1) Why was the Freedman’s Bureau established after the Civil War? a) to make sure blacks got jobs as government officials b) to prevent blacks from gaining too much power. c) to help black Americans create schools, churches and provide food, clothing and shelter, and to build new communities 2) What officially brought the end of slavery? a) the 15th amendment b) the 13th amendment c) the 14th amendment 3) Which white supremacy organization formed after the Civil War to fight against the Republicans and new black rights? a) Ku Klux Klan b) Irish Republican Army c) National Association Advancement Colored People 4) The Fourteenth Amendment a) gave equal citizenship for black Americans b) made Native Americans citizens. c) Gave women the right to vote. 5) Which historic period was marked by the military occupation of a portion of the United States, attempts to remove the President from office, and major constitutional revisions? a) Reconstruction b) Roaring Twenties c) Depression and New Deal 6) Which amendment protected African American's right to vote? a) 15th Amendment b) 16th Amendment c) 14th Amendment 7) Lincoln’s ten percent plan said that a) 10% of Southerners must declare their loyalty to the Union in order to regain statehood. b) ten percent of Southerners would be allowed to vote c) ten percent of slaves would be colonized in Africa 8) The Radical Reconstruction plan to bring Southern States back into the Union included that they a) passing of the 13, 14, & 15th amendment b) lose their vote for President. c) admit to disloyalty. 9) What were “Carpetbaggers”? a) people who rode carpets b) Southerns who promoted the KKK c) Northerners who moved down South to participate in Reconstruction governments 10) What were “Scalawags”? a) recently freed blacks who supported Reconstruction policies b) Advisors who worked with Andrew Johnson c) Southerners who supported the Reconstruction plan 11) Radical Republicans were a) Taylor Swift fans b) Republicans who particularly sided with Abraham Lincoln c) Republicans who wanted to punish the South severely for their role in the Civil War 12) What was the main goal of the Reconstruction Era in the United States following the Civil War? a) To modernize the northern states b) To reintegrate the southern states into the Union and rebuild the South's economy c) To expand U.S. territory into the western frontier 13) After the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, African Americans continued to experience political and economic oppression mainly because a) the amendments were not intended to solve their problems b) many African Americans distrusted the Federal Government c) Southern legislatures enacted Jim Crow laws 14) Which of the following was NOT a Reconstruction Amendment? a) The 13th Amendment b) The 14th Amendment c) The 19th Amendment 15) What was sharecropping? a) A system where farmers rented land and shared profits with landowners, the farmer would always end up in debt b) A new political party in the South c) A type of trade agreement between the North and South 16) Which statement best describes the treatment of blacks in the South directly after reconstruction? a) Blacks were taken back into slavery. b) Blacks were allowed to vote and attain decent jobs. c) Blacks were denied rights and forced into bad jobs 17) During Presidential Reconstruction, the Black Codes passed by Southern states were attempts to a) provide land to former slaves b) punish former Confederate leaders c) deny equal rights to African Americans 18) In the 1898 court case Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that a) Segregation was legal as long as it was “separate but equal”. b) Grandfather clauses and literacy tests were good things for African Americans c) Blacks could not serve in the armed forces.

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