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Reconstruction

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which action describes one role of the Freedmen’s Bureau during Reconstruction?

a)

promoting industrial development

b)

financing western migration

c)

investigating war crimes

d)

providing social services

2.

When 10% of the voters of a state took an oath of loyalty to the Union, the state could form a new government

a)

Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan

b)

Wade-Davis Bill

c)

Andrew Johnson’s Plan

d)

Radical Reconstruction

3.

To rejoin the Union, a state had to meet several requirements: 50% loyalty, former confederate soldiers could not vote, ban slavery

a)

Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan

b)

Wade-Davis Bill

c)

Andrew Johnson’s Plan

d)

Radical Reconstruction

4.

Appointed Governors (people who stayed loyal to the Union) to each southern state. Used Lincoln’s oath from 10% plan. No former Confederate officers could vote.

a)

Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan

b)

Wade-Davis Bill

c)

Andrew Johnson’s Plan

d)

Radical Reconstruction

5.

Divided the South into 5 Military Districts.

a)

Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan

b)

Wade-Davis Bill

c)

Andrew Johnson’s Plan

d)

Radical Reconstruction

6.

What impact did the northern victory in the Civil War have on the plantation system in the South?

a)

Many plantations were taken over by foreign immigrants.

b)

Plantations were forced to find other sources of labor.

c)

Plantations grew larger due to a greater need for cotton.

d)

Many plantations were replaced by factories.

7.

Which statement is most accurate about individuals known as scalawags?

a)

They were predominantly the owners of large plantations in the South.

b)

They were predominantly free blacks living in the South.

c)

They were often politicians in the pre-Civil War South.

d)

They were often supporters of the Republican Party in the South.

8.

Use the information below to answer the question.

• Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War

• Sought financial gain through business ventures

• Appointed or elected to political offices as Republicans

The information above is most closely associated with which group?

a)

Scalawags

b)

Carpetbaggers

c)

KKK members

d)

Know-Nothing Party

9.

The _____________ overturned the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford.

a)
Civil Rights Act
b)
14th Amendment
c)
13th Amendment
d)
Emancipation Proclamation
10.

The ______________ freed the slaves everywhere in the United States.

a)

13th Amendment

b)
Civil Rights Act
c)
Fugitive Slave Act
d)
Emancipation Proclamation
11.

What was the primary goal of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

a)

enforcing private property rights for landowners

b)

providing essential services to former slaves

c)

removing restrictions to suffrage for young adults

d)

ending the military occupation of the Southern states

12.

The KKK was a secret society that helped African-Americans

a)

True

b)

False

13.

John Jones was responsible for President Lincoln's death

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Plessy v. Ferguson ruled that segregation was allowed if "separate but equal" facilities were provided.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Jim Crow laws were forced separation of whites and African Americas in public places.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

The ____________ was added to the United States Constitution to protect the rights of African Americans.

a)
15th Amendment
b)
13th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
14th Amendment
17.

The year is 1865 and the 13th Amendment has just been passed. Which of the following is now true?

a)

Women can vote.

b)

Former slaves can now vote.

c)

Slavery in the U.S. no longer exists.

d)

All people born in the United States are citizens.

18.
  • system that provides labor to landowners and sharing their crops with them.

a)

Sharecropping

b)

Reconstruction

c)

Amnesty

d)

Wade-Davis Bill

e)

Grant

19.
  • Process of rebuilding

a)

Sharecropping

b)

Reconstruction

c)

Amnesty

d)

Wade-Davis Bill

e)

Grant

20.
  • A official pardon

a)

Sharecropping

b)

Reconstruction

c)

Amnesty

d)

Wade-Davis Bill

e)

Grant

21.
  • One of the 4 Reconstruction plans on how to rebuild the South

a)

Sharecropping

b)

Reconstruction

c)

Amnesty

d)

Wade-Davis Bill

e)

Grant

22.
  • President's slogan was "Let US Have Peace"

a)

Sharecropping

b)

Reconstruction

c)

Amnesty

d)

Wade-Davis Bill

e)

Grant

23.

Which amendment extended voting rights to formerly enslaved men?

a)
15th Amendment
b)
1st Amendment
c)
24th Amendment
d)
19th Amendment
24.

Use the excerpt below to answer the question.

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

—15th Amendment to the United States Constitution

Which group was excluded from the rights guaranteed by this amendment?

a)

Naturalized Citizens

b)

African American Men

c)
Women
d)
Poor white men
25.
  • To bring formal charges to an elected official.

a)

Impeachment

b)

Carpetbaggers

c)

Scalawags

d)

Redeemers

e)

Poll Tax

26.
  • Northern born republicans who moved to the south.

a)

Impeachment

b)

Carpetbaggers

c)

Scalawags

d)

Redeemers

e)

Poll Tax

27.
  • White southern Republicans.

a)

Impeachment

b)

Carpetbaggers

c)

Scalawags

d)

Redeemers

e)

Poll Tax

28.
  • Democrats that regained control of the governments in the South.

a)

Impeachment

b)

Carpetbaggers

c)

Scalawags

d)

Redeemers

e)

Poll Tax

29.
  • a tax that must be paid in order to vote

a)

Impeachment

b)

Carpetbaggers

c)

Scalawags

d)

Redeemers

e)

Poll Tax

30.

Use the excerpt below to answer the question.

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. . . .

—Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

What was one political effect of the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

a)

It increased the number of citizens eligible to vote in elections.

b)

It placed control of elections under the federal government.

c)

It opened voting to non-property owners for the first time.

d)

It extended voting privileges to both men and women.

31.

In exchange for Hays being reconginized as president, Republicans agreed to withdraw federal troops from the South and officially ended Reconstruction. What is the name of this event?

a)

Compromise of 1877

b)

Sharecropping

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

d)

Radical Reconstruction