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Reconstruction Vocabulary Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

Reconstruction Act of 1867

2.

What was the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?

a)

To enforce Jim Crow Laws that legally separated blacks and whites

b)

Deny voting rights of Freedmen during Reconstruction in America

c)

Give needed rights to Freedmen after the Civil War

d)

To help former slaves after the Civil War

3.

What were the Black Codes?

a)

A plan for Reconstruction put forth by Radical Republicans

b)

laws that set out to help Freedmen adjust to American citizenship

c)

Laws that restricted the rights of African Americans after the Civil War

d)

A Supreme Court case that outlawed segregation in public facilities

4.

What are civil rights?

a)
Civil rights are the rights of individuals to own property without restrictions.
b)
Civil rights are privileges granted to corporations.
c)

Civil rights are the rights that protect individuals' freedom

d)
Civil rights are laws that only apply to government officials.
5.

What did the 14th Amendment guarantee?

a)

freedom from slavery

b)

unrestricted voting rights for all

c)

the right to free education

d)

Citizenship and equal protection under the law

6.

What the 15th Amendment?

a)

a change to the Constitution that stopped a state from denying voting rights based on race

b)

a change to the Constitution that outlawed slavery in America

c)

a change to the Constitution that granted equal protection to all American citizens.

d)

A law that granted citizenship to all born in the United States

7.

What is a poll tax?

a)
A poll tax is a tax on property ownership.
b)
A poll tax is a tax that requires individuals to pay a fee in order to vote.
c)
A poll tax is a fee for registering to vote.
d)
A poll tax is a tax on income earned.
8.

What does the term "segregation" mean?

a)
Segregation is a term used for economic policies only.
b)
Segregation means the unification of people regardless of their differences.
c)

Segregation is the separation of people based on race

d)
Segregation refers to the mixing of different groups in society.
9.

What were Jim Crow Laws?

a)

Laws set up to punish the former Confederate States

b)

Laws that enforced segregation in the South

c)

laws that allowed poor whites to bypass voting restrictions

d)

A series of amendments created to protect Freedmen's civil rights

10.

What was the Ten Percent Plan?

a)

A plan for Southern states to rejoin the Union if 10% of voters swore loyalty

b)

A plan to tax 10% of income

c)

A plan to free 10% of slaves

d)

A plan to build 10% more schools

11.

What does "integration" mean?

a)

Bringing people of different races together

b)

Keeping people separated

c)

Creating new laws

d)

Paying a tax to vote

12.

Who were freedmen?

a)

Government officials

b)

People who wrote new laws

c)

Former slaves who were freed after the Civil War

d)

Judges in court cases

13.

What was the case Plessy v Ferguson about?

a)

It forced Freedmen to work as sharecroppers on American plantations

b)

It ended slavery

c)

It gave freedmen the right to vote

d)

It legalized segregation based on race

14.

What were literacy tests used for?

a)

To help educate Freedmen and poor whites

b)

To prevent certain people from voting by requiring them to read and write

c)

assessments people had to pass in order to become citizens

d)

assessments geared at helping Freedmen learn about proper procedures for voting

15.

What does "Reconstruction" refer to in U.S. history?

a)

The period after the Civil War when the South was rebuilt and brought back into the Union

b)

The time before the Civil War

c)

The building of new schools

d)

The creation of new states

16.

What was created to help ex-slaves assimilate into American culture by providing food, clothing, shelter, and jobs?

a)

Black Code

b)

Civil Rights Act

c)

Freedmen's Bureau

d)

Jim Crow Laws

17.

These were a series of laws to limit the civil rights of ex-slaves.

a)

Freedmen's Laws

b)

Civil Rights Laws

c)

Voting Rights Acts

d)

Black Codes

18.

Supreme Court case that legalized segregation based on race by establishing the "separate but equal" doctrine.

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

Dred Scott v. Sandford

d)

Marbury v. Madison

19.

Whiich of the following demanded a fee as a prerequisite to voting?

a)

Literacy Test

b)

Black Code

c)

Grandfather Clause

d)

Poll Tax

20.

Required voters to pass an exam before being permitted to vote.

a)

The Earth Science Regents

b)

Literacy Test

c)

Black Code

d)

Jim Crow Law

21.

What was created to protect the voting rights of poor, uneducated white southerns?

a)

Black Codes

b)

Grandfather Clause

c)

Civil Rights Act

d)

Freedmen's Bureau

22.

stopped a state from denying voting rights based on race.

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

16th Amendment

23.

President Abraham Lincoln plan for reuniting North & South as quickly and easily as possible.

a)

Ten Percent Plan

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

The Freedmen's Bureau

d)

The Reconstruction Act of 1867

24.

After the Civil War, many freedmen took jobs as __________________________. Unfortunately, this often times led to a cycle of debt and kept freedmen under the control of white plantation owners.

a)

teachers

b)

sharecroppers

c)

factory workers

d)

merchants

25.

Extreme members of Congress who set out to punish the south and give voting rights to freedmen.

a)

Freedmen

b)

Southern Democrats

c)

Radical Republicans

d)

Federalists

26.

This divided southern states into military districts and required them to ratify the 14th Amendment before being able to rejoin the Union.

a)

Reconstruction Act

b)

Jim Crow laws

c)

black codes

d)

Ten Percent Plan

27.

To bring charges against a public official.

a)

appoint

b)

elect

c)

pardon

d)

impeach

28.

These were created to separate blacks from whites in public facilities.

a)

Reconstruction Amendments

b)

Civil Rights Acts

c)

Jim Crow laws

d)

Black Codes

29.

Which of the following best describes a key difference between Black Codes and Jim Crow laws?

a)

Jim Crow laws were created during Reconstruction, while Black Codes were passed in the 20th century.

b)

Black Codes were enacted to limit the rights of freedmen, while Jim Crow laws enforced racial segregation

c)

Both Black Codes and Jim Crow laws were federal laws passed by Radical Republicans

d)

Black Codes were designed to enforce segregation, while Jim Crow laws restricted voting rights.

30.

How did Black Codes impact the lives of newly freed African Americans after the Civil War?

a)

They provided free land to former slaves

b)

They allowed African Americans to hold public office

c)

They restricted freedoms by limiting movement, employment, and civil rights

d)

They guaranteed equal rights and protections under the law