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1. After the Civil War ended in 1865, the country began the process of bringing the South back into the Union. This
period of time was called
A. Reconstruction.
B. the Great Depression.
C. Emancipation.
D. the Industrial Revolution.
2. What was the biggest problem facing the United States at the end of the Civil War?
A. paying off war debts
B. rebuilding the South and bringing it back into the Union
C. setting up the Freedmen's Bureau
D. catching and punishing the man who assassinated Lincoln
3. In 1865, the Thirteenth Amendment was the first amendment added to the United States Constitution after the Civil
War. As a result of this amendment
A. slavery was abolished.
B. alcohol was not to be made or sold.
C. free speech was protected.
D. women obtained the right to vote.
4. After the Civil War, the slaves had been freed and many of the large plantations were destroyed. Many of the
freedmen that had worked on the plantations were now out of work. Many turned to sharecropping. Which of the
following BEST describes sharecropping?
A. Sharecroppers had to give farm owners part of their crop for using the land.
B. Sharecroppers had to share the equipment used on the farms.
C. Sharecroppers had little money so they had to buy small plots of land.
D. Sharecroppers had to share their crops with other sharecroppers.
5. The 14th Amendment was approved by the states and became part of the United States Constitution in 1868. The
purpose of this amendment was to define citizenship and to protect the rights gained by
A. European immigrants.
B. African Americans.
C. factory workers.
D. naturalized citizens.
6. The period after the Civil War was known as Reconstruction. To deal with the conditions after the war, the federal
government created the Freedmen's Bureau. What was its purpose?
A. to help Union soldiers
B. to help Confederate soldiers receive medical care
C. to help former slaves
D. to help women obtain the right to vote in elections
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7. In June of 1864, Senator Charles Sumner introduced the bill establishing the Bureau of Freedmen, calling it a
"Bridge from Slavery to Freedom." Which of the following BEST describes how the Freedmen's Bureau affected the
lives of former slaves?
A. It provided camps where black soldiers could find their families.
B. It provided shelter, food, schools, and legal protection to former slaves.
C. It provided loans so that former slaves could buy land and farming equipment.
D. It provided courts for former slaves to bring lawsuits against their former owners.
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Answer Key
1. A) Reconstruction.
2. B) rebuilding the South and bringing it back into the Union
3. A) slavery was abolished.
4. A) Sharecroppers had to give farm owners part of their crop for using the land.
5. B) African Americans.
6. C) to help former slaves
7. B) It provided shelter, food, schools, and legal protection to former slaves.
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