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Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 36mins
True or False:
Most sharecroppers eventually made enough money to buy land of their own.
What was the first duty of the Freedmen’s Bureau?
to help southern states form new governments
to return former slaves to their masters
to provide emergency relief to people displaced by the war
to write the oath of loyalty to the United States and the Constitution
Why was the process of rebuilding the South called Radical Reconstruction?
It followed Abraham Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction.
It followed Andrew Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction.
It was the “hard” policy demanded by some members of Congress.
It gave Democrats who wanted “soft” Reconstruction more power in Congress.
What was the significance of the Fifteenth Amendment?
It prevented states from denying the vote to African American men.
It abolished slavery.
It gave women the right to vote.
It protected the civil rights of freedmen.
Which of the following was an effect of the Freedmen’s Bureau?
The southern states were allowed to rejoin the Union.
The Fifteenth Amendment was passed and ratified.
Former enslaved people received farmland and livestock.
Many African Americans learned to read for the first time.
Which of the following became a point of conflict during Reconstruction?
who would be in charge of federal troops in the South
who would determine the plan for Reconstruction—President Johnson or Radical Republicans
whether or not to rebuild the South
whether or not Confederate states should rejoin the Union
Which is NOT an example of how the Radicals showed their opposition to President Johnson?
They impeached him.
They passed two bills the President had vetoed.
They removed him from office.
They rejected his lenient plan of Reconstruction.
The Ku Klux Klan was created because
some whites wanted to make sure everyone had equal rights.
the number of black voters was declining.
there were not enough separate but equal facilities for blacks and whites.
some whites who were angry about losing power resorted to violence.
____________ 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.
Abraham Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction
Provisions of the Fifteenth Amendment
Radical Reconstruction
Agreement that Decided the Election of 1876
“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?
People have the right to a public trial.
Slavery is abolished in the United States.
Everyone who commits a crime will be convicted.
People who live within the jurisdiction of the United States cannot have servants.
Which item is an example of “Jim Crow” legislation?
laws forbidding African Americans to buy land
laws taking away the right to vote from African Americans
laws making African Americans travel in separate cars on railroads
laws forcing African Americans to work as sharecroppers
Why did the grandfather clause restrict the voting rights of African Americans, but not the voting rights of illiterate whites?
It let white voters take an easier literacy test.
It said that white voters did not have to pay a poll tax.
It said that white voters whose grandfathers owned property were automatically eligible to vote.
It meant that most white voters did not have to take a literacy test.
Which amendment guaranteed equal protection of the laws?
the First Amendment
the Thirteenth Amendment
the Fourteenth Amendment
the Fifteenth Amendment
Why did Lincoln support the Ten-Percent Plan for Reconstruction?
He believed that most southerners already felt loyalty to the Union.
He hoped to put a stop to Radical Republicans’ “hard” policy toward the South.
He wanted to make it easy and quick for southern states to rejoin the Union.
He believed that traitors should not have the right to vote.
“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”?
The North had just regained jurisdiction over Confederate states.
Congress wanted jurisdiction over any matter pertaining to slavery.
This statement was meant to apply only to states currently in the Union.
This statement was meant to apply to any territory controlled by the United States.
Many southern states passed laws after the end of Reconstruction. The laws that legalized the segregation of whites and blacks were called:
Jim Crow Laws
Black Codes
Freedman's Bureau
Reconstruction
"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?
Sharecroppers paid their landowners by
agreeing to work without pay for 5-7 years
allowing landowners to use their equipment
paying a monthly rental or lease fee
providing the labor & a large percentage of the crop
What did Radical Republicans want to accomplish?
punishment for Union military officers and returning to pre-Civil War policies
punishment for Confederate leaders and protection of the rights of freedmen
to secede from the Union
to reinstate the practice of slavery
What problems did formerly enslaved people face during Reconstruction?
Black Codes
lack of education
sharecropping
All of the above
What group was known for its use of violence and intimidation against its enemies during Reconstruction?
Radical Republicans
freedmen
sharecroppers
the Ku Klux Klan
How did sharecropping affect freedmen?
Sharecropping hurt freedmen because it kept them in a cycle of debt to white landowners.
Sharecropping helped freedmen because white landowners had to pay them for labor and they were able to save their money.
Sharecropping helped freedmen because they finally owned their own land.
Sharecropping did not affect freedmen because only white landowners were sharecroppers.
Which was a result of the Reconstruction Acts?
All freedmen were provided land.
Congress divided the South into military districts, and placed it under martial law.
Plantation owners were forced to give their land to poor whites who did not own land.
Congress decided to put Confederate leaders in charge of the executive branch.
The Freedmen's Bureau provided housing, medical, and education to what group of people?
poor white Southerners
former slaves
American Indians
Both poor white Southerners and former slaves
When Lincoln was killed, he became president.
Andrew Johnson
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Stonewall Jackson
Fair treatment through the normal judicial system (laws) is
Emancipation Proclamation
Secession
Due Process
Reconstruction
Lincoln's Plan for Reconstruction
focused on rebuilding, not punishing
determined that the southern states would be severely punished
determined the southern states need to pay reparations
What led to the official end of Reconstruction
Constitution of 1868
Hamburg Massacre
15th Amendment
Presidential Election of 1876
The KKK was able to gain a lot of power in the South because
The Republican Party supported the group
The Federal government supported the group
Local governments did not do much to stop the group
