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

QUESTION1. Which of the following is a true statement

concerning the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments?a. 13th – citizenship, 14th – freedom, 15th - voting

rightsb. 13th – freedom, 14th – voting rights, 15th –

citizenshipc. 13th – freedom, 14th – citizenship, 15th – voting

rightsd. 13th – citizenship, 14th – voting rights, 15th –

freedom

ANSWERa. 13th – freedom, 14th – citizenship,

15th – voting rights

QUESTION1. Which of the following statements would

Henry McNeal Turner have agreed with? a. Blacks should not be allowed to hold public

office. b. Blacks cannot hope to get justice in the South

and should leave for Africa. c. The Radical Republicans should mind their own

business. d. It would have been better if the Confederacy

had won the war.

ANSWERa. Blacks cannot hope to get justice in the South

and should leave for Africa.

QUESTION1. Southerners who helped the US Army and

took advantage of the South’s misfortune werea. Carpetbaggers b. Entrepreneursc. Missionaries d. Scalawags

ANSWER Carpetbaggers

QUESTION1. Which of the following would have least

supported the Radical Republicans in GA?a. A freed slaveb. A scalawagc. A member of the KKKd. A supporter of the 15th amendment

ANSWERa. A member of the KKK

QUESTION1. Which of the following helped African

Americans in the South after the Civil War? a. The KKKb. Conservative Democratsc. Most white landownersd. The Freedman’s Bureau

ANSWERa. The Freedman’s Bureau

QUESTION1. What happened after 32 black legislators

were elected to the GA General Assembly?a. The Georgia General Assembly welcomed the

black legislatorsb. The black legislators were expelled from the

GA General Assembly c. The black legislators were given special

treatment

ANSWERa. The black legislators were expelled from the

GA General Assembly

QUESTION1. Who controlled & monitored Georgia

during Reconstruction?a. The Southern states controlled themselves

during Reconstructionb. The President of the United States oversaw

Reconstructionc. The Radical Republicans sent the U.S. Army to

oversee the South

ANSWERa. The Radical Republicans sent the U.S. Army to

oversee the South

TRUE OR FALSE1. 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 FALSE1. 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

A. president during the beginning of reconstruction B. Republican Governor during Reconstruction C. fi rst black Georgian elected to Congress D. state legislator, U.S. Congressman, and later governor

ANSWER first black Georgian elected to Congress

WHO? Alexander Stephens

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 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?A. Andrew JohnsonA. 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

ANSWERA. president during the beginning of

reconstruction