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Lesson 3 & 4 - Civil War Reconstruction - Review

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following presidents was impeached during Reconstruction? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Rutherford B. Hayes
Ulysses Grant
Andrew Johnson
Samuel Tilden
2.

What former Union General was elected President? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Rutherford B. Hayes
Samuel Tilden
Ulysses Grant
Andrew Johnson
3.

What name was givin to Northerners who moved south for political jobs and to profit off Reconstruction? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Carpetbaggers
Con Artists
Freedmen
Scalawags
4.

What was another name for a southerner who sided with the Radical republicans that wanted to punish the south for the war? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Carpetbagger
Ku Klux Klan
Democrat
Scalawag
5.

What economic system was created in the south to replace slavery and keep Freedmen poor and under white control? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Sharecropping
Literacy testing
Poll Taxes
Jim Crow
6.

Match the following

a)

Freedmen´s Bureau

1.

Agency established by Congress to help former slaves in the South

b)

Reconstruction

2.

Period of rebuilding the nation after the Civil War

c)

Fourteenth Amendment

3.

African American Citizenship

d)

Fifteenth Amendment

4.

Banned states from denying African Americans right to vote

e)

Sharecropping

5.

Landowners gave a few acres of land to farm workers in exchange for a portion of their crops

7.

Match the following

a)

Radicals

1.

Republicans who wanted to destroy the political power of former slaveholders

b)

Scalawag

2.

White Southerners who joined the Republican Party

c)

Carpetbagger

3.

Northerners who moved to the South after the war

d)

Ku Klux Klan

4.

White southerners who used violence to keep blacks from voting

8.
The amendment that freed all slaves. 
a)
12th
b)
13th
c)
14th
d)
15th
9.
The amendment that gave citizenship and equal protection under the law to former slaves. 
a)
12th
b)
13th
c)
14th
d)
15th
10.
The amendment that granted African-American men the right to vote. 
a)
12th
b)
13th
c)
14th
d)
15th
11.

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)  

Choose from the below words
Carpetbagger
Scalawag
Radical Republican
Freedmen
12.

A person freed from slavery.

a)

Scalawag

b)

Radical Republican

c)

Freedmen

d)

Carpetbagger

13.

Which of these pictures represents a secret organization of white men formed after the Civil War that used violence and terror against African Americans?

a)
b)
c)
d)
14.

A law or laws that required blacks to work or face being arrested or forced to work as a servant.

a)

Freedmen Bureau

b)

Sharecropping

c)

Black Codes

d)

Compromise of 1877

15.

A terrorist group that prevented blacks from voting.

a)

Ku Klux Klan

b)

Freedmen Bureau

c)

Jim Crow Laws

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

16.

The Constitution Amendment that gave blacks the right to vote.

a)

13th

b)

16th

c)

14th

d)

15th

17.

A federal law that outlawed Black Codes.

a)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

b)

Civil Rights Act of 1865

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1867

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1868

18.

A farming system that keep blacks poor and uneducated.

a)

poll tax

b)

sharecropping

c)

black code

d)

14th Amendment

19.

The 14th Amendment...

a)

gave voting rights for newly freed African Americans.

b)

outlawed slavery in the United States.

c)

allowed females to vote.

d)

defined citizenship in the United States.

20.

A government agency that help freedmen during Reconstruction.

a)

Black Codes

b)

Freedmen Bureau

c)

New State Constitution

d)

Enforcement Act

21.

A law that prevented groups such as the Ku Klux Klan from interfering with equal rights given to African Americans.

a)

Amnesty Act of 1872

b)

Compromise of 1877

c)

Enforcement Act

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

22.

The Supreme Court ruling that legalize segregation in the United States.

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Dred Scott v. Sanford

d)

Plessy v. Sanford

23.

A tax used to keep black and poor whites from voting.

a)

Literacy Test

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

14th Amendment

d)

Poll tax

24.

The agreement that allowed President Hayes to become president and withdrew the military.

a)

Amnesty Act of 1872

b)

Compromise of 1877

c)

Enforcement Act

d)

Compromise of 1876

25.

A test given before poor whites and freedmen could vote in the United States.

a)

Poll Tax

b)

Literacy test

c)

Black codes

d)

Jim Crow Laws

26.

A law that legally segregated blacks and whites in public places.

a)

Poll tax

b)

Literacy test

c)

Sharecropping

d)

Jim Crow Laws

27.

What do the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments have in common? (Select the two

correct answers.)

a)

They included protections for American Indians and women.

b)

They provided equal protection of the Constitution to all citizens.

c)

They allowed for Black Codes to be adopted as part of the Constitution.

d)

They provided rights to citizens that had once been excluded from the

Constitution.

28.

Match the amendment with the protection it guarantees.

a)

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

1.

13th

Amendment

b)

Grants citizenship to all persons born in the U.S. regardless of race, color,

or previous condition of servitude.

2.

14th

Amendment

c)

Ensures all persons born in the U.S. have the right to vote regardless of

race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

3.

15th

Amendment

29.

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? (Check two.)

a)

American Indians

b)

Women of all races

c)

White American males

d)

African American males

e)

Asian Males

30.

Reconstruction came to an end when...

a)

Lincoln became president.

b)

the Black Codes were adopted.

c)

Congress proposed the 13th Amendment.

d)

a compromise took place over the 1876 election.

31.

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.

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

George Washington

d)

Frederick Douglass

32.

Effect: Removal of troops from southern states.

Name the cause: _____

a)

Black Codes

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

Compromise of 1877

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

33.

How did the southern states prevent African Americans from voting starting in

the 1890’s?

a)

Every southern state adopted the 15th Amendment.

b)

Southern states implemented Reconstruction policies.

c)

Southern states banned black codes and Jim Crow Laws.

d)

Changed constitutions that added requirements such as poll taxes for

African Americans.

34.

The granting of pardon to a large number of persons, protection from prosecution for an illegal act.

a)

Segregation

b)

Amnesty

c)

Freedmen

d)

Impeachment

35.

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

36.

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

37.

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

38.

A person freed from slavery.

a)

Scalawag

b)

Radical Republican

c)

Freedmen

d)

Carpetbagger

39.

Segregation in the South was mainly based on...

a)

hair color.

b)

religion.

c)

race (color of the skin).

d)

economic status.

40.

Jim Crow laws were mainly directed at this group.

a)

Latinos

b)

African-Americans 

c)

Native Americans

d)

Asians

41.
What best describes Jim Crow laws?
a)

better opportunities for women

b)

African Americans gaining full civil and political rights

c)

discrimination laws focused on Native Americans

d)

unequal opportunities for African Americans in housing, jobs, and education

42.

Plessy v. Ferguson said it was ok to...

a)

discriminate against African Americans.

b)

create separate but equal public settings.

c)

create poorer quality settings for African Americans.

43.

What Supreme Court case ruled "separate but equal" was legal?

a)

Texas vs. Johnson

b)

Tinker vs. DesMoines

c)

Brown vs. Board of Education

d)

Plessy vs. Ferguson

44.

Which of the following are reasons many black men joined the army after the Civil War? (Check all that apply.)

a)

There was an opportunity to learn to read and write.

b)

It was hard to find work.

c)

They were given land after they served.

d)

The army provided food, shelter, and opportunity.

e)

They would be allowed to vote.

45.

Black soldiers were given the name Buffalo Soldiers by...

a)

former slave owners.

b)

the Confederacy.

c)

the Union Army.

d)

the Native Americans.