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Reconstruction Review

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which Amendment prohibits slavery?
a)
15th
b)
14th
c)
13th
d)
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2.

Which amendment guarantees the right to vote?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

16th Amendment

3.
Which Amendment states that anyone born in the United States is a citizen?
a)
14th
b)
15th
c)
16th
d)
13th
4.

When Lincoln was killed, this man became president.

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Stonewall Jackson

5.
What name was given to a terrorist group that used violence to keep African-Americans from having equal rights in the South?
a)
Freedman's Bureau
b)
Black Codes
c)
Jim Crow Laws
d)
Ku Klux Klan
6.

Another name for the Black Code that segregated the races

a)
literacy tests
b)
Jim Crow laws
c)

poll taxes

d)
Freedmen's Bureau
7.

System of work for freedmen where they worked for the use of a house and food

a)
sharecropping
b)
40 acres & a mule
c)
tenant farming
d)
pastoralism
8.
Which term was used by Southerners to describe people that moved south to make money by taking advantage of the war-torn economy?

a)
scalawags
b)
sharecroppers
c)
social elite
d)
carpetbaggers
9.
Reconstruction was the process of
a)
rebuilding the South after the Civil War
b)
creating land zones for freedmen after the Civil War
c)
instituting Black Codes for former slaves
d)
eliminating the plantation economy in the South
10.

 What agency was created by the United States Congress in 1865 to set up schools and churches, supply food and clothing, and solve employment issues for the former slaves?

a)

the American Missionary Association

b)

the Freedmen's Bureau

c)

the Ku Klux Klan

d)

the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - NAACP

11.

Which statement best describes the beliefs of Radical Republicans?

a)

"The United States has done enough and shouldn't have to pay more to support freed slaves."

b)

"Former Confederate leaders should be forgiven for their actions during the Civil War."

c)

"The Southern states and members of the Confederacy should be punished for their actions."

d)

"The country should follow President Lincoln's plan to reunite the country as quickly as possible."

12.

Reconstruction lasted from ______ to _______.

a)

1861-1865

b)

1867-1877

c)

1941-1945

d)

1765-1783

13.

Who helped African Americans get on their feet after the war?

a)

KKK

b)

Freedmen's Bureau

c)

Salvation Army

d)

Goodwill

14.

Which best describes Lincoln's readmission plans?

a)

10% of the 1860 votershad to take an oath to obey the US Constitution and set up a new state constitution

b)

50% of the voters had to take an oath to obey the US Constitution

c)

the South had to adopt the Emancipation Proclamation as their new constitution

d)

the North had to pay for the South's reconstruction costs

15.

What was the opinion of Congress concerning the two presidential plans for reconstruction?

a)

The presidential plans were too easy on the South

b)

The presidential plans were fair on the South

c)

the presidential plans were providing too many freedoms to freed men

d)

the presidential plans were to hard on the South

16.

The Wade - Davis Bill____________________

a)

Was supported by all of Congress and was very lenient

b)

Was supported by Democrats and punished the South

c)

Was supported by Congress and signed into law by Lincoln

d)

Was supported by Radical Republicans and was designed to punish the South.

17.

Andrew Johnson's plan called for ____________

a)

State conventions to repeal slavery

b)

State conventions to repeal secession

c)

State conventions to repeal the poll tax

d)

State conventions to repeal the 7th amendment

18.

Former General Robert E. Lee wanted

a)

the North to pay for the destruction in the South

b)

the North to pay a ransom for the slaves

c)

the South to reconcile with the North

d)

the South to continue to uphold slavery

19.

Former General Grant was _____________ (choose ALL that apply)

a)

elected in 1868

b)

impeached

c)

advocated for rights of the freed slaves

d)

signed the 15th Amendment into law.

20.

What is a scalawag?

a)

A scalawag is a type of law that segregates races

b)

A scalawag is an agency to help the freed slaves

c)

A scalawag is a Northerner who comes to the South to make money

d)

A scalawag is a Southerner that supports the Union policies

21.

The compromise of 1877:

a)

Hayes vs Tilden and Hayes became President

b)

Ended Reconstruction after the military left the South

c)

Congress agreed to support Hiram Revels for President in order to get the military troops out of the North

d)

Democrats agreed to not dispute the election even though Tilden won