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Reconstruction

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was a disadvantage of the Wade-Davis bill?
a)
It only required 10 percent of a state's voters to swear loyalty to the Union.
b)
It might have angered the Southerns by not allowing former Confederate soldiers to vote.
2.
Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
a)
Lee Harvey Oswold
b)
Freedman Buereau
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
John Wilkes Booth
3.
Which amendment gave all people born or naturalized in the United States, except most Native Americans equal protection of the law?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
16th
4.
Which amendment banned slavery and forced labor?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
16th
5.
Which amendment gave African American males the right to vote by forbidding states to deny the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
16th
6.
What was the name for northern whites who went south to start businesses or pursue political careers?
a)
Carpetbaggers
b)
Scalawags
c)
Hiram Revels
d)
Critics
7.
What was real purpose of voter literacy tests?
a)
To make sure voters were knowledgeable. 
b)
To encourage African Americans to  learn to read.
c)
To prevent African Americans from voting.
d)
To get money for the government.
8.
How did the Supreme Court make the fight against segregation more difficult with its decision in Plessy v. Ferguson?
a)
By approving the concept of "separate but equal."
b)
By requiring Plessy to pay a large fine.
c)
By supporting the sharecroppers.
d)
By ruling in favor of Plessy.
9.

True or False:
Most sharecroppers eventually made enough money to buy land of their own.

a)
True
b)
False
10.

What was the first duty of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

a)

to help southern states form new governments

b)

to return former slaves to their masters

c)

to provide emergency relief to people displaced by the war

d)

to write the oath of loyalty to the United States and the Constitution

11.

Why was the process of rebuilding the South called Radical Reconstruction?

a)

It followed Abraham Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction.

b)

It followed Andrew Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction.

c)

It was the “hard” policy demanded by some members of Congress.

d)

It gave Democrats who wanted “soft” Reconstruction more power in Congress.

12.

What was the significance of the Fifteenth Amendment?

a)

It prevented states from denying the vote to African American men.

b)

It abolished slavery.

c)

It gave women the right to vote.

d)

It protected the civil rights of freedmen.

13.

Which of the following was an effect of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

a)

The southern states were allowed to rejoin the Union.

b)

The Fifteenth Amendment was passed and ratified.

c)

Former enslaved people received farmland and livestock.

d)

Many African Americans learned to read for the first time.

14.

Which of the following became a point of conflict during Reconstruction?

a)

who would be in charge of federal troops in the South

b)

who would determine the plan for Reconstruction—President Johnson or Radical Republicans

c)

whether or not to rebuild the South

d)

whether or not Confederate states should rejoin the Union

15.

Which is NOT an example of how the Radicals showed their opposition to President Johnson?

a)

They impeached him.

b)

They passed two bills the President had vetoed.

c)

They removed him from office.

d)

They rejected his lenient plan of Reconstruction.

16.

The Ku Klux Klan was created because

a)

some whites wanted to make sure everyone had equal rights.

b)

the number of black voters was declining.

c)

there were not enough separate but equal facilities for blacks and whites.

d)

some whites who were angry about losing power resorted to violence.

17.

____________ provided amnesty for Confederates, allowed southern states to organize new governments and have representatives in Congress, imposed military rule in southern states, and threw out any southern government not ratifying the 14th amendment.

a)

Abraham Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction

b)

Provisions of the Fifteenth Amendment

c)

Radical Reconstruction

d)

Agreement that Decided the Election of 1876

18.

“Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” What is the main idea of this statement?

a)

People have the right to a public trial.

b)

Slavery is abolished in the United States.

c)

Everyone who commits a crime will be convicted.

d)

People who live within the jurisdiction of the United States cannot have servants.

19.

Which item is an example of “Jim Crow” legislation?

a)

laws forbidding African Americans to buy land

b)

laws taking away the right to vote from African Americans

c)

laws making African Americans travel in separate cars on railroads

d)

laws forcing African Americans to work as sharecroppers

20.

Why did the grandfather clause restrict the voting rights of African Americans, but not the voting rights of illiterate whites?

a)

It let white voters take an easier literacy test.

b)

It said that white voters did not have to pay a poll tax.

c)

It said that white voters whose grandfathers owned property were automatically eligible to vote.

d)

It meant that most white voters did not have to take a literacy test.

21.

Which amendment guaranteed equal protection of the laws?

a)

the First Amendment

b)

the Thirteenth Amendment

c)

the Fourteenth Amendment

d)

the Fifteenth Amendment

22.

Why did Lincoln support the Ten-Percent Plan for Reconstruction?

a)

He believed that most southerners already felt loyalty to the Union.

b)

He hoped to put a stop to Radical Republicans’ “hard” policy toward the South.

c)

He wanted to make it easy and quick for southern states to rejoin the Union.

d)

He believed that traitors should not have the right to vote.

23.

“Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” Why does this statement include the phrase “or any place subject to their jurisdiction”?

a)

The North had just regained jurisdiction over Confederate states.

b)

Congress wanted jurisdiction over any matter pertaining to slavery.

c)

This statement was meant to apply only to states currently in the Union.

d)

This statement was meant to apply to any territory controlled by the United States.

