WorksheetsReconstruction Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What was the main challenge faced by the South after the Civil War?
Dealing with food shortages
Reuniting with the Union
Rebuilding the economy
Securing political rights for freed Black Americans
What were the main conflicts that continued after the Civil War?
Regional, political, and economic conflicts
Racial conflicts
Religious conflicts
Social conflicts
What was the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?
To enforce the Emancipation Proclamation
To establish schools for freedpeople
To resettle freedpeople on confiscated farmlands
To provide food, shelter, and medical aid for freedpeople
Who became president after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?
Horace Greeley
Roscoe Conkling
Ulysses S. Grant
Andrew Johnson
What was Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction policy?
Disenfranchisement of former Confederate leaders and wealthy Confederates
Full political rights for freed Black Americans
Military rule in the South
Expansion of the Freedmen's Bureau
What was the purpose of the Reconstruction Acts of 1867?
To place the South under military occupation
To establish a new government in the South
To grant full political rights to freed Black Americans
To provide economic aid to the South
What was the outcome of the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson?
He was not removed from office
He was removed from office
He resigned before the trial
The trial was dismissed
What was the main focus of the Grant administration?
Foreign policy and diplomacy
Economic reforms and labor rights
Civil rights and equality
Material interests and patronage
What was the outcome of the Election of 1872?
The Democrats regained power
Horace Greeley won the presidency
The Liberal Republicans gained control
Ulysses S. Grant was reelected
What caused the Panic of 1873?
Labor strikes and unrest
Corruption in the Grant administration
Overspeculation and overbuilding
Foreign economic crises
What was the main goal of the Radical Republicans during the Reconstruction?
To punish the South for the Civil War
To ensure the rights of freed Black Americans
To restore the Union as quickly as possible
To promote industrialization in the South
What was the significance of the 14th Amendment?
It abolished slavery
It granted women the right to vote
It granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States
It prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages
What was the main reason for the formation of the Ku Klux Klan during the Reconstruction?
To promote white supremacy
To support the policies of the Radical Republicans
To assist in the economic recovery of the South
To protect the rights of former slaves
Who was the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate during the Reconstruction?
Frederick Douglass
Hiram Revels
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. Du Bois
A major failure of Reconstruction was that
racist attitudes continued in the North and South.
the South’s cotton production never recovered.
war debts remained unpaid.
no African Americans were voted into Congress.
The amendment that granted African-American men the right to vote.
12th
13th
14th
15th
Someone from the North who moved south after the civil war to support reconstruction
carpetbagger
scalawag
Klan Member
Radical Republican
The amendment that freed all slaves.
12th
13th
14th
15th
In the Compromise of 1877: What did Hayes agree to do in return for the votes of Democrats?
Withdraw federal troops from the South
Increase funding for education
Enact new civil rights legislation
Appoint Democrats to his cabinet
What was the purpose of the Compromise of 1877?
To end Reconstruction in the South
To establish home-rule in the South
To grant voting rights to African Americans
To resolve the disputed electoral votes
