Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
a. | made freed slaves American citizens. | b. | outlawed the Ku Klux Klan. | c. | outlawed
slavery. | d. | allowed women to vote. |
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Approximately how many people were killed in the Civil War?
a. | 100,000 | b. | 300,000 | c. | 500,000 | d. | 625,000 |
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The word “Reconstruction” means
a. | “having a party”. | b. | “waving the flag of
surrender”. | c. | “building
again”. | d. | “drawing plans to build a house”. |
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In order for the Confederate States to be readmitted to the Union, each had to
repeal the
a. | Confederate Bill of Separation. | b. | Ordinance of Secession. | c. | Slave
Codes. | d. | Military Rule Law. |
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After the Civil War, former slaves were called
a. | freedmen. | b. | lucky strikes. | c. | carpetbaggers. | d. | scalawags. |
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During Reconstruction the southern states were placed under military rule
a. | to learn how to live as the military families do. | b. | to require states to
have black and white citizens work together to write a new constitution. | c. | to get practice for
future wars. | d. | to remind them how hard war is so citizens would live together
peacefully. |
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The government group that was established to help the freed slaves was the
a. | Slaves No More Bureau. | b. | We’re All Equal
Bureau. | c. | Freedmen’s Bureau. | d. | Former Slaves
Bureau. |
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What document led to the readmission of Alabama to the United States?
a. | The Constitution of 1868 | b. | The Constitution of 1865 | c. | The Constitution of
1864 | d. | The Constitution of 1900 |
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The 14th Amendment
a. | gave women the right to vote. | b. | gave freedmen full rights as
citizens. | c. | ended slavery. | d. | admitted Alabama back into the
Union. |
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Completion
Complete each
statement.
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The process of rebuilding the South was called _________________________.
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The government group set up to help the freed slaves was the ____________
__________.
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12.
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During the last months of the Civil War, President _______________
_______________ made plans to bring the country back together.
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13.
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Three black men served in the U. S. _____________ _____ _____________________
during Reconstruction.
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14.
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____________________ were white Southerners who worked with the military
government to make sure the Alabama state government was run as it should be.
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15.
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________ _____________ ____________ assassinated President Abraham Lincoln on
April 14, 1865.
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16.
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The ______ ___________ ________ was a secret group which frightened people to
keep them from voting.
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17.
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The Southern states were put under military rule by the U.S. Congress under the
influence of the _______________ ______________.
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18.
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The Constitution of 1868 took away from former Confederates the right to
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Matching
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a. | George Huston | b. | Abraham Lincoln | c. | Maria
Fearing | d. | Andrew Johnson | e. | Benjamin Sterling Turner | f. | Ulysses S.
Grant |
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was against secession before the Civil War; Alabama Governor from 1874-1878 who
helped lead the state out of Reconstruction
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20.
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President during the Civil War who made plans to bring the country back
together, but was killed before he could carry out his plan
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a former slave, who at age 33, entered first grade and eventually became a
teacher
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22.
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U.S. President during Reconstruction after President Lincoln was
assassinated
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the first African American elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from
Alabama
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first U.S. president elected after the Civil War
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