Reconstruction Section Reviews

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1. The period of rebuilding the South after the Civil War was called a. amnesty. b. Civil Rebuilding. c. Reconstruction. d. war spoils.

2. What was the name of the decree that required a majority of the white males in a state to swear loyalty to the Union? a. Freedman’s Bureau b. Reconstruction Bill c. Ten Percent Plan d. Wade -Davis Bill

3. Which of these helped African Americans make the transition from slavery to freedom? a. Freedmen’s Bureau b. Reconstruction Act c. Ten Percent Plan d. Wade -Davis Plan

4. President Abraham Lincoln was shot at a. Ford’s Theater. b. Samuel Mudd’s house. c. the White House. d. William Peterson’s house.

5. Who was the only Southern senator to support the Union during the Civil War? a. Andrew Jackson b. Andrew Johnson c. Daniel Webster d. John C. Calhoun

Match each item with its related word or phrase. a. John Wilkes Booth b. the Thirteenth Amendment c. extreme d. a group pardon e. Thaddeus Stevens

6. amnesty

7. radical

8. assassinated President Lincoln Powered by Cognero Page 1

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9. leading Radical Republican

10. outlawed slavery

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11. Anyone born in the United States is automatically a citizen, according to the a. black codes. b. Civil Rights Act of 1866. c. Fourteenth Amendment. d. Thirteenth Amendment.

12. In 1867 states that had not ratified the Fourteenth Amendment were required to a. elect African American leaders. b. form new governments. c. leave the United States. d. lose their civil rights.

13. Which Southern state immediately ratified the Fourteenth Amendment? a. Kentucky b. Maryland c. North Carolina d. Tennessee

14. When President Andrew Johnson violated the Tenure of Office Act, the House of Representatives voted to a. execute him. b. impeach him. c. reelect him. d. suspend him.

15. Which amendment gave African American men the right to vote? a. Thirteenth Amendment b. Fourteenth Amendment c. Fifteenth Amendment d. Sixteenth Amendment

Enter the appropriate word(s) to complete the statement.

16. ______were intended to control freed African American men and women.

17. In 1866 President Johnson vetoed both the Freedmen's Bureau bill and the ______.

18. Congress was able to ______Johnson’s vetoes of civil rights legislation.

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19. The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments were intended to guarantee newly established rights for ______.

20. The ______Act prohibited the President from removing government officials without the Senate’s approval.

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21. Southern whites who supported Republican policy throughout Reconstruction were sometimes called a. carpetbaggers. b. freedmen. c. Republican hostages. d. scalawags.

22. Northerners who moved to the South and supported the Republicans were called a. carpetbaggers. b. freedmen. c. Republican scalawags. d. sharecroppers.

23. For a brief time during Reconstruction, African Americans had a majority of seats in the lower house of which state’s legislature? a. Alabama b. Ohio c. South Carolina d. Tennessee

24. Which method did some white Southerners use to try to overcome Republican rule? a. civil rights legislation b. cooperation c. violence d. voting reform

25. Which of the following did many African Americans workers find to be little better than slavery? a. integration b. land ownership c. moving north d. sharecropping

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

26. Most newly freed African American voters supported the Republican Party. a. True b. False

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27. Hiram Revels was the first African American to serve as a presidential adviser. a. True b. False

28. A scalawag who moved to the North was considered a carpetbagger. a. True b. False

29. Many Reconstruction-era Democrats supported the Ku Klux Klan. a. True b. False

30. Some freed African Americans borrowed money from the Freedmen’s Bank to buy land. a. True b. False

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31. Reconstruction effectively ended after a. the 1875 Civil Rights Act. b. the election of Hayes as president. c. the Republican Party dissolved. d. the Southern Democrats disbanded.

32. To keep poor people and African Americans from voting, many Southern states enforced a. crop taxes. b. Jim Crow laws. c. poll taxes. d. Reconstruction taxes.

33. Which type of society did Jim Crow laws enforce? a. affluent b. integrated c. poor d. segregated

34. The Ku Klux Klan set out to terrorize a. Democrats. b. Republicans. c. the “New South.” d. white voters.

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35. Which of these was used to prevent African Americans from voting? a. commissions b. integration c. literacy tests d. Reconstruction

Match each term with its correct description. a. Ulysses S. Grant b. lynching c. W.E.B. Du Bois d. segregation e. grandfather clause

36. rule used to prevent newly freed African Americans from voting

37. African American civil rights leader

38. war hero and two-term president

39. murder by a mob

40. legally enforced separation of races