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Reconstruction Exam 1:
Section 1: SS5H2: a. Describe the purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.
Directions: Match the amendments.
1.
Slavery is illegal in all areas in the United States.
A. 13TH Amendment
2.
All men, no matter their age or race, have the right to vote.
B. 14th Amendment
3.
Every person in the U.S. is guaranteed the rights
C. 15th Amendment
listed in the Bill of Rights. All citizens must be given
due process before the government can take away
your life, liberty, or property.
4. What was the purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments? (2 points)
Directions: Read the following scenario, and tell me what amendment is being broken. Is it the
13th, 14th, or 15th Amendment?
Mark A. 13th Amendment B. 14th Amendment C. 15th Amendment
5. A young man who is eighteen walks up to the voting booth. The person that is working at the
polling place says to the young man, “You are African American, you can’t vote!”
What amendment is being broken?
6. Sarah is arrested because the government says she has not been paying her taxes. Instead of
giving her due process, they decide just to take her house and throw her in jail without a trial or
giving her any of her Bill of Rights.
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What amendment is being broken?
7. A factory owner decides to open a new factory. Instead of paying people to work in his
factory, he decides he is going to kidnap people and make them slaves , working for him, without
paying them.
What amendment is being broken?
Section 2: SS5H2: b. Explain the work of the Freedmen’s Bureau.
Directions: Answer the questions
8. Why was Reconstruction needed in the United States?
a. The Civil War destroyed a lot of land in the South
b. The Revolutionary War destroyed parts of the country
c. Slaves had to be divided among northern states
d. The Industrial Revolution meant new building materials
9. Which was a system used in the South after the Civil War in which farmers rented land from a
landowner by promising to pay the owner back with a certain amount of money they made from
selling their crops?
a. feudalism
b. Freedmen’s Bureau
c. sharecropping
d. segregation
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10. The Freedmen’s Bureau was started by the U.S. government during the Reconstruction of
the South. It was created to help former slaves. What was one thing the Bureau did?
a. getting the 14th Amendment passed
b. punishing former slave owners
c. hiding escaped slaves from their owners
d. building schools for former slaves
11. What did the South look like right after the Civil War ended?
a. It was beautiful with all sorts of factories
b. It was destroyed because Sherman and the Union army destroyed a lot of things
c. It looked better than the North
d. It looked like it did before the Civil War started
12. After Reconstruction, blacks were not allowed to sit in the same areas at the theater as
whites. They had to sit in the back part of the theater, while whites sat at the front of the theater.
This is an example of
a. desegregation
b. integration
c. segregation
d. reconstruction
13. Which is a result of Jim Crow laws?
a. All people were treated equally
b. People were not separated by the color of their skin in schools
c. African Americans gained rights
d. African Americans lost rights
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14. A group of laws that kept segregation a live in the South were called?
a. Reconstruction laws
b. Confederate laws
c. Jim Crow laws
d. Virginia laws
15. Which event occurred after the Civil War?
a. African Americans and whites were not allowed to use drinking fountains anymore
b. African Americans were forced to use separate drinking fountains than white people
c. African Americans slaves were the only people allowed to use drinking fountains
d. Whites were not allowed to use drinking fountains, but African Americans were.
16. Unfair poll taxes and tests were started to keep African Americans from
a. moving
b. voting
c. growing crops
d. owning land
17. What is a racist person?
a. someone that is nice to everyone no matter the color of their skin
b. someone that is mean to someone because of the color of their skin
c. someone who was born in the South
d. someone who does not believe in segregation
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18. Who were the Ku Klux Klan?
a. A group of people that wanted equal rights from all people in the South
b. A group of people that helped African Americans during the Reconstruction
c. A group of people that wanted to end Jim Crow Laws
d. A group of people that liked segregation, and wanted to take rights away from African
Americans
Directions: Answer the questions in complete sentences. Make sure to add a lot of detail to get
full credit for your answer. See the “explanation of points” below to see how points are given.
19. Why would a group like the Freedmen’s Bureau need to be created in the South after the
Civil War? (2 points)
20. Name two ways that the Freedmen’s Bureau helped freed slaves and poor people in the
South after the Civil War? (4 points)
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21. What is Reconstruction, when did it happen? (2 points)
22. How did the Ku Klux Klan affect the behavior of many African Americans? (2 points)
EXPLANATION OF POINTS:
2 points for a complete answer that is completely correct for the given part of a question.
(possibility of four points on questions that ask for two reasons)
1 point for answers that are partially correct or have vocabulary that would suggest that the
student is on the right track
0 points for wrong answers, or incomplete answers.
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Reconstruction Exam ANSWERS
1. A
2. C
3. B
4. The purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments in the Constitution were to give the
newly freed slaves more rights under the Constitution. The amdendments sought to give
end racial discrimination and bring African Americans back into the Union as equals.
The 13th Amendment officially ended slavery, the 14th Amendment granted citizenship
to all no matter their skin color, and the 15th Amendment allowed all men to vote no
matter their skin color.
5. C
6. B
7. A
8. A
9. C
10. D
11. B
12. C
13. D
14. C
15. B
16. B
17. B
18. D
19. Why would a group like the Freedmen’s Bureau need to be created in the South after the Civil
War? (2 points): An organization like the Freedmen’s Bureau needed to be created in the
South after the Civil War because African Americans and many poor white southerners
had no possessions, education, or jobs as the Civil War came to an end. Therefore, the
federal government needed to start a program that would help those in the greatest need
in the South to start a new life that included an education, job, and healthcare.
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20. Name two ways that the Freedmen’s Bureau helped freed slaves and poor people in the South
after the Civil War? (4 points): help build schools for African Americans, provided health
care and set up hospitals for people in the South, help people find jobs.
21. What is Reconstruction, when did it happen? Reconstruction occurred after the Civil War
beginning in 1866 and ended in 1877. It was the period of time when the United States
government assisted the South in its rebuilding efforts. Organizations such as the
Freedmen’s Bureau were set up to assist with many of the projects.
22. How did the Ku Klux Klan affect the behavior of many African Americans? The Ku Klux
Klan did a lot to affect the behavior of many African Americans. The Klan’s violent
tendencies and intimidation techniques were effective in scaring many African
Americans away from voting, standing up for their rights, and reporting discrimination.
The Klan made African Americans scared to act a certain way or go to certain areas of
towns and cities.