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Jackson Reconstruction Test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was one reason the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution were considered important landmarks?
a)
brought the Civil War to an end
b)
created the Freedmen's Bureau
c)
established procedures for impeaching the president
d)
granted newly freed enslaved people the right of citizenship and the right to vote
2.
How did the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution bring the United States closer to its goal of giving the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to all people?
a)
pardoning Confederate soldiers
b)
giving women the right to vote
c)
outlawing slavery
d)
eliminating immigration quotas
3.
What were some of the services provided by the Freedmen’s Bureau?
a)
freeing enslaved people
b)
to feed, clothe, and educate former enslaved people
c)
to move former slaves to the northern states
d)
to ensure that former enslaved people had the right to own land
4.

Why did President Abraham Lincoln want Reconstruction to be simple and easy?

a)

  1. thought the United States would look bad to the rest of the world

b)

  1. to win Southern votes in his reelection campaign

c)

  1. to speed up the rebuilding of towns and factories

d)

  1. to end the war quickly

5.

What was the purpose of the Black Codes?

a)

  1. to give the former slaves land

b)

  1. to restrict the freedom of former slaves

c)

  1. to administer punishment for runaway slaves

d)

  1. to provide laws for the new immigrants in our state

6.
What was the main purpose of the Radical Republican plan for Reconstruction?
a)
to help the south rebuild railroads
b)
to rewrite the United States Constitution
c)
to protect the rights of newly freed enslaved people
d)
to welcome back the ex-Confederate states
7.
Why did planters enter into sharecropping agreements with their former slaves?
a)
They needed workers to plant and harvest crops
b)
They felt an obligation to give jobs to freedmen
c)
The federal government required that they give jobs to freedmen
d)
They wanted to provide charity to their former enslaved people
8.
Which of the following statements best describes the political role of the planter elite during Reconstruction?
a)
They continued to dominate the government of South Carolina.
b)
They refused to be a part of the Republican government.
c)
They agreed to give small farmers and freedmen equal representation.
d)
They cooperated with carpetbaggers and scalawags.
9.
During Reconstruction, what was the economic impact on small farmers in South Carolina?
a)
They left their farms for jobs in textile mills in the towns.
b)
They were no longer able to compete with large landowners.
c)
They turned from the planting of cotton to other cash crops.
d)
They now had to compete with African American sharecroppers.
10.

What types of people were described as "scalawags" during the Reconstruction Era?

a)

newly freed slaves who competed for jobs with poor whites

b)

northern citizens who moved south to rebuild the economy

c)

war veterans who refused to return to civilian life

d)

southerners who cooperated with Republicans politicians

11.
What name did Southerners give to Northern whites who moved to the south with plans to help the freedmen?
a)
Scalawags
b)
Carpetbaggers
c)
Democrats
d)
Redeemers
12.
Why was the sharecropping system negative for most South Carolina farmers?
a)
Sharecroppers were unable to keep all of the money from the crops they farmed.
b)
Sharecroppers earned interest on the land they worked.
c)
Sharecroppers were unable to farm crops
d)
Sharecroppers owned their own homes.
13.
When the north lost interest in Reconstruction which political party regained its power in the south?
a)
Scalawags
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Conservative Democrats
d)
Freedmen
14.
In 1876, the election of former Confederate General Wade Hampton as governor marked what turning point in South Carolina's history?
a)
the end of Reconstruction and continued hostility
b)
the ratification of the Reconstruction amendments
c)
the decline of elite rule in South Carolina
d)
the start of the Reconstruction Era
15.

What political impact did the “Redeemers” have on the state government? 

a)

  1. Republicans maintained control of the state government.

b)

  1. The elite exercised political control as they had before the war.

c)

  1. Poor farmers received benefits and gained political power.

d)

  1. African Americans continued to have the majority in the state legislature.

16.

Why did Governor Ben Tillman want a new South Carolina state constitution in 1895? 

a)

Supported legalization of southern vigilante groups

b)

Wanted to disenfranchise black voters and keep Democrats in power

c)

Supported the legalization of public school integration in the state

d)

Wanted to restrict the right of women to own property

17.

How did the 8 Box Law, the grandfather clause, and the poll tax affect African American voters?

a)

  1. Limited political power

b)

  1. Legalized segregation

c)

  1. Outlawed southern vigilantism

d)

  1. Gave women the right to vote

18.

What was the main purpose of the Jim Crow laws in the South?

a)

segregate African Americans and white southerners

b)

provide unemployment assistance

c)

help the southern economy

d)

encourage political participation of freed slaves

19.
What idea was supported by the United States Supreme Court in the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision?
a)
Women's Suffrage
b)
Separate but Equal
c)
Temperance
d)
Abolition
20.

What was the purpose of the Ku Klux Klan in South Carolina? 

a)

  1. to support Confederate war veterans

b)

  1. to intimidate freedmen so they would not vote

c)

  1. to protest against rising cotton prices

d)

  1. to support Republican candidates for political office

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