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100

Suffrage is the right to 

  1. Carry a weapon

  2. Vote

  3. Trial by jury

  4. Equal protection under the law

2. Vote

100

Which of the following amendments abolished slavery?

  1. 14th

  2. 13th

  3. 19th

  4. 15th

2. 13th

100

African Americans were provided with food, clothes, and education during Reconstruction through the

  1. Black Codes

  2. 15th Amendment

  3. Jim Crow

  4. Freedman’s Bureau

4. Freedman’s Bureau

100

The Underground Railroad was

  1.  a railroad with many tunnels

  2.  a series of safe houses for people escaping from slavery

  3. the name of a railway terminal

  4. Hidden passages below ground

2. a series of safe houses for people escaping from slavery

100

Which political group wanted the federal government to force change in the South?

  1. Radical Democrats

  2. Tea Party

  3. Radical Republicans

  4. Green Party

3. Radical Republicans

200

 Which of the following was NOT used to keep African Americans from voting?

  1. Poll taxes

  2. Literacy tests

  3. Blood tests

  4. Intimidation by the KKK

3. blood tests

200

 Which of the following amendments gave African Americans the right to vote?

  1. 19th

  2. 14th

  3. 13th

  4. 15th

4. 15th

200

How long did Reconstruction last?

  1. 1860-1870

  2. 1865-1877

  3. 1863-1881

  4. 1812-1877

2. 1865-1877

200

 Southern whites restricted the freedom of African Americans soon after the Civil War by using

  1. The federal courts

  2. Black Codes

  3. Freedman’s Bureau

  4. Congressional aid

2. Black Codes

200

Who was the first African American to serve on the Senate?

  1. U.S. Grant

  2. Stephen Douglas

  3. Rosa Parks

  4. Hiram Revels

4. Hiram Revels

300

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

1. The freedmen had little with which to start a new life

300

 Which of the following amendments gave African Americans equal rights of citizenship?

  1. 14th

  2. 19th

  3. 13th

  4. 15th

1. 14th

300

Which of the following was NOT a part of Johnson’s Plan?

  1. Nullify acts of secession

  2. End slavery

  3. Repudiate war debts

  4. Give land to formerly enslaved

4. Give land to formerly enslaved

300

 The most common form of farm work for freedmen was

  1. indentured servitude

  2. Sharecropping

  3. Apprenticeship

  4. Slavery

2. sharecropping

300

Which of the following about Harriet Tubman is NOT true?

  1. She freed about 300 people from slavery

  2. She was a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad

  3. She never went back to the South

  4. She was born into slavery and freed herself

3. She never went back to the South

400

Why were southern laws that stopped African Americans from voting NOT considered illegal?

  1. They were never tested in court

  2. They were not public laws, so no one knew about them

  3. Congress said that the states could pass the laws

  4. They applied in theory to both whites and African Americans

4. They applied in theory to both whites and African Americans

400

How were the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment similar?

  1. They were immediately approved by all states

  2. They were based on the idea of “separate but equal”

  3. They helped African Americans gain civil rights

  4. They helped southern states set up new governments

3. They helped African Americans gain civil rights

400

What did President Johnson do in response to the Civil Rights Act of 1866? (this act defined citizenship and gave all citizens equal protection)

  1. Celebrated it

  2. Vetoed it

  3. Nothing

  4. He wasn’t the president at the time

2. Vetoed it

400

Which best describes the economic situation of many African Americans in the South after the Civil War?

  1. Slavery was replaced by the cycle of poverty through sharecropping

  2. Advances in technology brought an end to agricultural work

  3. Mining provided the best opportunities

  4. Opportunities in the South outnumbered those in the North

1. Slavery was replaced by the cycle of poverty through sharecropping

400

 Who was a key leader of the Radical Republicans who advocated for land redistribution?

  1. Harriet Tubman

  2. Thaddeus Stevens

  3. Andrew Johnson

  4. Frederick Douglass

2. Thaddeus Stevens

500

 How did the Fugitive Slave Act impact African Americans?

  1. It guaranteed trial by jury for enslaved African Americans captured in the North

  2. It prohibited enslavers and traders from tracking people running away from slavery in the North

  3. It jeopardized the safety of African Americans in the North, forcing many to flee to Canada

  4. It allowed enslaved African Americans to purchase their freedom, once they escaped to the North

3. It jeopardized the safety of African Americans in the North, forcing many to flee to Canada

500

What was the Supreme Court’s decision in the Dred Scott case?

  1. That slavery diminished the national character

  2. That African American rights were protected by the Constitution

  3. That slavery should be abolished by executive order

  4. That African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal courts because they were not citizens

4. That African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal courts because they were not citizens

500

Why did Congress propose the Wade-Davis Bill?

  1. Congress wanted a stricter policy towards Reconstruction than Lincoln’s 10% plan

  2. The bill was meant to be a challenge to President Johnson

  3. Congress wanted “soft” Reconstruction

  4. The bill had the support of the South’s new state governments

1. Congress wanted a stricter policy towards Reconstruction than Lincoln’s 10% plan

500

Which of the following was NOT a major goal of Reconstruction?

  1. To bring the southern states back into the Union

  2. To ensure Black Americans their freedom, and civil and political rights

  3. To preserve the health of the economy

  4. To ease immigration laws in order to rebuild the population

4. To ease immigration laws in order to rebuild the population

500

A term given to some southern whites who supported Republican policy through Reconstruction

  1. Override

  2. Impeach

  3. Carpetbaggers

  4. Scalawags

4. Scalawags