WorksheetsReconstruction
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
How did the Civil War affect the Southern states?
Many homes, farms, and factories in the South had been destroyed.
The south was wealthy after the war!
Many people moved to the southern states.
The fifteenth Amendment was ratified after the Civil War. Which of the following groups were protected by the amendment?
Women who wanted to vote
African-American men over 21 who wanted to vote
African-Americans who wanted U.S. citizenship
The term “Jim Crow” refers to
The laws that kept African-Americans from having their full rights. They allowed African-Americans to be falsely punished and treated unfairly.
The man who led Americans to free the enslaved.
The laws that freed African-Americans from slavery.
Which of the following was the MAIN goal of Reconstruction?
Helping the North's economy
Giving money to Southern farmers
Reuniting the North and South
What effect did the system of sharecropping have on the South after the Civil War?
It kept former slaves dependent on the land owners.
It encouraged Northerners to move south.
How did the Freedmen’s Bureau help newly freed slaves?
Set up schools
Ran banks to lend money to poor people
Provided transportation west to newly freed slaves.
In the ten years following the Civil War, how did many former slaves earn a living?
conductors on the Underground Railroad
sharecroppers on Southern farms
workers in Northern factories
The thirteenth amendment states
slavery would NOT be allowed in the U.S.
slavery would still be allowed in the U.S.
The fourteenth amendment states
the states could NOT limit the rights of the citizens.
The states could limit the rights of the citizens.
States could take away life, liberty, or property without due process of the law.
What is the period of post Civil War called?
Renovating
Reconstruction
Relocating
