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Reconstruction After the Civil War
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1
Which best describes a "carpetbagger"?
A person who really loves carpets.
A person traveling south to help.
A person who thought carpet was fashionable.
A person who put things in a bag.
2
Why did the Democrats call people "scalawags"
They were dishonest in their contract agreements.
They supported John Wilkes Booth.
They were carpetbaggers.
They supported the Republican party.
3
How were the Southern States run during the early part of Reconstruction?
Military Commanders were in charge.
The president gave executive orders.
Robert E. Lee was in charge.
Jefferson Davis controlled the South.
4
Which one of these best explains an economic depression?
Industry increases in the South and decreases in the North.
People can not vote and so the government shuts down.
Railroads grow and people move west.
Banks close and people lose their jobs.
5
Which type of industry was fast growing in the South?
farming.
textile mills.
sharecropping.
factories.
6
Why did Johnson get impeached?
He directed military officers to the Sout..
He didn't want blacks to be free.
He passed the 14th amendment without approval..
He removed Edwin Stanton from office without approval
7
What did Homer Plessy do that got him arreseted?
He sat in a "whites only" section on a train.
He robbed a train
He broke a sharecropping agreement.
He refused to give up his seat on the bus.
8
Academies were schools for....
just blacks
just whites
all adults
special training
9
Under which plan could Confederate Generals only be granted amnesty by the president?
10% Plan
Wade-Davis Bill
Restoration
All of the above
10
What is a commission?
A group that works on something.
Results and data.
A law that prohibits something.
a fight about to break out.
11
Which president was responsible for the "New South" during reconstruction?
Abraham Lincoln
Rutherford Hayes
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
12
What does "amnesty" mean?
excuse
prohibit
revenge
pardon
13
Who was the person who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
George B. McClellan
Andrew Johnson
John Wilkes Booth
Thaddeus Stevens
14
Which of these was a challenge to voting?
any of the above
poll tax
literacy tests
grandfather clauses
15
Who was the 19th president of the United States?
Abraham Lincoln
Harry S. Truman
Rutherford B. Hayes
Ulysses S. Grant
16
What is a poll tax?
A fee to vote.
Money given to voters
Money given to candidates,
A fee to run for office.
17
Which is TRUE of the Radical Republicans during the Reconstruction?
They were loyal to the Confederacy.
They passed the Wade-Davis Bill.
They favored a mild approach.
They did not control Congress.
18
What is "sharecropping"?
Paying no money for crops.
Living on someone else's land and farming it.
Owning your own land and crops.
Sharing the crops with all neighbors who need food.
19
What is the meaning of "override"?
To ride a horse for too long.
To steal something from the government.
To persuade someone to vote for your bill.
to overturn or defeat a bill in congress.
20
What is lynching?
An angry mob that kills a person by hanging.
A murder using dangerous weapons.
Punching and kicking someone because you are prejudiced.
Any form of violence used against former slaves.
21
During Ulysses S. Grant's Presidency, the 15th Amendment was passed. What did it say?
Any citizen could vote.
Women could vote.
Any male citizen could vote.
Only whites could vote.
22
What does "integrated" mean?
a white only commision
a school for freedmen
to have only blacks allwoed
including both blacks and whites
23
Why did Lincoln not want Confederate leaders to have amnesty?
Because others were scared they would ruin the economy.
because others were scared of them.
because they were still influencing people.
Because they might try to bring slavery back.
24
Which one of these is a reason why the KKK wore white sheets?
To be seen from far away.
To disguise their identity.
To show their commitment to the KKK.
To show they are white.
25
Which word best explains the Northerners reaction to Lincoln's assassination?
afraid
shocked
upset
thrilled
26
Who was Hiram Revels?
A farmer in Kentucky.
A teacher in Mississippi.
The first African American Senator.
A man who sued for his own freedom.
27
What was "reconstruction" about?
rebuilding and readmitting the rebel states
Rebuilding and selling Southern farms
Building and selling factories
Building and supplying houses for freedmen
28
What did the "new South" work for?
They worked towards re-establishing slavery.
They worked towards building railroads.
they worked toward agriculture.
They worked towards industry.
29
Which former Confederate state was not ready to rejoin the Union by the end of 1865?
Texas
Louisiana
Maine
South Carolina
30
What did the Amnesty Act do?
It put former Confederates on trial.
It freed the slaves.
It pardoned most former Confederates.
It did nothing because it was not passed.
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What are Black Codes?
Codes used on the Underground Railroad.
Laws to control freedmen and women.
A special language for freemen.
laws to help freedmen and women.
