WorksheetsCivil War & Reconstruction
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
All men, regardless of race, have the right to vote according to the ___ Amendment
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
2.
Severe limits on black Americans such as where they could live and what jobs they could hold.
a)
Compromise of 1877
b)
Black Codes
c)
Sharecropping
d)
Tenant Farming
3.
Network of political clubs that educated members, campaigned for Republican candidates, and built Black churches/schools, etc
a)
Union League
b)
Freedmen's Bureau
c)
KKK
d)
NAACP
4.
Black Americans served in segregated units in the Union Army. One such unit was
a)
Tuskegee Airmen
b)
Harlem Hellfighters
c)
Massachusetts 54th
d)
Shays' Rebels
5.
African Americans who moved West after the Civil War
a)
Exodusters
b)
Carpetbaggers
c)
Scalawags
d)
Sharecroppers
6.
Slavery is unconstitutional according to the ____ Amendment
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
7.
TRUE or FALSE: Women had the right to vote under the 15th Amendment.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
To end the stalemate in the election of 1877, Rutherford B. Hayes became President and the military withdrew from the South. This best describes
a)
3/5th Compromise
b)
Declaration of Independence
c)
13th Amendment
d)
Compromise of 1877
9.
Reconstruction might have been more successful if
a)
Grant had not made a deal to withdraw the remaining federal troops from the South
b)
the U.S. government had not sponsored the Klu Klux Klan
c)
Charles Sumner and Thaddeus Stevens’ radical program of stronger protection of political rights had been enacted.
d)
Johnson had not been impeached
10.
All citizens, regardless of race, are equally protected under the law according to the ___ Amendment.
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
11.
Divided South into 5 military zones & laid down new guidelines for readmission: approve 14th Amendment & guarantee full suffrage for all male former slaves
a)
Compromise of 1877
b)
Reconstruction Act
c)
13th Amendment
d)
Office of Tenure Act
12.
Federal program designed to help black Americans transition to life as free citizens.
a)
Union League
b)
Freedmen's Bureau
c)
NAACP
d)
Progressivism
13.
What were the purpose of Black Codes?
a)
regulate (control) the lives of the emancipated blacks.
b)
protect former slaves from those who wanted to take advantage of them.
c)
clearly state to freemen their new rights.
d)
protect slaves from retribution from their former owners.
14.
Generally, the Black Codes provided for all of the following EXCEPT
a)
a ban on jury service by blacks.
b)
required blacks to vote for “redeemer” candidates .
c)
a bar on blacks from gathering in large, unauthorized groups
d)
punishment of blacks for idleness
15.
According to the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in __________ were “forever free.”
a)
the United States
b)
all slave states
c)
the rebel states
d)
all new territories
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