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U6C2 Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

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Class
Date
1.

The scene shown in the image is most closely associated with _______________. (7.14, 7.14.c)

a)
Louisiana’s constitution of 1864
b)
the Freedmen’s Bureau
c)
the Ten Percent Plan
d)
sharecropping
2.

Because of the sharecropping system, most African Americans in the South ___________________. (7.14, 7.14.b)

a)
lived their lives in poverty
b)
became independent landowners
c)
were able to achieve financial security
d)
moved from the South to the Great Plains
3.

How did the system of sharecropping work?

a)
Planters worked together to raise a greater volume of cash crops and shared the profits evenly.
b)
Planters were required to share a portion of their cash crops with the state as a form of property tax.
c)
Planters sold a portion of their land to a farmer in exchange for a small, yearly cash payment after the harvest.
d)
Planters would rent a portion of their land to a farmer who promised the farmer an agreed-upon portion of the crop.
4.

Who was the first African American governor of Louisiana? (7.14, 7.14.f, 7.14.i)

a)
P. B. S. Pinchback
b)
Joseph Hayne Rainey
c)
Oscar James Dunn
d)
Thaddeus Stevens
5.

Jonathan Jasper Wright is known for being the first African American to . (7.14, 7.14.f)

a)
serve as lieutenant governor of a Southern state
b)
be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
c)
serve on a state supreme court
d)
be elected to the U.S. Senate
6.

This image of the South Carolina legislature illustrates the impact of the...

a)
Amnesty Act.
b)
southern scalawags.
c)
Reconstruction Acts.
d)
sharecropper system
7.

What party did former white confederates align themselves with?

a)
Democrat
b)
Republican
c)
Free Soil
d)
Federalist
8.

What party did the representative pictured below (Hiram Revels) belong to?

a)
Democrat
b)
Republican
c)
Free Soil
d)
Federalist
9.

What pattern can you find in sharecropping as shown on this map?

a)
Few sharecroppers lived in Texas while many lived in Louisiana.
b)
In Georgia and South Carolina, sharecropping was more common in inland areas than coastal areas.
c)
Sharecropping was more common in areas farther south and less common in northern parts.
d)
Sharecropping was common everywhere in the South except Georgia and South Carolina.
10.

Which of the following is true? (7.4, 7.14, 7.14.f, 7.14.i)

a)
African Americans voted in Louisiana in much smaller numbers than they voted in the other Southern States.
b)
Across all major offices, at least one African American elected official during Reconstruction came from Louisiana.
c)
African Americans were elected to state offices during Reconstruction, but none were elected to a major national office.
d)
Violence against African American voters and officeholders was widespread during the early years of Reconstruction
11.

How would a white Southerner likely have described a carpetbagger? (7.14, 7.14.e)

a)
He is a Southerner who sympathized with the goals of Reconstruction.
b)
He is a member of a hate group who tried to stop African Americans from voting.
c)
He is a former Confederate who wanted the South to remain largely unchanged.
d)
He is a Northerner who came south after the war to make money from the South’s troubles
12.

Which details correctly complete Congressional Reconstruction? Select the two correct answers. (7.14, 7.14.c)

a)
ratify the Fourteenth Amendment
b)
establish a free public school system
c)
write and ratify a new state constitution
d)
create Black Codes to protect civil rights
e)
distribute land equally to formerly enslaved people
13.

Which district was Louisiana in during radical reconstruction?

a)
5
b)
2
c)
4
d)
3
e)
1
14.

Which phrase explains how the Black Codes, like those in Source 1, influenced Governor Pinchbeck’s views expressed in the following quote found in Source 2? "There is a sense of security displayed by our people that is really alarming...they seem to think that all is done, the Great Battle has been fought and the victory won. Gentlemen, this is a fallacy. The great Contest has just begun."

a)
by ending African Americans’ property rights
b)
by dividing African American communities
c)
by emphasizing African Americans’ continued struggle for equality
d)
by enslaving African Americans and forcing them to work on southern farms
15.

What did the 15th Amendment to the constitution do?

a)
Give African Americans the right to own property
b)
Granted women to vote
c)
Allowed all African Americans who were enslaved the right to vote
d)
Granted African American men the right to vote