True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true
or false. Underlined words are key words in the question.
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Soon
after the Civil War ended, the Southerners learned the errors of their ways about how they
treated African-Americans and the slaves.
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2.
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The
South was hit harder that the North by the Civil War.
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3.
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A
minstrel is a group of performers that enacted plays usually making fun
of black people.
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4.
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There
are four branches in the Federal Government.
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5.
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The
Constitution was amended in an attempt to give freed slaves citizenship
rights.
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6.
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Congress is part of the Executive Branch.
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7.
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Black Codes were created in the South to prevent
African-Americans from realizing freedom.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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________ set up a system of segregation in the South and was named after a popular
minstrel character of the time. a. | Jim Crow laws | c. | Jimmity Cricket laws | b. | Jack Black
codes | d. | Black
Codes | | | | |
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9.
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The
Southern states did not like Northerners coming South and taking advantage of Reconstruction
financially, they called these people ________. a. | Scalawags | c. | Carpetbaggers | b. | Scoundrels | d. | Freedman | | | | |
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10.
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_________ was the president of the United States that was impeached during
Reconstruction because he kept vetoing Radical Republican laws. a. | Abraham
Lincoln | c. | Rutherford B.
Hayes | b. | Ulysses S. Grant | d. | Andrew Johnson | | | | |
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11.
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This
Amendment guaranteed all rights of U.S. citizenship to black Americans including the right to due
process. a. | 18th
Amendment | c. | 1st
Amendment | b. | 14th Amendment | d. | 13th Amendment | | | | |
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12.
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The
___________ is a document that guarantees individual liberties. a. | Mayflower
Compact | c. | U.S.
Constitution | b. | Magna Carta | d. | Bill of Rights | | | | |
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13.
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This
terrrorist organization was formed during the Reconstruction period to keep freed blacks intimidated
and to take away their rights. a. | Al Queda | c. | NAACP | b. | Ku Klux
Klan | d. | None of the
Above | | | | |
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14.
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The
__________ was a document that laid out the first government of the United States and was weak in
that it made the federal government meaningless. a. | Articles of Confederation | c. | U.S. Constitution | b. | Iroquis
Confederation | d. | Bill of
Rights | | | | |
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Matching
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Please match the word with the correct definition a. | Reconstruction | e. | Carpetbaggers | b. | Freedman’s Bureau | f. | Fifteenth Amendment | c. | Thirteenth
Amendment | g. | Scalawags | d. | Jim Crow Laws | h. | Sharecropping | | | | |
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15.
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Amendment that abolished slavery
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16.
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A
system of Southern segregation where black people worked the land and ‘shared’ profits with
white landowners.
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17.
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Laws
that created segregation (separation) in the South.
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18.
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Term
for Northerners that came to the South during Reconstruction
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19.
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Amendment gave black people the right to vote.
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20.
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Period of rebuilding that followed the Civil War.
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21.
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Agency attempting to provide assistance to the newly freed blacks of the South after
the Civil War.
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22.
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Southerners that supported Northern Reconstruction plans.
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Essay
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23.
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Describe the challenges faced by black people during the Reconstruction time period of
United States history. Worth 3 Questions (6 Points)
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