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Reconstruction Review
Test Description: Standard 5-1
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The federal government set up an agency to work against black codes. This agency was known as
A
The Freedmen’s Bureau.
B
The Scalawag Bureau.
C
The Black Code Bureau.
D
The Carpetbagger Bureau.
2) The Constitutional Amendment that recognized African Americans as citizens and gave them equal protection under the law was the
A
Thirteenth Amendment
B
Fifteenth Amendment.
C
Bill of Rights.
D
Fourteenth Amendment
3) How was President Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan different from Congress’s Plan?
A
The President’s Plan tried to make it easier than Congress’s Plan for the South to rejoin the Union
B
Congress’s Plan did not want the South to rejoin the Union.
C
Congress’s Plan tried to make it easier than the President’s Plan for the South to rejoin the Union.
D
The President’s Plan did not want the South to rejoin the Union.
4) What was the purpose of the Black Codes after the Civil War?
A
to take a citizenship test
B
to keep African Americans in an inferior position in society
C
to provide services for newly freed African Americans
D
to help the freed slaves have a normal life
5) Which of the following marked the end of Reconstruction in 1877?
A
the success of the Freedmen’s Bureau
B
the development of sharecropping systems
C
the election of a democratic president
D
the withdrawal of federal troops from the South
6) What was the aim/goal of many Southerners during Reconstruction?
A
to return to their normal lives before the war began and not grant rights to freed slaves
B
to provide 40 acres of land to anyone who was the head of household
C
to grant the rights to slaves
D
to help build new communities for immigrants
7) A plantation owner usually provided a sharecropper with housing and tools. This was a good arrangement for the plantation owner because
A
these items were not important in growing crops.
B
these items were left over from the days of slavery.
C
the sharecropper usually did not provide these items for himself.
D
the sharecropper did not want these items.
8) What did the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments mean for African Americans?
A
African Americans became citizens.
B
Equal protection could not be denied to any citizen.
C
Slavery was abolished.
D
African Americans were free citizens, and the men could vote.
9) What was the goal of Lincoln’s 10% Plan?
A
He wanted to provide a more difficult way for the Southerners to participate in the Union.
B
He wanted to tax 10% of America’s wages.
C
He wanted to avoid offering a pardon to the Southerners even if they pledged loyalty to the Union.
D
He wanted to provide an easy or lenient way for the Southern states to rejoin and participate in the Union.
10) How did Andrew Johnson aim to humiliate the southern elite land owners when he became President?
A
He made them elect him as President for a second term.
B
He made them ask for a pardon in order to acknowledge his power as President.
C
All of the above are ways Johnson tried to humiliate the landowners.
D
Landowners didn’t vote for him as President.
11) The Compromise of 1877 gave Democrats control of the southern governments, which soon passed _________ laws, requiring that blacks and whites use separate facilities.
A
poll tax
B
registration
C
Jim Crow
D
immigration
12) What impact did the assassination of Abraham Lincoln have on the start of the Reconstruction Era?
A
The Reconstruction Era began peacefully as the North and South joined together to honor their fallen leader.
B
Abraham Lincoln was unable to follow through with his harsh Reconstruction plans and punish the South for starting the war
C
Abraham Lincoln was unable to follow through with his mild Reconstruction plans to let the South rejoin the Union.
D
A new hope was given to the Confederates and the War went on for several more months.
13) After slaves were set free, many of them began ______________ . They rented land from landowners and paid their rent with a portion of their crops.
A
moving to the east
B
sharecropping
C
building new brick homes
D
going to college
14) What was the aim/goal of Congress for Reconstruction?
A
All of the above were Congress’s goals for Reconstruction.
B
to teach freed slaves about sharecropping
C
to ensure that rights and freedoms of freed slaves were denied
D
to ensure the rights and freedoms of freed slaves
15) Which of the following items was provided by the sharecropper?
A
farmland
B
farm tools
C
labor (work)
D
housing
16) Which of the following disenfranchisement tactics did Southern blacks not face when attempting to vote?
A
picture identification
B
poll tax
C
literacy test
D
grandfather clause
17) What was the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau?
A
It protected people from the hostile white environment in the South.
B
They gave former slaves and poor whites food, clothing, medical care, education, and schools.
C
All of the above are purposes of the Freedmen’s Bureau.
D
It protected people from the hostile white environment in the South.
18) Which of the following would likely be a topic at a Freedmen’s Convention in 1865?
A
purchasing African slaves at low prices
B
revising the 20th Amendment
C
acquiring needed job skills
D
women as mayors of small towns
19) What new act divided the former Confederate states into five military districts and sent federal troops to maintain order?
A
Jim Crow Act
B
Black Codes
C
Reconstruction Act of 1867
D
Reconstruction Act of 1776
20) The Ku Klux Klan often resorted to violence to accomplish its goal. This violence was usually designed to
A
to prevent freed slaves from the right to an education.
B
to prevent northern carpetbaggers from going to the south.
C
All of the above were goals of the Ku Klux Klan.
D
to use voter fraud to keep African Americans from voting.
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