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Reconstruction

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What new name did black people who had freedom get called?

a)

Slaves

b)

KKK

c)

Loyalists

d)

Freedmen

2.

This group remained loyal to the Union while still living in the south

a)

Carpetbaggers

b)

Freedmen

c)

Scalawags

d)

Slaves

3.

Ends involuntary servitude

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

4.

Gives people born in the U.S. rights of a citizen

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

5.

Gives all men the right to vote

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

6.

Where did freedmen migrate to?

a)

South

b)

Midwest

c)

North

d)

West Coast

7.

Why did people of color migrate to other locations?

a)

New jobs in the north where they can make a lot of money

b)

Violence and terrorist groups in the south

c)

They didn't want to farm any more

d)

They wanted to live in better house that were only located in the north

8.

What costs did Americans face at the end of the war.

4 lines
9.

How did women performing men's jobs during the war change gender roles after the war?

4 lines
10.

What Plan called for 50% of voters to swear allegiance to the United States?

a)

Wade-Davis Bill

b)

Lincoln's Plan

c)

Radical Reconstruction

d)

Johnson's Plan

11.

Word means to not receive punishment when you promise to follow a rule or a law?

a)

Forgiveness

b)

Culpability

c)

Armistice

d)

Amnesty

12.

Which plan was accused of being to lenient on the South

a)

Wade-Davis Bill

b)

Lincoln's Plan

c)

Radical Reconstruction

d)

Johnson's Plan

13.

This group hopes to make money in the south and manipulate the people to change their ways.

a)

Carpetbaggers

b)

Freedmen

c)

Scalawags

d)

Slaves

14.

These people wanted to wait or the perfect time to gain control of the south and enslave the black people once again.

a)

Carpetbaggers

b)

Freedmen

c)

Scalawags

d)

Redeemers

15.

These laws were put in place to control and restrict what freedmen could do in the south.

a)

Black Codes

b)

Jim Crow

c)

Grandfather Clause

d)

Freedmen's Borough

16.

"Separate but Equal" is a key part of which law?

a)

Jim Crow

b)

Black Codes

c)

Freedmen's Borough

d)

Reconstruction

17.

What ended Reconstruction in the South?

a)

The KKK

b)

Jim Crow

c)

Black Codes

d)

Compromise of 1877

18.

What was not part of the Freedmen's Borough

a)

Jobs

b)

Education

c)

Soldier Training

d)

Medicine

19.

What are 2 ways that white people tried to prevent freedmen from voting?

4 lines
20.

Explain what happened to Emmett Till in the segregated south?

4 lines
21.

Who was the first African American to serve in the Senate?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Fredrick Douglass

c)

Hiram Revels

d)

Harriet Tubman

22.

What is Juneteenth?

a)

The last slaves were freed

b)

The date of a massive slave riot in the south

c)

The end of the Civil War

d)

The day Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation

23.

What group of people wear white hoods and cause violence in the south?

a)

Freedmen

b)

KKK

c)

Carpetbaggers

d)

Scalawags

24.

All are goals of Reconstruction except

a)

Creating new rail line west

b)

Change constitutions in the south

c)

Give freedmen rights

d)

Reunite north and south

25.

Reconstruction was a huge success for America

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Who was the murder of Abraham Lincoln?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Lee Harvey Oswald

c)

Henry Ford

d)

John Wilks Booth

27.

What dream did Lincoln have before he was killed?

4 lines
28.

What plan puts soldiers in the south?

a)

Wade-Davis Bill

b)

Lincoln's Plan

c)

Radical Reconstruction

d)

Johnson's Plan