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Reconstruction Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the main challenge faced by the South after the Civil War?

a)

Dealing with food shortages

b)

Reuniting with the Union

c)

Rebuilding the economy

d)

Securing political rights for freed Black Americans

2.

What were the main conflicts that continued after the Civil War?

a)

Regional, political, and economic conflicts

b)

Racial conflicts

c)

Religious conflicts

d)

Social conflicts

3.

What was the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?

a)

To enforce the Emancipation Proclamation

b)

To establish schools for freedpeople

c)

To resettle freedpeople on confiscated farmlands

d)

To provide food, shelter, and medical aid for freedpeople

4.

Who became president after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?

a)

Horace Greeley

b)

Roscoe Conkling

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Andrew Johnson

5.

What was Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction policy?

a)

Disenfranchisement of former Confederate leaders and wealthy Confederates

b)

Full political rights for freed Black Americans

c)

Military rule in the South

d)

Expansion of the Freedmen's Bureau

6.

What was the purpose of the Reconstruction Acts of 1867?

a)

To place the South under military occupation

b)

To establish a new government in the South

c)

To grant full political rights to freed Black Americans

d)

To provide economic aid to the South

7.

What was the outcome of the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson?

a)

He was not removed from office

b)

He was removed from office

c)

He resigned before the trial

d)

The trial was dismissed

8.

What was the main focus of the Grant administration?

a)

Foreign policy and diplomacy

b)

Economic reforms and labor rights

c)

Civil rights and equality

d)

Material interests and patronage

9.

What was the outcome of the Election of 1872?

a)

The Democrats regained power

b)

Horace Greeley won the presidency

c)

The Liberal Republicans gained control

d)

Ulysses S. Grant was reelected

10.

What caused the Panic of 1873?

a)

Labor strikes and unrest

b)

Corruption in the Grant administration

c)

Overspeculation and overbuilding

d)

Foreign economic crises

11.

What was the main goal of the Radical Republicans during the Reconstruction?

a)

To punish the South for the Civil War

b)

To ensure the rights of freed Black Americans

c)

To restore the Union as quickly as possible

d)

To promote industrialization in the South

12.

What was the significance of the 14th Amendment?

a)

It abolished slavery

b)

It granted women the right to vote

c)

It granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States

d)

It prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages

13.

What was the main reason for the formation of the Ku Klux Klan during the Reconstruction?

a)

To promote white supremacy

b)

To support the policies of the Radical Republicans

c)

To assist in the economic recovery of the South

d)

To protect the rights of former slaves

14.

Who was the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate during the Reconstruction?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Hiram Revels

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

W.E.B. Du Bois

15.

A major failure of Reconstruction was that

a)

racist attitudes continued in the North and South.

b)

the South’s cotton production never recovered.

c)

war debts remained unpaid.

d)

no African Americans were voted into Congress.

16.

The amendment that granted African-American men the right to vote. 

a)

12th

b)

13th

c)

14th

d)

15th

17.

Someone from the North who moved south after the civil war to support reconstruction

a)

carpetbagger

b)

scalawag

c)

Klan Member

d)

Radical Republican

18.

The amendment that freed all slaves. 

a)

12th

b)

13th

c)

14th

d)

15th

19.

In the Compromise of 1877: What did Hayes agree to do in return for the votes of Democrats?

a)

Withdraw federal troops from the South

b)

Increase funding for education

c)

Enact new civil rights legislation

d)

Appoint Democrats to his cabinet

20.

What was the purpose of the Compromise of 1877?

a)

To end Reconstruction in the South

b)

To establish home-rule in the South

c)

To grant voting rights to African Americans

d)

To resolve the disputed electoral votes