WorksheetsReconstruction Unit
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 13mins
What was the purpose of the Thirteenth Amendment?
to provide equal rights to citizens
to secure voting rights
to outlaw poll taxes
to end slavery
What did the Fourteenth Amendment establish in the United States?
that the practice of slavery was illegal
that the right to vote was held by all men
that states could not limit the rights of citizens
that states had the right to secede from the Union
Use the information to answer the question.
"I believe that the state of Georgia's new speech law limits my rights as a citizen"
-Wendy Duncan, Georgia Resident
Which amendment can the citizen claim protests her rights?
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
16th Amendment
Which two groups was the Freedmen's Bureau formed to help?
American Indians and immigrants
former enslaved people and poor whites
injured Union and Confederate soldiers
farmers and factory workers
What was the goal of the Freedmen's Bureau?
to help unmarried men find jobs and protect the environment
to provide electricity and help control floods in Tennessee
to create jobs by building roads and bridges in the South
to provide housing and medical care to former slaves
What key factor prevented the Freedmen's Bureau from accomplishing its goals?
lack of constitutional protections for former slaves
refusal of American Indians to leave their homelands
violence directed toward African Americans in the South
the redirection of resources to the settlement of the West
Who benefited the MOST from the system of sharecropping after the Civil War?
farm workers
former slaves
landowners
veterans
How did the system of sharecropping work during Reconstruction?
The government took land away from plantation owners and gave it to former slaves.
Landowners agreed to pay farmers a fair wage for helping to harvest crops in their fields.
Landowners allowed farmers to use their fields in exchange for a share of the crop they grew.
The government paid landowners who were willing to hire poor farmers in search of work.
What was one reason sharecropping was considered a new form of slavery?
The farmers, who were mostly former slaves, were not allowed to leave the farms for any reason.
The farmers, who were mostly former slaves, were not granted land of their own by the government or landowner.
The farmers, who were mostly former slaves, usually owed money to the landowner and had to keep working for them.
The farmers, who were mostly former slaves, usually paid off their debts to the landowners but could not move their families.
What was the main goal of Jim Crow laws and practices?
To keep whites and African Americans separate in public places
To prevent whites from doing hurtful things to African Americans
To keep whites and African Americans together in all areas of society
To prevent laws from being passed that would hurt African Americans
One intention of the Jim Crow laws passed in many southern states was to...
create segregated public schools
force the closure of most plantations
outlaw the practice of sharecropping
help fund Reconstruction-era public works
Which of the following is an example of a Jim Crow law?
a law requiring women to pass a literacy test to run for office
a law allowing children to attend the same schools
a law requiring voters to pay a poll tax in order to vote
a law allowing equal opportunity for men to visit the same hospital
What are TWO goals of Jim Crow laws and practices?
to separate whites and African Americans in public places
to prevent whites from doing hurtful things to African Americans
to keep whites and African Americans together in all areas of society
to prevent laws from being passed that would hurt African Americans
to prevent African Americans from exercising their legal rights
