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- 1. Multiple Choice
the period following the Civil War of rebuilding the United States (years 1865-1877)
Gilded Age
Civil War
Reconstruction
Westward Expansion
- 2. Multiple Choice
What was implemented to provide food, shelter, education, and other necessities to freed slaves?
Freedmen's Bureau
Civil Rights Bill
Sharecropping system
Black codes
- 3. Multiple Choice
After the 13th amendment abolished slavery, many freed slaves had to resort to farming on former plantations with the promise to give half the cultivated crops to the land owner. What is this system?
Reconstruction
Sharecropping
Redemption
tenant farming
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which group of people rented land to cultivate and often had more control over their farming than the sharecropper?
carpet baggers
scalawags
southern unionist
tenant farmers
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which area in the United States did Reconstruction occur?
North
South
East
West
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which law was proposed by Republicans to give African Americans citizenship and equal rights, and was vetoed by President Johnson then override by Congress?
Freedmen's Bureau Bill
14th amendment
15th amendment
Civil Rights Act of 1866
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which group faced the MOST discrimination in the South following the Civil War?
Carpetbaggers
Scalawags
African Americans
Democrats
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which system unofficially kept African Americans working as slaves because of their inability to pay off debts?
10% plan
Wade-Davis Bill
literacy tests
debt peonage
- 9. Multiple Choice
What was NOT part of Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction?
offered pardons for Southerns who rebelled during the war
required an oath of loyalty to the US and pledge that slavery was illegal by 10% of voters
allowed for a new state government to form after conditions were met
allowed only those who had NEVER been loyal to the Confederacy hold office
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which amendment prevented any state from infringing on the rights of citizens regardless of race?
13th
14th
15th
16th
- 11. Multiple Choice
What was the derogatory name for Northerns who moved to the South during Reconstruction in hopes of taking advantage of the political and economical turmoil?
Carpetbaggers
Scalawags
Ku Klux Klan
Republicans
- 12. Multiple Choice
Laws that limited basic rights of African Americans including the right to read, limiting movement and travel, and other restrictions?
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Reconstruction Act
10 percent plan
black/slave codes
- 13. Multiple Choice
Republicans in Congress believed Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction wasn't strict enough. They responded by creating the Wade-Davis Bill. What was a provision of the Wade-Davis Bill?
Anyone who had been part of the Confederacy was NOT allowed to hold office
10% of the voting population must pledge loyalty to the United States
Any white male was allowed to vote
- 14. Multiple Choice
What was the term for white southerners who joined the Republican Party during Reconstruction?
Carpetbaggers
Scalawags
Sharecroppers
traders
- 15. Multiple Choice
What was NOT a goal of the Ku Klux Klan?
destroy the Republican Party
End Reconstruction
Limit voting rights of African Americans
Help the Freedmen's Bureau establish schools in the South
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which plan required former Confederates to who owned more than $20,000 in property to request a presidential pardon to receive amnesty?
10% plan
Wade-Davis Bill
Johnson's Plan
Civil Rights Act of 1866
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which amendment guaranteed the right to vote regardless of race or color?
13th
14th
15th
19th
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which of the following were NOT part of the Republican Party in the South?
African Americans
Carpetbaggers
Plantation owners
Scalawags
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which act, passed in 1872, returned the right to vote to southerners?
15th amendment
Johnson's Plan for Reconstruction
10% plan
Amnesty Act
- 20. Multiple Choice
What was NOT a part of the Reconstruction Act of 1867
The requirement of states allowing women suffrage
States must ratify the 14th amendment
States were divided into 5 military districts
The stipulation that Military Reconstruction would not end until all southern states rejoined the United States
- 21. Multiple Choice
Which era signals the return of power to the Democrats in the South?
Age of Jackson
Civil War
Redemption
Reconstruction
- 22. Multiple Choice
What was NOT a reason carpetbaggers moved to the South?
To help ensure African Americans rights are not infringed on
To gain political power
To help build railroads
To invest in reconstruction and gain money
- 23. Multiple Choice
What group(s) made up the southern post-war group known as scalawags?
