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Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 16mins
Which action describes one role of the Freedmen’s Bureau during Reconstruction?
promoting industrial development
financing western migration
investigating war crimes
providing social services
When 10% of the voters of a state took an oath of loyalty to the Union, the state could form a new government
Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan
Wade-Davis Bill
Andrew Johnson’s Plan
Radical Reconstruction
To rejoin the Union, a state had to meet several requirements: 50% loyalty, former confederate soldiers could not vote, ban slavery
Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan
Wade-Davis Bill
Andrew Johnson’s Plan
Radical Reconstruction
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.
Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan
Wade-Davis Bill
Andrew Johnson’s Plan
Radical Reconstruction
Divided the South into 5 Military Districts.
Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan
Wade-Davis Bill
Andrew Johnson’s Plan
Radical Reconstruction
What impact did the northern victory in the Civil War have on the plantation system in the South?
Many plantations were taken over by foreign immigrants.
Plantations were forced to find other sources of labor.
Plantations grew larger due to a greater need for cotton.
Many plantations were replaced by factories.
Which statement is most accurate about individuals known as scalawags?
They were predominantly the owners of large plantations in the South.
They were predominantly free blacks living in the South.
They were often politicians in the pre-Civil War South.
They were often supporters of the Republican Party in the South.
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?
Scalawags
Carpetbaggers
KKK members
Know-Nothing Party
The _____________ overturned the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford.
The ______________ freed the slaves everywhere in the United States.
13th Amendment
What was the primary goal of the Freedmen’s Bureau?
enforcing private property rights for landowners
providing essential services to former slaves
removing restrictions to suffrage for young adults
ending the military occupation of the Southern states
The KKK was a secret society that helped African-Americans
True
False
John Jones was responsible for President Lincoln's death
True
False
Plessy v. Ferguson ruled that segregation was allowed if "separate but equal" facilities were provided.
True
False
Jim Crow laws were forced separation of whites and African Americas in public places.
True
False
The ____________ was added to the United States Constitution to protect the rights of African Americans.
The year is 1865 and the 13th Amendment has just been passed. Which of the following is now true?
Women can vote.
Former slaves can now vote.
Slavery in the U.S. no longer exists.
All people born in the United States are citizens.
system that provides labor to landowners and sharing their crops with them.
Sharecropping
Reconstruction
Amnesty
Wade-Davis Bill
Grant
Process of rebuilding
Sharecropping
Reconstruction
Amnesty
Wade-Davis Bill
Grant
A official pardon
Sharecropping
Reconstruction
Amnesty
Wade-Davis Bill
Grant
One of the 4 Reconstruction plans on how to rebuild the South
Sharecropping
Reconstruction
Amnesty
Wade-Davis Bill
Grant
President's slogan was "Let US Have Peace"
Sharecropping
Reconstruction
Amnesty
Wade-Davis Bill
Grant
Which amendment extended voting rights to formerly enslaved men?
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?
Naturalized Citizens
African American Men
To bring formal charges to an elected official.
Impeachment
Carpetbaggers
Scalawags
Redeemers
Poll Tax
Northern born republicans who moved to the south.
Impeachment
Carpetbaggers
Scalawags
Redeemers
Poll Tax
White southern Republicans.
Impeachment
Carpetbaggers
Scalawags
Redeemers
Poll Tax
Democrats that regained control of the governments in the South.
Impeachment
Carpetbaggers
Scalawags
Redeemers
Poll Tax
a tax that must be paid in order to vote
Impeachment
Carpetbaggers
Scalawags
Redeemers
Poll Tax
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?
It increased the number of citizens eligible to vote in elections.
It placed control of elections under the federal government.
It opened voting to non-property owners for the first time.
It extended voting privileges to both men and women.
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?
Compromise of 1877
Sharecropping
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Radical Reconstruction
