th President of the United States. He opposed radical Republicans; the first U.S. President to be impeached
Andrew Johnson
Ten Percent Plan
13th Amendment (1865)
14th Amendment (1868)
Lincoln's plan that allowed a Southern state to form its own government after ten percent of its voters swore an oath of loyalty to United States
Ten Percent Plan
13th Amendment (1865)
14th Amendment (1868)
15th Amendment (1870)
abolishes and prohibits slavery
13th Amendment (1865)
14th Amendment (1868)
15th Amendment (1870)
Black Codes
citizenship to everyone born in the United States
14th Amendment (1868)
15th Amendment (1870)
13th Amendment (1865)
Black Codes
United States cannot prevent a person from voting because of race, color, or creed
15th Amendment (1870)
14th Amendment (1868)
13th Amendment (1865)
Black Codes
laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves; passed by southern states following the Civil War
Black Codes
Ku Klux Klan
Sharecropper
Crop Lien System
a secret society created by white southerners in 1866 that used terror and violence to keep African Americans from obtaining their civil rights
Ku Klux Klan
Black Codes
Sharecropper
Crop Lien System
a person who works fields rented from a landowner and pays the rent and repays loans by turning over to the landowner a share of the crops
Sharecropper
Crop Lien System
Red Shirts / White League
Reconstruction
Select the two (2) correct answers.
Which of the following are characteristics of Lincoln’s 10% Plan?
Promising to pay poll taxes.
Accepting the end of slavery.
Pledging an allegiance to the Union.
Pledging allegiance to the “Lost Cause” movement.
How did the southern states prevent African Americans from voting starting in
the 1890’s?
Every southern state adopted the 15th Amendment.
Southern states implemented Reconstruction policies.
Southern states banned black codes and Jim Crow Laws.
Changed constitutions that added requirements such as poll taxes for
African Americans.
What was the cause? -> Effect: Removal of troops from southern states
Black Codes
Jim Crow Laws
Compromise of 1877
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Which political party took control of the South in the early 1870’s?
Democrat
Republican
Green Party
Independent
During Reconstruction, what were Confederate States required to do before they
could be readmitted into the Union?
Adopt Black Codes
Ban Jim Crow Laws
Adopt the 14th Amendment
Pass the Civil Rights Act of 1866
Who is being described:
Fought for adoption of Constitutional Amendments that guaranteed voting rights.
Was a powerful voice for human rights and civil liberties for all people.
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Frederick Douglass
How did the U.S. government attempt to help the newly freed enslaved people
after the Civil War?
Provided free college tuition for African American men.
Established public assistance programs which still exist today.
Established the Freedmen's Bureau to provide aid to those in need.
Recruited African American men to serve in the newly integrated U.S. Army.
Reconstruction came to an end when-
Lincoln became president.
The Black Codes were adopted.
Congress proposed the 13th Amendment.
A compromise took place over the 1876 election.
The 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments changed the meaning of citizenship in the
United States. However, some groups still were not included in those new rights.
Which two groups were the last to receive their full citizenship benefits?
American Indians
Women of all races
White American males
African American males
What do the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments have in common? Select the two (2)
correct answers.
They included protections for American Indians and women.
They provided equal protection of the Constitution to all citizens.
They allowed for Black Codes to be adopted as part of the Constitution.
They provided rights to citizens that had once been excluded from the
Constitution.
What years were the Reconstruction Era?
1865-1877
1850 - 1900
1863-1879
1877-1890
What group of politicians felt that Pres. Lincoln was going "too soft" on the South?
Southern Republicans
Demonstrative Democrats
Radical Republicans
None of the above
Pres. Johnson's Reconstruction Plan could be described as...
...punishing to the South
...favorable to the South
...fair to the South
...none of the above
Many freed slaves continued working on plantations because...
they were comfortable with the work
they feared change
they were loyal to their owners
they did not own land
Constitutional amendments 13-15 were designed to...
...provide equality for Blacks
...reconstruct life in the South
...push America into a new era
...all of the above
Black Codes were put into place for what purpose?
Assist Black citizens
Oppress Black citizens
Identify Black citizens
Remove Black citizens
Northern-born Republicans who moved South after the war.
carpetbaggers
scalawags
redeemers
sharecroppers
Southerners who supported Reconstruction governments.
carpetbaggers
scalawags
redeemers
sharecroppers
Secret society that opposed civil rights, particularly suffrage, for African Americans.
Carpetbaggers
Radical Republicans
Redeemers
Ku Klux Klan
System in which land owners provided land, tolls and supplies and freed slaves provided the labor.
Sharecropping
The Share Crop System
Tenant Farmer
Subsistence Farmer
What state the the Ku Klux Klan begin in?
Arkansas
Texas
Tennessee
Alabama
Who won the popular vote in the election of 1876?
Hayes
Tilden
Grant
Revels
What was a carpetbagger?
A.a former Confederate soldier who moved North
B.a Union soldier who was quartered in the South
C.a Northerner who came South for political opportunities
D.an African American who sought elected office
9.What organization was founded by former Confederate soldiers for the purpose of intimidating African Americans in the South?
A.the Sons of the Confederacy
B.the anti-Black Republicanism Party
C.the Freedmen's Bureau
D.the Ku Klux Klan
According to the chart, why was the Election of 1876 controversial?
Tilden won the popular vote but lost the election
Hayes lost the election due to corruption
Hayes won the popular vote but lost the election
Tilden won the election but lost the electoral college
When Hayes became President in 1877, what was one of his first actions?
He pulled all federal troops out of the South ending reconstruction
He raised taxes on the South
He reinstated the Freedman's Bureau
He abolished the 13th Amendment
What prevented Tilden from winning the election of 1876?
Special Electoral Commission awarded 3 disputed southern states votes to Hayes
Special Electoral Commission declared Tilden unfit for office.
He received less popular vote
He was not an American citizen
What was promised by the Republican Party in the Compromise of 1877?
that the federal government would pay for infrastructure projects in the former Confederate states
that the federal government would compensate all former slaves through land grants in the American West
that the president would remove all federal troops that occupied the former Confederate states
that the party would not support any new amendments to the Constitution until the end of Reconstruction
How was the disputed presidential election of 1876 resolved?
through the Compromise of 1877, which awarded Rutherford B. Hayes the presidency with the agreement that Hayes would end military occupation of the South
Through the Compromise of 1877, which awarded Samuel Tilden the presidency with the agreement that Tilden would end military occupation of the South
through the Compromise of 1877, which awarded Rutherford B. Hayes the presidency with the understanding that he would support the Democratic state governments in the South
through the Compromise of 1877, which awarded Samuel Tilden the presidency with the understanding that he would support the Democratic state governments in the South