All of the above
Southern farmers who had not owned slaves and had opposed secession from the Union
A group of Southern planters who had been economically and socially ruined by the Civil War
White Southerners who had previously been part of the Whig Party
all of the above
- 24. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was NOT part of the bargain that decided the Election of 1876 and ended Reconstruction?
Rutherford Hayes becomes President of the United States
Federal troops are withdrawn from the South
Samuel Tilden becomes Vice-President of the United States
Republican state government in the South collapse and get removed from office
- 25. Multiple Choice
The first Ku Klux Klan, created by ex-Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, attempted to terrorize which of the following groups?
African American leaders in the South
Freedmen’s Bureau officials and local pro-black leaders
Both A & B
None of the above
- 26. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT an example of a Black Code law passed by a Southern state after the Civil War?
Blacks were not allowed to carry guns
Blacks were not allowed to break contracts as plantation workers
Blacks had strict dawn to dusk curfews
Blacks were not allowed to buy goods
- 27. Multiple Choice
What effect did the system of sharecropping have on the South after the Civil War?
It kept formerly enslaved persons economically dependent
It brought investment capital to the South
It provided for a fairer distribution of farm profits
It encouraged Northerners to migrate south
- 28. Multiple Choice
The separate but equal principle established by the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson led to the
integration of white and African American military regiments
spread of racially segregated public facilities
start of the Civil War
end of the Reconstruction period
- 29. Multiple Choice
Which statement most accurately describes President Abraham Lincolns plan for Reconstruction?
War damages should be collected through military occupation
The Union should be restored as quickly as possible
African Americans should be given free land
Southerners should be made to pay for their rebellion
- 30. Multiple Choice
Following Reconstruction, the passage of Jim Crow laws in the South limited the effectiveness of
Black Codes
tenant farming and sharecropping
the Freedmen's Bureau
the 14th and 15th amendments
- 31. Multiple Choice
During the Reconstruction Era, one reason for the formation of the Ku Klux Klan was to
eliminate sharecropping in the Southern States
support the South during the Civil War
encourage immigration from southern and eastern Europe
prevent formerly enslaved persons from exercising their rights.
- 32. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is MOST likely the creator of this cartoon?
A Scalawag
A neewly Freedmen
A white Southern Democrat
Officials of the Freedmen's Bureau
- 33. Multiple Choice
When was this image created?
After the election of Lincoln
After the assassination of Lincoln
After the Election of 1876
After the passage of the Military Reconstruction Act
- 34. Multiple Choice
Which statement best describes the status of African Americans immediately after the end of Reconstruction in 1877?
Most African Americans held factory jobs in urban areas.
Most African Americans were able to take advantage of educational opportunities at colleges
Despite the passage of several constitutional amendments, African Americans found that gaining equal rights was very difficult
Political rights for African Americans were guaranteed in the South, but restrictions and discrimination increased in the North.
- 35. Multiple Choice
During the Reconstruction period, an important objective of Radical Republican congressional action was to
destroy the economy of the South
restore pre-Civil War conditions to the South
maintain Republican domination of the National Government
develop two equal political parties in the South
- 36. Multiple Choice
The literacy test and the poll tax were devised mainly to
raise money for political campaigns
establish uniform national voting requirements
eliminate fraudulent voting practices
limit the number of African Americans qualified to vote
- 37. Multiple Choice
In the Compromise of 1877 that ended Reconstruction, Republicans agreed to
withdraw federal troops from the South
support the Black Codes
award the presidency to Democrat Samuel Tilden
accept the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford
- 38. Multiple Choice
"Although important strides were made, Reconstruction failed to provide lasting guarantees of the civil rights of the freedmen."
Which evidence best supports this statement?
passage of Jim Crow laws in the latter part of the 19th century
ratification of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
refusal of Southern States to allow sharecropping
passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1866
- 39. Multiple Choice
After the Civil War, which development limited economic opportunities for African Americans in the South?
creation of military districts
establishment of the Freedmen’s Bureau
use of the sharecropping system
ratification of the 14th amendment
- 40. Multiple Choice
During Reconstruction, what was a belief of the Radical Republicans?
The former Confederate States should be brought back into the Union as quickly as possible.
Reconstruction should be used to force political and social reform in the Southern States.
The North and South should take equal responsibility for causing the Civil War.
The freedmen should be denied equal civil rights.
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