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Short Quiz / Exit Slip: Reconstruction Begins
Part A: Multiple Choice: Instructions: Choose the option that answers the questions.
1. What dates do historians assign as the era of Reconstruction?
a. 1850-1860
b. 1861-1865
c. 1865-1877
d. 1880-1890
2. What was the social program created for the former slaves during Reconstruction?
a. The Freedmen’s Bureau
b. The Proclamation of Amnesty
c. The Civil Rights Act of 1866
d. The 10% Plan
3.
Which action was taken by Lincoln and proved his Reconstruction approach was lenient?
a. The passing of the Freedmen’s Bureau
b. His veto of the Civil Rights Act of 1866
c. His refusal to allow wealthy plantation owners to regain power in the South
d. The 10% Plan
4. Which person below was a leader for the Radical Republicans?
a. Abraham Lincoln
b. Andrew Johnson
c. Charles Sumner
d. Samuel Tilden
5. Which option below explains the 14th Amendment?
a. The law ended slavery.
b. The law excluded wealthy plantation owners in the South from government leadership.
c. The law created social programs for the former slaves.
d. The law asserted that former slaves would receive equal legal protection.
Part B: Short Answer: Instructions: Answer the question below.
1. Explain the function of the 5 Military Districts of the South established after the Civil War. What did
the existence of these military zones display about the relationship of the North and South?
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Short Quiz / Exit Slip: Reconstruction Begins
Part A: Multiple Choice: Instructions: Choose the option that answers the questions.
1. What dates do historians assign as the era of Reconstruction?
a. 1850-1860
b. 1861-1865
c. 1865-1877
d. 1880-1890
2. What was the social program created for the former slaves during Reconstruction?
a. The Freedmen’s Bureau
b. The Proclamation of Amnesty
c. The Civil Rights Act of 1866
d. The 10% Plan
3.
Which action was taken by Lincoln and proved his Reconstruction approach was lenient?
a. The passing of the Freedmen’s Bureau
b. His veto of the Civil Rights Act of 1866
c. His refusal to allow wealthy plantation owners to regain power in the South
d. The 10% Plan
4. Which person below was a leader for the Radical Republicans?
a. Abraham Lincoln
b. Andrew Johnson
c. Charles Sumner
d. Samuel Tilden
5. Which option below explains the 14th Amendment?
a. The law ended slavery.
b. The law excluded wealthy plantation owners in the South from government leadership.
c. The law created social programs for the former slaves.
d. The law asserted that former slaves would receive equal legal protection.
Part B: Short Answer: Instructions: Answer the question below.
1. Explain the function of the 5 Military Districts of the South established after the Civil War. What did
the existence of these military zones display about the relationship of the North and South?
The five military districts of the South kept a Northern military presence in the South
after the war. The existence of these military zones displayed a continual distrust of the
South from the North. The North believed that the only way to ensure Reconstruction
could move forward was to ensure the South realized it could be done so with force, if
need be.
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