Reconstruction Test
Reconstruction Test
Reconstruction Test
1. Which term best describes the period immediately following the Civil War?
a. Reparation
b. Rebuilding
c. Reconstruction
d. Reconciliation
e. Restoration
2.
President Lincolns plan to repair the south was known as the 10% Plan. Which of
the following best describes this plan?
a. Only 10% of Southerners would be punished for rebelling
b. States could be readmitted once 10% of the people swore allegiance to the Union
c. Only 10% of the rebelling states would be allowed back in the country
d. States could be readmitted after 10% of the states get rid of their slaves
e. Only 10% of the slaves would be set free
3. Congress suggested one of the first plans for Reconstruction, stating that for
Southern states to rejoin the Union, a state had to meet several requirements, such as:
a majority of white males swear loyalty and Confederates could not vote. This plan for
Reconstruction was seen in the ________________.
a. Wade-Davis Bill
b. Ku Klux Klan Act
c. Freedmans Bureau Act
d. The Plan for Amnesty and Reconciliation
e. The Black Codes
4. Lincoln formed this group to provide African Americans with temporary relief and
education during Reconstruction.
a. The KKK
b. The Scalawags
c. The Carpetbaggers
d. The Freedmens Bureau
e. The Radical Republicans
5. Lincoln never got to oversee Reconstruction because
a. Congress overrode his vetoes.
b. He was impeached.
c. He was assassinated.
d. There was a major depression.
e. He was arrested.
6. Following President Lincoln, this President oversaw Reconstruction:
a. Andrew Johnson
b. Ulysses Grant
c. Rutherford Hayes
d. Thaddeus Stevens
e. Edwin Stanton
7. Johnson broke the Tenure of Office Act and fired the Secretary of War, Edwin
Stanton. What did this result in?
a. Reconstruction ended.
b. A commission was formed to investigate.
c. Johnson was lynched.
d. Johnson was impeached.
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13. The Black Codes were created in many Southern states shortly following the Civil
War. What were they?
a. A set of laws passed that guaranteed equal job opportunities for blacks and whites
b. A set of laws that allowed African-Americans to serve in a states legislature
c. A set of laws passed to keep African-Americans from having rights equal as whites
d. A set of laws that kept blacks in separate schools as whites
14. Which of the following describes a carpetbagger?
a. A white southerner who supported Reconstruction in the South
b. A northerner who moved to the South to take advantage of the poor economic and
political situation
c. A former confederate soldier who would terrorize and intimidate former slaves to keep
inferior
d. A former slave who remained on the plantation and worked in exchange for food and
shelter
15. Which of the following describes a scalawag?
a. A white southerner who supported Reconstruction in the South
b. A northerner who moved to the South to take advantage of the poor economic and
political situation
c. A former confederate soldier who would terrorize and intimidate former slaves to keep
inferior
d. A former slave who remained on the plantation and worked in exchange for food and
shelter
20. Because of a controversy over election results in 1877, the Presidency was given to
the Republicans IF they do what?
a. Repeal the Black Codes in whole country
b. Pull the military out of the South
c. Make the Vice President a Southern Democrat
d. Allow the Ku Klux Klan to do as they wish
21. The name Jim Crow from the Jim Crow laws comes from ____________
a. a book
b. a magazine
c. a type of food
d. a black face character
22. Who would be targeted by the Ku Klux Klan?
a. African-Americans
b. Republicans
c. Carpetbaggers
d. All of the Above
e. None of the Above
In what ways did African-Americans gain more rights during Reconstruction?
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(5 points)