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Test your knowledge on the Reconstruction era post-Civil War with these questions. Learn about key events, amendments, and influential figures.
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RECONSTRUCTION QUIZ END OF UNIT FIVE
QUESTION • The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War was known as • Radical republicanism • Solid South • Reconstruction • The Compromise of 1877
ANSWER • Reconstruction
QUESTION • Which of the following statements is TRUE concerning African-Americans after the Civil War • Some won election to political offices in Georgia • They were not allowed to run anymore for public office after the Supreme Court rules that the right to vote did not give them the right to hold office. • Most of them owned their first land as sharecroppers or tenant farmers • Radical Republicans tried to limit the rights of African-Americans with laws that kept them from voting.
ANSWER • Some won election to political offices in Georgia
QUESTION • Which of the following is a true statement concerning the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments? • 13th – citizenship, 14th – freedom, 15th - voting rights • 13th – freedom, 14th – voting rights, 15th – citizenship • 13th – freedom, 14th – citizenship, 15th – voting rights • 13th – citizenship, 14th – voting rights, 15th – freedom
ANSWER • 13th – freedom, 14th – citizenship, 15th – voting rights
QUESTION • Which of the following statements would Henry McNeal Turner have agreed with? • Blacks should not be allowed to hold public office. • Blacks cannot hope to get justice in the South and should leave for Africa. • The Radical Republicans should mind their own business. • It would have been better if the Confederacy had won the war.
ANSWER • Blacks cannot hope to get justice in the South and should leave for Africa.
QUESTION • Southerners who helped the US Army and took advantage of the South’s misfortune were • Carpetbaggers • Entrepreneurs • Missionaries • Scalawags
ANSWER • Carpetbaggers
QUESTION • Which of the following would have least supported the Radical Republicans in GA? • A freed slave • A scalawag • A member of the KKK • A supporter of the 15th amendment
ANSWER • A member of the KKK
QUESTION • Which of the following helped African Americans in the South after the Civil War? • The KKK • Conservative Democrats • Most white landowners • The Freedman’s Bureau
ANSWER • The Freedman’s Bureau
QUESTION • What happened after 32 black legislators were elected to the GA General Assembly? • The Georgia General Assembly welcomed the black legislators • The black legislators were expelled from the GA General Assembly • The black legislators were given special treatment
ANSWER • The black legislators were expelled from the GA General Assembly
QUESTION • Who controlled & monitored Georgia during Reconstruction? • The Southern states controlled themselves during Reconstruction • The President of the United States oversaw Reconstruction • The Radical Republicans sent the U.S. Army to oversee the South
ANSWER • The Radical Republicans sent the U.S. Army to oversee the South
TRUE OR FALSE • The KKK was founded by a group of former Confederate soldiers that wanted to keep the new Radical Republicans in a position of power in the South.
ANSWER • FALSE
TRUE OF FALSE • Political Reconstruction in Georgia was unsuccessful since by 1872, white southern Democrats were again in control of the State Government.
ANSWER • TRUE
WHO? • Jefferson Long
ANSWER • first black Georgian elected to Congress
WHO? • Alexander Stephens • president during the beginning of reconstruction • B. Republican Governor during Reconstruction • C. first black Georgian elected to Congress • D. state legislator, U.S. Congressman, and later governor
ANSWER • state legislator, U.S. Congressman, and later governor
WHO? • Rufus Bullock • president during the beginning of reconstruction • B. Republican Governor during Reconstruction • C. first black Georgian elected to Congress • D. state legislator, U.S. Congressman, and later governor
ANSWER • Republican Governor during Reconstruction
WHO? • Andrew Johnson A. president during the beginning of reconstruction • B. Republican Governor during Reconstruction • C. first black Georgian elected to Congress • D. state legislator, U.S. Congressman, and later governor
ANSWER • president during the beginning of reconstruction