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5-1 Reconstruction Era
Test Description: SC Reconstruction Era
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1) Which of the following best describes American Reconstruction? (5-1.1)
A
The time period of hope, change, and rebuilding following the Civil War
B
The time period when Americans fought Great Britain to gain independence
C
The time period when the northern states fought the southern states
D
The time period of fear and deconstruction following the Civil War
2) All of the following were Abraham Lincoln 's aims for Reconstruction EXCEPT ...
A
10% of the South pledge their allegiance to the U.S.
B
Ratify the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery
C
Make the Southern Elite ask for presidential pardons
D
Preserve the Union and end the Civil War quickly
3) Which statement BEST describes many southerners during Reconstruction?
A
They wanted to change their unfair ways and treat all freedmen equally
B
They wanted society to remain the same socially, economically, and politically
C
They did not want things to change but wanted to make life easier for freedmen
D
They continued the practice of slavery on large plantations in the South
4) Which of the following was NOT an aim of Reconstruction for southern African Americans?
A
d. Gain as much independence as possible
B
b. Build churches, schools and access land
C
a. Bring together families and communities
D
c. Allow military occupation in the south
5) What was the overall purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?
A
To protect the rights of African Americans
B
To take away rights of southern elite
C
To protect the rights of southern elite
D
To take away rights of African Americans
6) Why was the Freedmen's Bureau so important to the South during Reconstruction?
A
It wanted to continue slavery
B
It enforced Jim Crow Laws
C
It threatened newly freed slaves and poor whites
D
It helped all people in need in the South
7) What was the goal of the Ku Klux Klan?
A
To keep African American families from being torn apart
B
To keep women from using their newly-gained rights
C
To keep African Americans from using their newly-gained rights
D
To keep the southern elite from taking over the government
8) All of the following was a result of the Compromise of 1877 EXCEPT ...
A
American Americans were abandoned by the government
B
Democrats won control of the southern state government
C
It supported political rights for the freedmen
D
It ended Reconstruction
9) Who benefited most from the system of sharecropping?
A
Poor white men
B
African Americans
C
Landowners
D
Freedmen
10) How did Reconstruction affect the plantation system of the South?
A
The plantation system became stronger than ever
B
The plantation system was ruined
C
All plantations were taken over by the government
D
Factories replaced all plantations in the South
11) How did Southerner’s impact Reconstruction?
A
a. Passed laws to protect newly freed slaves after the war
B
d. Passed laws allowing newly freed slaves to serve in Congress
C
b. Passed Black Codes and intimidated newly freed slaves
D
c. Passed the 15 th Amendment allowing men the right to vote
12) How was the aim of Congress different than that of Southerners and President Johnson?
A
d. Congress wanted to be sure that the freed slaves were free
B
a. Congress wanted to humiliate the Southerners
C
c. Congress encouraged Southerners to be elected to office
D
b. Congress passed laws known as the Black Codes
13) Poor whites who sided with the Republican government were known as what in the South?
A
d. Scalawags
B
a. Carpetbaggers
C
c. Migrants
D
b. Entrepreneurs
14) Some Northerners, known as “carpetbaggers,” moved South for all of the following EXCEPT:
A
b. To be entrepreneurs
B
c. To be educators
C
d. To be sharecroppers
D
a. To be missionaries
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