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Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 17mins

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How was the United States impacted after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?

It showed Americans that Reconstruction was not necessary.

It resulted in a Tennessee democrat becoming president.

It made it more likely that the Ten Percent Plan would be adopted.

It resulted in an end to arguments between Republicans and Democrats

Which of the following shows how congressional Republicans reacted to Andrew Johnson’s Presidential Reconstruction plan?

Republican's in congress thought the plan was far too lenient on the Southern states.

They supported the idea that the Union should be restored quickly.

They believed the plan forced Southern states to make too many changes.

They were pleasantly surprised by Johnson’s views on civil rights for African Americans

Select two accurate statements about Black Codes

Black Codes repealed the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments throughout the South.

Black Codes were intended to keep African Americans as close to enslavement as possible

Black Codes limited the rights of African Americans to own property, conduct business, and travel freely

Black Codes were an attempt by Republicans to increase the political participation of formerly enslaved people

What did the Fourteenth Amendment do?

It banned private ownership of enslaved individuals.

It granted voting rights to African Americans over the age of eighteen.

It gave citizenship to formerly enslaved people of the United States

It required all employers to pay employees equal pay for equal work.

Select 3 impacts of the 13th amendment

The South developed new social and economic systems without slavery

Many newly freed African Americans were hired on plantations.

Some former slaves moved to towns or to the North to find work.

Citizenship was granted to former slaves

Freedmen were given "equal protection under the law"

If a Republican congressman were to describe Johnsons presidential reconstruction plan, what would he say?

too lenient

very harsh

well-balanced

difficult to accomplish

The Fourteenth Amendment was proposed in 1866. According to this passage, how did the Dred Scott decision help inspire the Fourteenth Amendment?

The amendment was meant to ban slavery, which the Dred Scott decision supported.

The Dred Scott decision gave the Supreme Court the power to review laws, which the amendment ended.

The Dred Scott decision gave citizenship to American Indians, but the amendment gave states the right to decide who is a citizen.

The Dred Scott decision declared that African Americans were not citizens, so the amendment defined citizenship to include them

According to the following excerpt, what happened after the Fifteenth Amendment was passed?

Women gained the right to vote.

African Americans were able to vote freely in all future elections.

The amendment was revoked due to political controversy.

New methods were found to prevent African Americans from voting.

9. Which of the following details correctly completes Presidential Reconstruction?

elect a new government; accept emancipation

pledge loyalty to the Union; accept emancipation

accept emancipation; ratify the Fourteenth Amendment

pledge loyalty to the Union; ratify the Fourteenth Amendment

10.

Which of the following correctly states who could vote under Congressional Reconstruction?

all adult landowners, including formerly enslaved men

all white adult male citizens, excluding former enslavers could vote

all adult males born in the United States, including formerly enslaved men could vote excluding ex confederates

all adult U.S. citizens, including formerly enslaved men and women could vote

11.

Name the reconstruction plan that put the U.S. Army in charge of the South until Southern states were allowed to reenter the Union

the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction

Congressional Reconstruction

Presidential Reconstruction

The Ten Percent Plan

12.

Tickets to attend the impeachment of President Johnson were given after...

Congressional Republicans were angry with President Johnson for vetoing the Civil Rights Act of 1866.

President Johnson told Southern states that they did not need to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment.

President Johnson forced Southern states to abolish Black Codes without congressional approval.

Congress said President Johnson had ignored laws that were passed to limit his power.

13.

Why did Republicans in Congress attempt to impeach President Andrew Johnson?

Johnson ignored some laws Congress had passed that he considered unconstitutional.

They believed Johnson was guilty of taking bribes.

They disagreed over the election of President Grant.

They opposed the Fifteenth Amendment, but he supported it.

14.

Briefly describe the political cartoon

Southern states were threatening to leave the Union over the issue of slavery.

The Civil War was coming to an end, and the North and South needed to be reunited.

The South had passed a series of laws known as Black Codes, which were unconstitutional.

Lincoln decided to pick a Southern Democrat as running mate for the 1864 presidential election.

15.

Under Johnsons Presidential Reconstruction _______________________

would have to travel to DC to ask the president in person.

a former Confederate soldier wishing to be pardoned

a formerly enslaved person wishing to run for office

a former Union officer wishing to join the rebellion

a formerly enslaved person wishing to vote

16.

Which conclusion is supported by these quotations?

“The trail of war is visible . . . in burnt-up [cotton] gin-houses, ruined bridges, mills, and factories.” —A visitor to Tennessee shortly after the end of the Civil War “The barns were all burned, chimneys standing without houses and houses standing without roofs, or doors, or windows.”

—A visitor to Virginia shortly after the end of the Civil War

At the end of the Civil War, economic disaster ensued only for wealthy plantation owners.

After the Civil War ended, large numbers of newly freed African Americans left the South in search of a better future

The Civil War impacted the lives of white Southerners much more directly than it impacted the lives of Southern African Americans

At the end of the Civil War, many Southerners of all races and economic statuses were without food clothing, or any way to make a living.

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Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 17mins

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