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Reconstruction Era and Civil Rights

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Radical Republicans wanted to punish the South during Reconstruction.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Which constitutional amendment abolished slavery?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

16th

3.

Which constitutional amendment gave all MEN the right to vote?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

16th

4.

Which constitutional amendment made all people born in the US citizens and guaranteed them equal rights?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

16th

5.

What was the purpose of the Black Codes?

a)

To allow Southern African Americans to vote.

b)

To ensure equality in all government actions.

c)

To restrict the freedoms of African Americans in the South.

d)

To limit the voting rights for all women in the US.

6.

What was the purpose of the Freedman's Bureau?

a)

To help former slaves and poor whites by providing food, clothes, and education.

b)

To assist freemen in moving to the North.

c)

To help former plantation owners maintain their land.

d)

To ensure that African American men are allowed to vote in all federal elections.

7.

How many military districts were established by the Radical Republicans in the South during Reconstruction?

a)

1

b)

3

c)

5

d)

7

8.

the freedmens bureau did not help?

a)

Poor whites

b)

Freed slaves

c)

Animals

9.

Which of the following was NOT used to prevent African Americans from voting?

a)

Poll Tax

b)

Literacy Test

c)

Intimidation by the Ku Klux Klan

d)

The abrakadrabra act

10.

Who won the Election of 1876?

a)

Samuel Tilden

b)

Ulysses S Grant

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

Rutherford B Hayes

11.

true or false The goal of the Ku Klux Klan was to ensure that former slaves didnt have power

a)

True

b)

False

12.

true or false The Radical Republicans set up the military districts in the South to ensure that Southern States followed Reconstruction Law.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

What ultimately ended Reconstruction by removing all Union Troops from the South?

a)

Compromise of 1877

b)

Election of 1876

c)

The Force Bill

d)

The Freedman's Bureau

14.

What is segregation?

a)

Basing voting rights on race.

b)

Dividing facilities based on race.

c)

Designating separate spaces based on gender.

d)

Integrating all public facilities.

15.

What was the purpose of the Jim Crow Laws?

a)

To limit voting rights for African Americans

b)

To segregate public facilities in the South

c)

To ensure equal rights for men and women

d)

To allow all African American men to vote

16.

What was the name of the group of people that wanted to help newly freed slaves and poor whites

(a)  

17.

Sharecropping was used by many freed slaves in an attempt to get a job

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Tenant farmers would use the landowners tools

a)

True

b)

False

19.

What was a way the south government to try and keep blacks in slavery

a)

the Act of 2014

b)

The john walk

c)

Black Codes

d)

slipity bobity boo act

20.

Georgias capital is ____

a)

Dallas

b)

Atlanta

c)

Cartersvile

d)

Smidyvile

21.

The best student in this class is (a)  

Hint(red tape)