Reconstruction Era Exam
11th Grade US History
Please follow the directions provided for each of the sections. Students will have 1 hour to complete this exam. Please read the instructions carefully before beginning the exam.
Section I:
Multiple Choice:
Directions: Please choose the answer that is correct and circle the answer below the question.
1. After the Civil War, the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were added to the Constitution to:
A. allowed women to vote
B. allow women to become full citizens
C. guarantee African American equal treatment under the law
D. grant rights to Native Americans
2. Why were the Jim Crow laws enacted in the Southern states?
A. enact racial segregated common areas
B. provide an payment for former slaves …show more content…
Giving Rights to all people to vote
B. Officially ending the Civil War
C. Officially ending slavery
D. Punishing the Southern states
6. Who became the President after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?
A. Thomas Jefferson
B. Ulysses Grant
C. Andrew Jackson
D. Andrew Johnson
Section II:
True or False:
Directions: Please circle the answer choice which is correct as T for True or F for False.
7. The Twelve-Year period following the U.S. Civil War in which the South’s social, economic and political system had to be rebuilt was called Great Migration.
T or F
8. The Emancipation Proclamation fully ended slavery in the South in 1862.
T or F
9. Abraham Lincoln wanted to punish the Southern states and their leaders for leaving the union.
T or F
10. During the Reconstruction Period the party of the Southern people was the Democratic Party.
T or F
11. After the Civil War many of the freed slaves were brought back slavery.
T or F
12. Former slaves were given equal rights and protection in the South following the Civil War.
T or F
Section III:
Directions: Please fill in the blank space with the correct answer.
13. The act of bringing charges against an elected official to remove them from office is called …show more content…
The first major law to be passed by presidential veto in 1866 was called the _____ ____ Bill.
18. In _____ the Reconstruction Era was officially ended by the government. (1877)
Section IV:
Short Answer: Please answer the questions below with the appropriate answer and write your respond below the question. Please make sure to provide the answers using correct grammar and sentence structure.
19. You are a journalist writing for the New York Gazette following the Civil War and you are assigned to write about the lives of the former slaves in the state of Georgia. Please write in details the economic and the social and the political situations being faced by the former slaves. Please give examples of each of the categories mentioned and explain to the reader in the views of a journalist.
20. You are the same journalist as the above question and are assigned to write an article about how life is in the northern states for all people compared to life in the southern states for all the people post-Civil war. You are required to compare the political landscape of the north and the south and the economic structures of each. Your job is to persuade the reader where their lives would be better in the north or the
11th Grade US History
Please follow the directions provided for each of the sections. Students will have 1 hour to complete this exam. Please read the instructions carefully before beginning the exam.
Section I:
Multiple Choice:
Directions: Please choose the answer that is correct and circle the answer below the question.
1. After the Civil War, the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were added to the Constitution to:
A. allowed women to vote
B. allow women to become full citizens
C. guarantee African American equal treatment under the law
D. grant rights to Native Americans
2. Why were the Jim Crow laws enacted in the Southern states?
A. enact racial segregated common areas
B. provide an payment for former slaves …show more content…
Giving Rights to all people to vote
B. Officially ending the Civil War
C. Officially ending slavery
D. Punishing the Southern states
6. Who became the President after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?
A. Thomas Jefferson
B. Ulysses Grant
C. Andrew Jackson
D. Andrew Johnson
Section II:
True or False:
Directions: Please circle the answer choice which is correct as T for True or F for False.
7. The Twelve-Year period following the U.S. Civil War in which the South’s social, economic and political system had to be rebuilt was called Great Migration.
T or F
8. The Emancipation Proclamation fully ended slavery in the South in 1862.
T or F
9. Abraham Lincoln wanted to punish the Southern states and their leaders for leaving the union.
T or F
10. During the Reconstruction Period the party of the Southern people was the Democratic Party.
T or F
11. After the Civil War many of the freed slaves were brought back slavery.
T or F
12. Former slaves were given equal rights and protection in the South following the Civil War.
T or F
Section III:
Directions: Please fill in the blank space with the correct answer.
13. The act of bringing charges against an elected official to remove them from office is called …show more content…
The first major law to be passed by presidential veto in 1866 was called the _____ ____ Bill.
18. In _____ the Reconstruction Era was officially ended by the government. (1877)
Section IV:
Short Answer: Please answer the questions below with the appropriate answer and write your respond below the question. Please make sure to provide the answers using correct grammar and sentence structure.
19. You are a journalist writing for the New York Gazette following the Civil War and you are assigned to write about the lives of the former slaves in the state of Georgia. Please write in details the economic and the social and the political situations being faced by the former slaves. Please give examples of each of the categories mentioned and explain to the reader in the views of a journalist.
20. You are the same journalist as the above question and are assigned to write an article about how life is in the northern states for all people compared to life in the southern states for all the people post-Civil war. You are required to compare the political landscape of the north and the south and the economic structures of each. Your job is to persuade the reader where their lives would be better in the north or the