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History-10
Reconstruction Test
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Pts. Poss. – 60
Multiple Choice: (2 pts. Each)
_____1. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated while:
a. making a speech
b. watching a play
c. visiting troops in Virginia
d. strolling on the White House grounds
_____2. Which of the following plans for reconstruction required 10% of adult males
make a loyalty oath before the state could be readmitted to the Union?
a. Lincoln’s Plan
b. Radical Republican’s Plan
c. Johnson’s Plan
d. Wade-Davis Bill
_____3. Which of the following plans for reconstruction was considered the most lenient
on the South?
a. Lincoln’s Plan
b. Radical Republican’s Plan
c. Johnson’s Plan
d. Wade-Davis Bill
_____4. The Amendment to the Constitution that banned slavery was the:
a. Twelfth
b. Thirteenth
c. Fourteenth
d. Fifteenth
_____5. The agency given the task of feeding and clothing war refugees in the South
using surplus army supplies was called the:
a. Military Reconstruction Bureau
b. Radical Republicans
c. Freedmen’s Bureau
d. Red Cross
_____6. Under provisions of the Wade-Davis Bill, who would not be allowed the right to
vote or hold office?
a. former enslaved African Americans
b. plantation owners
c. former Confederate government officials and military officers
d. any men who fought in the Confederate army
_____7. This actor, and supporter of the former Confederacy, assassinated Lincoln:
a. Thaddeous Stevens
b. John Wilkes Booth
c. Andrew Johnson
d. Charles Sumner
_____8. Which of the following plans for reconstruction provided the most protection
for African American rights?
a. Lincoln’s Plan
b. Radical Republican’s Plan
c. Johnson’s Plan
d. Wade-Davis Bill
_____9. What was the main point of Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address?
a. that the leaders of the former Confederacy needed to be punished
b. that African Americans would now be equal to whites in all respects
c. that people who lost property during the war would get it back
d. that, in order to restore the union, no one should harbor any ill will
towards anyone else
_____10. Some Radical Republicans suggested giving freedmen a little help to start their
new lives, referred to as:
a. 40 acres and a mule
b. the Reconstruction Act
c. the Military Reconstruction Act
d. sharecropping
_____11. Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan was purposefully lenient to the south because:
a. this would be the best way to heal the wounds of war and restore the
nation
b. he felt badly for those southerners who had lost so much during the war
c. he had relatives that were southerners
d. the Radical Republicans put pressure on him to go easy on the South
_____12. This Amendment was created because Radical Republicans wanted to make
sure freedmen could vote:
a. Twelfth
b. Thirteenth
c. Fourteenth
d. Fifteenth
_____13. Which of the following events occurred first?
a. The Battle of Gettysburg
b. Gold is discovered in California
c. The Boston Massacre
d. The Salem Witch Trials
_____14. Which one of the following events occurred first?
a. The Constitutional Convention
b. The Battle of Gettysburg
c. The Boston Massacre
d. The Louisiana Purchase
_____15. This terrorist group was formed following the Civil War to prevent freedmen
from going to the polls and voting:
a. Ku Klux Klan
b. Al Qaida
c. Scalawags
d. Radical Republicans
_____16. The Vice President who took over as President when Lincoln was assassinated,
his plan for reconstruction was very similar to Lincolns:
a. Andrew Johnson
b. Ulysses S. Grant
c. Rutherford B. Hayes
d. Charles Sumner
_____17. Which of the following best explains why Johnson was impeached?
a. he had an affair with an intern
b. he stole information from the Democratic Headquarters
c. he tried to remove people he had appointed to his administration
d. his plan was to harsh on the South
_____18. Which of the following was one of the leaders of the Radical Republicans in
Congress?
a. Andrew Johnson
b. John Wilkes Booth
c. Abraham Lincoln
d. Thaddeous Stevens
_____19. Which of the following presidential administrations had much corruption,
including bribery and tax fraud?
a. Lincoln
b. Johnson
c. Grant
d. Hayes
_____20. What was the result of Johnson’s impeachment trial?
a. he was removed from office
b. he remained in office by a slim vote
c. he remained in office by a landslide vote
d. he was forced to do 30 hours of community service
Vocabulary Matching: Match the term on the right with its correct definition on the
left. (1 pt. each)
_____1. A general pardon to a group of people.
A. graft
_____2. Forgiveness of a crime.
B. scalawag
_____3. To accuse a public official of a serious crime.
C. sharecropper
_____4. Laws passed by the south limiting the rights of
African Americans.
D. amnesty
E. black codes
_____5. Southerners who worked with Republicans and
supported Reconstruction.
F. impeach
G. pardon
_____6. Gaining money illegally through politics.
H. freedmen
_____7. Former slaves.
I. carpetbagger
_____8. Northerners that moved to the South looking for
jobs and political office.
_____9. People that paid rent for land in crops, because
they did not have money to pay in cash.
J. Freedmen’s Bureau
K. tenant farmer
_____10. People that paid rent for the land they farmed.
_____11. An agency given the task of feeding and clothing
war refugees, as well as assisting freedmen to
find work.
Short Answer:
1. Who was the first woman to be executed in the United States for her role in the
assassination of Abraham Lincoln? (2 pts.)
2. What law divided the former Confederacy into military districts, where a Union
General was put in charge of each district? (1 pt.)
3. One of the goals of the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction was to protect and
advance the rights of African Americans. Was this goal achieved? Give examples in
explaining your answer. (6 pts.)
Extra Credit:
1. What is Australia’s national capital? (2 pts.)