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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War.ReconstructionFreedman's BureauBlack CodesJim Crow Laws
- 2. Multiple Choice
The main goal of Reconstruction was to......
rebuild the West
rebuild the North
reunite the North and the South
create more factories in the North
- 3. Multiple Choice
After the war, transportation in the South suffered most because
transporting Union troops and their supplies caused delays for southerners.
southern ports had suffered damage from bombing.
much of the South's stock of horses had died in battle.
most of the railroad tracks in the South had been destroyed.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceAbraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was known as:Wade-Davis Bill14th AmendmentTen Percent PlanRadical Republican Reunification
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat best describes Lincoln's 10 Percent Plan?Creating an income taxCreating a larger militaryRe-uniting the United StatesConquering 10% of the South
- 6. Multiple Choice
What group in Congress felt that Lincoln's plan was too lenient (easy on the south)?
Deciduous Democrats
Radical Republicans
Wistful Whigs
Fancy Federalists
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhy was Lincoln's 10 Percent Plan not put in to effect?The war wasn't finished yetHe became Secretary of StateHe was assassinatedHe lost the war
- 8. Multiple Choice
After Lincoln's assassination, what did the Radical Republicans want to do?
celebrate with the south
punish the south
leave the Union
- 9. Multiple Choice
During Reconstruction the South was placed under Military rule
True
False
- 10. Multiple Choice
As a result of the Military occupation of the south, which of these made up the largest group of new Southern voters?
white Southern Democrats
African Americans
Northerners who moved to the South
former Confederate soldiers
- 11. Multiple Choice
The House of Representatives tried to get rid of President Andrew Johnson by doing what to him:
impeaching him
having him exiled
bribing him to leave
trying to get him out in the next election
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat name was given to men and women who had been slaves?carpetbaggerssharecroppersReadical Republicansfreedmen
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe organization put in place after the Civil War to provide food, clothing, health care and education in the South was known as:The Civil Rights CommitteeThe Freedmen's BureauThe Welfare CommitteeThe Salvation Army
- 14. Multiple Choice
Northerners who went south after the Civil War to make large profits from the destruction in the south were called
Scalawags
Ku Klux Klan
Carpetbaggers
- 15. Multiple Choice
What Reconstruction amendment abolished slavery?
13th
14th
16th
- 16. Multiple Choice
What Reconstruction Amendment guaranteed all men the right to vote no matter their race.
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
19th Amendment
- 17. Multiple Choice
What Reconstruction Amendment guaranteed African-Americans citizenship?
14th Amendment
13th Amendment
15th Amendment
1st Amendment
- 18. Multiple Choice
Groups like the Ku Klux Klan that formed during Reconstruction helped freed slaves and worked to protect their rights.
True
False
- 19. Multiple Choice
What was the purpose of the black codes?
to control former slaves
to provide fair wages for freedmen
to reconstruct the plantation system
to teach language skills to freedmen
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThese were laws that made it illegal for African Americans to live or work in certain areas and allowed whites to arrest African Americans who were not working. Once arrested they would be forced to work for white landowners.Freedman's BureauReconstructionBlack CodesJim Crow Laws
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat is Sharecropping?To produce a crop.A friend who shares with you.A crop that is shared.A farmer who gives part of each crop as rent.
- 22. Multiple Choice
Why did sharecroppers remain poor?
The South flooded during Reconstrucion
They owed money to the landowners and never got out of debt
Their crops died from disease.
Animals ate all the crops
- 23. Multiple ChoiceThese laws were passed in the early 20th century to discriminate against African Americans. What were they know as?Buddy Smith LawsBlack CodesJim Crow LawsBob Eagle Laws
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhat impact did Jim Crow laws have on African American?They kept them sparated from the whites in all aspect of public lifeThey granted them the right to voteThey brought more African Americans and whites closer togetherthey led to the creation of the Grange
- 25. Multiple ChoicePoll taxes and literacy tests were methods to try to discourage African Americans for doing what?voterun for officebuy propertylive in the city
- 26. Multiple Choice1st African American elected to the U.S. SenateCrispus AttucksDred ScottWentworth CheswellHiram Rhodes Revels
- 27. Multiple Choice
In the Compromise of 1877, the Democrats allowed Hayes to become president in return for his
agreement to make Tilden his vice president.
support of the Amnesty Act.
agreement to remove remaining federal troops in the South.
opposition of the Enforcement Acts.
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhat law allowed a person to claim 160 acres of land in the western territories?The Homestead ActThe Dawes ActThe Morrill ActThe Land Grab Act
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWhich act was actually a land grant that established agricultural universities like Texas A & M University?The Morrill ActThe Dawes ActThe Homestead ActThe Kansas Nebraska Act
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhich law was an Indian policy that broke reservations into individual land plots that individual families could live on?The Morrill ActThe Dawes ActThe Reservation Reorganization ActThe Homestead Act
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