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Reconstruction - Final Test

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 3hrs 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Confederate surrender arrangement occurred in ​ ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
Appomattox Court House
Antietam
Gettysburg
Bull Run
Fort Sumter
Vicksburg
The Supreme Court
California
Springfield
2.

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

3.

Slavery is outlawed in the US by this amendment:

a)

13th Amendment

b)

15th Amendment

c)

19th Amendment

d)

12th Amendment

4.

Who was the Union general in the West that gained the only victories for the Union?

a)

William Tecumseh Sherman

b)

"Stonewall" Jackson

c)

Ullysses S. Grant

d)

James Longstreet

5.

Lincoln's Lenient Reconstruction Plan.

a)

30% OFF

b)

10% Plan

c)

The Dab

d)

20% Plan

6.

___________________ wanted African Americans to have full citizenship.

a)

Carpet Baggers

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

Radical Republicans

7.

What is popular sovereignty

a)

The right for African Americans to enlist in the army

b)

Abolished slavery in the United States

c)

The right to vote for or against slavery

d)

The right for African Americans to become citizens

8.

What do you call a person who was opposed to slavery and worked toward ending it?

a)

Secessionist

b)

Lincolnist

c)

Abolitionist

d)

Whig

9.

The 13th Amendment...

a)

Extended the right to vote to all men

b)

Defined Citizenship and Due Process

c)

Freed all those formerly rebellious from punishment

d)

Freed those formerly enslaved and banned all involuntary servitude

10.

This gave all men, regardless of race, the right to vote.

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

21st Amendment

11.

Presidential Reconstruction following the American Civil War can BEST be described as

a)

a plan to fix the damage to the White House caused by the Civil War.

b)

a desire to rebuild the southern states quickly to help control the economy.

c)

a desire to rebuild the country quickly and without ill feelings following the war.

d)

a desire to punish those southerners responsible for causing and/or prolonging the war.

12.

The purpose of the Freedman's Bureau was to

a)

provide 40 acres and a mule for each slave.

b)

gain the vote for millions of former slaves.

c)

provide work, education, and relief for former slaves.

d)

get radical Republicans in positions of power in the South.

13.

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

14.

President Andrew Johnson had a power struggle with Congress. He was the first president to be officially accused of high crimes and misdemeanors. What is this term called?

a)

Impeachment

b)

Impairment

c)

Imprisoned

d)

Impersonated

15.

Which of these services did the Freedman's Bureau provide for African-Americans?

a)

Built schools and churches

b)

Found jobs for them

c)

Helped protect their rights

d)

Gave them a home and 100 acres of land.

e)

Moved them to Oklahoma onto Negro Reservations.

16.
What organization established education, health care and training in the South for newly freed African Americans?
a)
Ku Klux Klan
b)
Radical Republican
c)
Freedmen's Bureau
d)
Carpetbaggers
17.

What was president Lincoln's plans for the South after the Civil War?

a)

He wanted white men to have all the power in the south

b)

He wanted to punish the south.

c)

He wanted to help freedman by creating the Freedman's Bureau.

d)

He wanted to heal, forgive, and rebuild the south.

18.

Which option below made the Civil War about keeping or ending slavery?

a)

Fugitive Slave Act

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Election of Abraham Lincoln

19.

In the Civil War...which side did Robert E. Lee fight for as a general?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

Both

d)

Neither

20.

In the Civil War...which side did Ulysses S. Grant fight for as a general?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

Both

d)

Neither

21.

Which word is synonymous (means the same as) the following?

a general pardon or absolution


(a)  
Choose from the below words
amnesty
autonomy
extricate
intervene
22.

At the end of Reconstruction, newly freed African Americans saw

a)

little improvement in their economic and social status

b)

major improvement in their economic and social status

c)

little improvement in their economic but major improvement in their economic status

d)

major improvement in their economic but little improvement in their social status

23.

The United States Senate was how many votes short of impeaching President Johnson?

a)

1 vote

b)

3 votes

c)

5 votes

d)

10 votes

24.

What were the two main reasons that Grant was elected?

a)

Blacks voted for him.

b)

Former confederates could not vote.

c)

He spent the most money.

d)

Nobody knew the democratic nominee.

25.

What were free slaves called? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Indentured servants
Abolitionists
Colonists
freedmen
26.

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

Choose from the below words
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
James K. Polk
27.

This act established direct military rule over former Confederate states until new governments could be formed.

a)

The Emancipation Proclamation

b)

The Thirteenth Amendment

c)

Civil War Act

d)

Reconstruction Act

28.
What was the result of passing the 15th Amendment during reconstruction?
a)

Rights were taken away from plantation owners

b)

African American rights increased

c)

Women received equal rights

d)

Expanded rights for First Americans

29.
How can the provisions stated in the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments best be summarized?
a)
Protection is only provided for male citizens under the law 
b)
Protection is guaranteed for all citizens under the law
c)
Protection is only provided for certain ethnic groups under the law
d)
Protection is not guaranteed to enslaved citizens under the law
30.

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

Choose from the below words
Rutherford B. Hayes
Ulysses Grant
Andrew Johnson
Samuel Tilden
31.

What former Union General was elected President? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Rutherford B. Hayes
Samuel Tilden
Ulysses Grant
Andrew Johnson
32.

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
33.

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
34.

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
35.

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

36.

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

37.

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
38.

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)
39.

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

40.

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

41.

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

a)

Poll tax

b)

Literacy test

c)

Sharecropping

d)

Jim Crow Laws

42.

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

43.

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.

44.

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 their state constitutions that added requirements such as poll taxes for

African Americans.

45.

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

46.

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

47.

Segregation in the South was mainly based on...

a)

hair color.

b)

religion.

c)

race (color of the skin).

d)

economic status.

48.

Jim Crow laws were mainly directed at this group.

a)

Latinos

b)

African-Americans 

c)

Native Americans

d)

Asians

49.
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

50.

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.

51.

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

a)

former slave owners.

b)

the Confederacy.

c)

the Union Army.

d)

the Native Americans.

52.

Was life for black people harder before, or after, the Civil War and Reconstruction? Explain your answer and give examples.

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