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Grade 8 Reconstruction
Jim Crow laws
  1. expanded the rights granted to African Americans during Reconstruction.
  2. were constantly struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.
  3. led to segregation of the races.
  4. were part of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Grade 6 Reconstruction
Memorial Day in the North was founded in 1868 by which organization?
  1. Amvets
  2. American Legion
  3. Veterans of Foreign Wars
  4. Grand Army of the Republic
Grade 4 Reconstruction
In 1865, the United States Congress passed the                , making slavery illegal.
  1. 10th Amendment
  2. 11th Amendment
  3. 12th Amendment
  4. 13th Amendment
Grade 8 Reconstruction
Lincoln and Johnson
  1. both favored "hard" plans for Reconstruction.
  2. differed in their plans for Reconstruction.
  3. both favored lenient plans for Reconstruction.
  4. both received full support from Congress for their Reconstruction plans.
Grade 4 Reconstruction
A person who grows crop on someone else's land is called?
  1. Freedman
  2. Slave
  3. Farmer
  4. Sharecropper
Grade 4 Reconstruction
Life was difficult for former slaves after the Civil War because they
  1. could not serve on a jury or vote
  2. had to pay new taxes
  3. had to live on reservations
  4. owned no land and had no homes
Grade 8 Reconstruction
The Ku Klux Klan and other groups like it
  1. helped get African Americans elected to office.
  2. stopped their activities after being outlawed.
  3. helped to continue Reconstruction.
  4. played a role in the decline of voting by African Americans.
Grade 12 Reconstruction
What did Congress refuse to do when they reconvened in December 1865?
  1. Congress refused to listen t any economic law hearings.
  2. Beacause the new Costitutions had to outlaw Slavery, Congress refused to seat the new Southern Congressional Reps and they appointed a joint committee to reexamine the reconsruction Policy.
  3. They went to the White House & Protested.
  4. They stayed home and slept in.
Grade 11 Reconstruction
Which organization aided farmers with purchasing farm equipment, and lobbied for banking reform?
  1. National Grange
  2. American Farmers Union
  3. Farmers Alliance
  4. Farm Bureau
Grade 8 Reconstruction
How did Reconstruction finally come to an end?
  1. To become President, Rutherford B. Hayes promised the Democrats that he would end Reconstruction.
  2. The Democrats won the election of 1876 and ended Reconstruction.
  3. President Grant ended Reconstruction just before leaving office.
  4. Congress voted to end Reconstruction.
Grade 9 Reconstruction
                 was another name for the former slaves.
  1. Carpetbaggers
  2. Freedmen
  3. Scalawags
  4. All of the Above
Grade 8 Reconstruction
What did Frederick Douglass mean when he said that the freedmen "were sent away empty handed, without money, without friends, and without a foot of land to stand upon"?
  1. The freedmen had little with which to start a new life.
  2. The freedmen lost their land during the war.
  3. Sharecroppers should form organizations to support each other and gain land.
  4. In order to be allowed to vote, freedmen had to pass a literacy test.
Grade 4 Reconstruction
How was the South affected by the end of the Civil War?
  1. Southerners rejected slavery
  2. Farms, homes, and businesses were in ruins
  3. The South asked to rejoin the United States
  4. Many African Americans ran for political office
Grade 8 Reconstruction
One reason Radical Reconstruction was able to bring change to the South was that
  1. federal soldiers were stationed in the South to enforce new laws.
  2. white southerners supported the changes brought about by Radical Reconstruction.
  3. African Americans voted for Radical Reconstruction.
  4. it was part of General Lee's surrender terms.
Grade 11 Reconstruction
Which of the following was NOT a part of the Republican Congress’ program for Reconstruction?
  1. The confiscation of the land of large planters
  2. The protection of the civil rights of former slaves
  3. The repudiation of all Confederate debts
  4. c. The imposition of military rule upon the former Confederacy
Grade 8 Reconstruction
Which man gave President Johnson a run for his money and was a leader of the Radical Republicans?
  1. Steven Gocken
  2. Harriet Tubman
  3. Thaddeus Stevens
  4. Nathan Forrest
Grade 4 Reconstruction
Why did Congress disagree with President Johnson's Reconstruction Plan?
  1. They thought it would make them look weak
  2. They thought the plan was too easy on the South
  3. It helped the slaves
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