24.
Which three Amendments where designed to ensure equality for the slaves?
a)
17th,18th,19th
b)
13th,14th,15th
c)
13th,14th,16th
d)
8th,9th,10th
25.
These were laws that made it illegal for African Americans to live or work in certain areas and allowed whites to arrest African Americans who were not working.  Once arrested they would be forcibly assigned to work for white landowners. 
a)
Freedman's Bureau Laws
b)
Reconstruction Acts
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
26.
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
27.
Overall, Reconstruction
a)
established constitutional amendments that wouldn't be fully enforced for decades
b)
was a complete success
c)
was a complete failure
d)
was fully embraced by the South
28.
After the Civil War, southern states adopted Black Codes to —
a)
punish plantation owners for the use of slavery
b)
support Radical Reconstruction objectives in the South
c)
promote the activities of the Freedmen’s Bureau
d)
limit the impact of the Thirteenth Amendment
29.

Many southern states passed laws after the end of Reconstruction. The laws that legalized the segregation of whites and blacks were called:

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

Black Codes

c)

Freedman's Bureau

d)

Reconstruction

30.
Which Supreme Court case created the idea of "separate but equal"?
a)
Tinker v. Des Moines
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Gideon v. Wainwright
d)
Plessy v. Ferguson
31.
What best describes the failure of the 15th Amendment?
a)
Poll taxes and literacy tests kept African Americans from voting
b)
Schools were segregated
c)
Employers discriminated
d)
The KKK gained power
32.
Read these sentences from the text:
"Following the Civil War (1861-1865), a trio of constitutional amendments abolished slavery, made the former slaves citizens and gave all men the right to vote regardless of race.  Nonetheless, many states-particularly in the South-used poll taxes, literacy tests and other similar measures to keep their African-American residents essentially disenfranchised.  They also enforced strict segregation though "Jim Crow" laws and condoned violence from white supremacist groups like the ku klux klan."
Based on evidence in the text, why might the Civil Rights Act have been necessary?
a)
a.  because resistance in many states still prevented African Americans from exercising their rights as citizens
b)
b.  because poll taxes, literacy test, and other similar measures were not yet standardized
c)
c.  because women were still being discriminated against with regards to employment
d)
d.  because individual liberties and states' rights did not yet have power over federal law
33.
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
34.

Sharecroppers paid their landowners by

a)

agreeing to work without pay for 5-7 years

b)

allowing landowners to use their equipment

c)

paying a monthly rental or lease fee

d)

providing the labor & a large percentage of the crop

35.

What did Radical Republicans want to accomplish?

a)

punishment for Union military officers and returning to pre-Civil War policies

b)

punishment for Confederate leaders and protection of the rights of freedmen

c)

to secede from the Union

d)

to reinstate the practice of slavery

36.

What problems did formerly enslaved people face during Reconstruction?

a)

Black Codes

b)

lack of education

c)

sharecropping

d)

All of the above

37.

What group was known for its use of violence and intimidation against its enemies during Reconstruction?

a)

Radical Republicans

b)

freedmen

c)

sharecroppers

d)

the Ku Klux Klan

38.

How did sharecropping affect freedmen?

a)

Sharecropping hurt freedmen because it kept them in a cycle of debt to white landowners.

b)

Sharecropping helped freedmen because white landowners had to pay them for labor and they were able to save their money.

c)

Sharecropping helped freedmen because they finally owned their own land.

d)

Sharecropping did not affect freedmen because only white landowners were sharecroppers.

39.

Which was a result of the Reconstruction Acts?

a)

All freedmen were provided land.

b)

Congress divided the South into military districts, and placed it under martial law.

c)

Plantation owners were forced to give their land to poor whites who did not own land.

d)

Congress decided to put Confederate leaders in charge of the executive branch.

40.
When did Reconstruction in the United   States occur?
a)
1812-1817
b)
1865-1877
c)
1805-1817
d)
1859-1867
41.
What was the purpose of Reconstruction in the United States? 
a)
To tax the southern states as punishment for the war
b)
To help the southern states become a part of the Union again.

c)
To rebuild the industry of the northern states
d)
To build up the west as a replacement to the south
42.

The Freedmen's Bureau provided housing, medical, and education to what group of people?

a)

poor white Southerners

b)

former slaves

c)

American Indians

d)

Both poor white Southerners and former slaves

43.

When Lincoln was killed, he became president.

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Stonewall Jackson

44.

Fair treatment through the normal judicial system (laws) is

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Secession

c)

Due Process

d)

Reconstruction

45.

Lincoln's Plan for Reconstruction

a)

focused on rebuilding, not punishing

b)

determined that the southern states would be severely punished

c)

determined the southern states need to pay reparations

46.

What led to the official end of Reconstruction

a)

Constitution of 1868

b)

Hamburg Massacre

c)

15th Amendment

d)

Presidential Election of 1876

47.

The KKK was able to gain a lot of power in the South because

a)

The Republican Party supported the group

b)

The Federal government supported the group

c)

Local governments did not do much to stop the group

48.
The first part of the South's economy that began to recover after the Civil War was
a)
industry
b)
railroads
c)
agriculture
49.
Which is an example of segregation and the "Jim Crow Laws?"
a)
"White Only" and "Colored Only" schools
b)
Schools for both "White" and "Colored" students
50.
One of the effects of Reconstruction was ____ in the South for the next 100 years.
a)
assimilation
b)
segregation
c)
self-rule of African Americans