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Election of 1876

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Many of the state governments that were run by this group were becoming corrupt.

a)

Radical republicans

b)

Radical democrats

2.

People living in these states became increasingly frustrated with Republicans and started voting for who?

a)

Other Republicans

b)

Democrats

3.

State leaders were doing what during this time?

a)

Stealing money

b)

Saving money

c)

Accepting bribes

d)

Not accepting bribes

4.

The presidential election of 1876 was between which two main candidates?

a)

Samuel Tilden

b)

Abe Lincoln

c)

Rutherford Hayes

d)

Andrew Johnson

5.

Rutherford Hayes was a...

a)
Republican
b)
Democrat
c)
Whig
d)
President
6.
Samuel Tilden was a...
a)
Republican
b)
Democrat
c)
Whig
d)
President
7.
Democratic presidential candidate who narrowly lost to Republican Rutherford B. Hayes in the 1876 presidential election.
a)
Horace Greeley 
b)
Samuel Tilden 
c)
Henry Grady
d)
James Duke
8.
Grant was not chosen by the Republican party for the election of 1876 because of corruption. Who did the Republican party choose. 
a)
Horace Greeley 
b)
Samuel Tilden 
c)
Rutherford Hayes 
d)
Jim Crow 
9.
An examination to see if a person could read and write; it was used in the past to restrict voting rights.
a)
Poll Tax
b)
Black Codes
c)
Ten Percent Plan
d)
Literacy Test
10.
The official end of Reconstruction occurred
a)
when all states returned to the Union.
b)
when federal troops were deployed to the Southern states.
c)
with the Presidential election of 1876.
d)
with the formation of the Populist Party.
11.
This person won the controversial election of 1876. He was:
a)
Ullyses S. Grant
b)
Rutherford B. Hayes
c)
Andrew Johnson
d)
Abraham Lincoln
12.

Most of the Democrats were white southerners who were not concerned with protecting the rights of who?

(a)  

13.

There was no clear winner in this election due to what?

a)

Election agreements

b)

Election disagreements

c)

Playing fair

d)

Suspicions of cheating

14.

A deal was made because of the effect of the election results.

True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

15.

What were the Democrats willing to allow?

a)

Hayes to lose

b)

Hayes to win

c)

Tilden to lose

d)

Tilden to win

16.

What did the Republicans promise to do?

a)

Put more troops in the south

b)

Pull troops out of the south

17.

What year were troops pulled out of the south?

a)

1875

b)

1876

c)

1877

d)

1878

18.

When did the civil war end?

a)

1863

b)

1864

c)

1865

d)

1866

19.

Choose the year that the Reconstruction started and ended.

a)

1865

b)

1869

c)

1871

d)

1877

20.

Who left the south in 1877?

Reconstruction then stopped.

a)

White men

b)

Black men

c)

Military

d)

Democrats

e)

Republicans

21.

What were the positive outcomes of the Reconstruction?

a)

Segregation

b)

Country was united

c)

Freedom’s Bureau

d)

Amendments 13,14,15

22.

What were the negative outcomes of the Reconstruction?

a)

Segregation

b)

Country was united

c)

Voting restrictions

d)

Hate groups (KKK)

23.

African Americans still struggled for their rights for how many years after the reconstruction stopped?

a)

50

b)

75

c)

100

d)

125

24.

After the end of the reconstruction, African Americans were unable to enjoy there new found freedom and rights because of segration laws.

True or false?

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Jim Crow laws and segregation laws are NOT the same thing.

True or false

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Segregation laws led to separation in which places?

a)

Schools

b)

Trains

c)

Public places

27.

This was the organized effort for all African Americans to achieve and enjoy full equality by ending Racism and segregation on the U. s.?

(a)  

28.

The civil right movement started since when?

a)

Revolution

b)

Reconstruction

c)

War

29.
Washington was satisfied with living in segregation from white people.
a)
True
b)
False
30.

In 1909, who helped found the NAACP?

a)

Booker T Washington

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

WEB DuBois

d)

Thomas Edison

31.

Booker T Washington and WEB DuBois both agreed

a)

white people are superior

b)

the telephone is the best invention

c)

Education for African-Americans is important

d)

Equal rights for all

32.
Which of the following believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans?
a)
William Lloyd Douglas
b)
W.E.B. Du Bois
c)
George Washington     
d)
Booker T. Washington
33.
Which person accepted social separation and believed racial equality could be achieved through vocational education?
a)
 Booker T. Washington
b)
Martin Luther King, Jr. 
c)
. W.E.B. Du Bois                               
d)
William Lloyd Douglas
34.
-Born into slavery on a plantation in Virginia -Believed equality could be achieved through vocational education -Organized the Tuskegee Institute for agricultural and industrial education
a)
W.E.B. Du Bois
b)
Rosa Parks
c)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
d)
Booker T. Washington
35.

Why did Booker T. Washington believe it was important to learn a trade?

a)

It allowed black people to own their own business.

b)

It guaranteed immediate civil rights for black people.

c)

It made black people more employable to white business owners.

d)

It offered a simple way for black people to take out government loans.

36.

In 1909, who helped found the NAACP?

a)

Booker T Washington

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

WEB DuBois

d)

Thomas Edison

37.

Opposed the belief that blacks should submit to white rule.

a)

Booker T Washington

b)

WEB DuBois

38.
The separation of people based upon race or some other characteristic is referred to as?
a)
Assimilation                        
b)
Civil Rights
c)
Segregation         
d)
Desegregation
39.
DuBois believed black people should go to college.
a)
True
b)
False
40.
Washington believed that black people should be more concerned with working the land than voting.
a)
True
b)
False
41.

NAACP stands for

a)

National Association for African People

b)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

c)

National Association for Americans to Color People

d)

National Association for African-American Men

42.

Which of the following best describes Booker T. Washington’s approach to civil rights?

a)

compromise and patience

b)

persistence and noncompliance

c)

education reform and voting rights

d)

non-violent protest and political action

43.

Which of the following best describes W.E.B. Du Bois’s approach to civil rights?

a)

give and take between races

b)

gradual attainment of civil rights

c)

complete civil rights immediately

d)

economic equality with social segregation

44.
Which of the following believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans?
a)
William Lloyd Douglas
b)
W.E.B. Du Bois
c)
George Washington     
d)
Booker T. Washington
45.

Believed that capitalism was principle cause of racism.

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

WEB DuBois

46.

Opposed the belief that blacks should submit to white rule.

a)

Booker T Washington

b)

WEB DuBois

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