Unit VIII Review Sheet
1. How did John Wilkes Booth hurt the South?
LINCOLN’S PLAN WOULD HAVE FORGIVEN THE SOUTH
2. Where was Lincoln assassinated?
FORD’S THEATER
3. What name is given to the period following the Civil War?
RECONSTRUCTION
4. Who became President when Lincoln was assassinated?
ANDREW JOHNSON
5. What resulted from the 13th amendment?
SLAVERY WAS ABOLISHED
6. What did southern states do immediately after the Civil War to deny freed slaves
their rights?
PASSED BLACK CODES
7. What group of northern Republicans wanted to punish the South after the Civil
War?
RADICALS
8. What federal agency was created during Reconstruction to provide assistance to
former slaves and needy whites?
FREEDMANS BUREAU
9. What amendment granted citizenship to freed slaves?
FOURTEENTH
10. What was the goal of “forty acres and a mule”?
GIVE LAND TO FORMER SLAVES
11. What name was given to white southerners who supported radical
Reconstruction?
SCALAWAGS
12. What labor system required former slaves to pay land owners with a percentage
of their crop?
SHARECROPPERS
13. How did white southerners react when they lost their political rights?
FORMED GROUPS LIKE THE KKK
14. What name was given to northerners who came south after the Civil War?
CARPETBAGGERS
15. Name three results of the Radical plan for Reconstruction.
MILITARY OCCUPATION OF THE SOUTH, ABOLISHED SLAVERY,
PUNISHED FORMER CONFEDERATES
16. What amendment prevented states from denying voting rights to blacks?
FIFTEENTH
17. What resulted from southern states passing the Jim Crow laws?
SEGREGATION
18. What President ended Reconstruction?
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES
19. Who was the leader of the Radical Republicans in Congress?
THADDEUS STEVENS
20. How did Radicals gain control of Reconstruction?
2/3 MAJORITY IN CONGRESS
21. What name was given to white southerners when they regained political power?
REDEEMERS
22. What was the basis for the impeachment charges against Andrew Johnson?
HE VIOLATED THE TENURE OF OFFICE ACT
23. How did white southerners legally block former slaves from voting?
LITERACY TEST, POLL TAX, GRANDFATHER CLAUSE
24. How many military districts were established in the South during
Reconstruction?
FIVE
25. What name was given to former slaves who paid rent to white landowners?
TENANT FARMERS
26.In addition to George W. Bush, who won a controversial election that included
disputed votes from Florida?
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES
27.What party supported the rights of the freed slaves after the Civil War?
REPUBLICAN
28. Why did Reconstruction come to an end?
ECONOMIC PROBLEMS IN THE NORTH, DEATH OF RADICAL LEADERS,
DISINTEREST IN THE NORTH
29. What political party came to power in the South after Reconstruction?
DEMOCRATS
30. What act gave citizenship to all persons born in the United States, except Native
Americans and it allowed African Americans to own property and be treat equal in
court?
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1866
31.What act required the senate to approve the removal of any government official
whose appointment had required the Senate’s approval?
TENURE OF OFFICE ACT.
32. The group of cabinet members who cheated the government by filling false tax
reports was?
“WHISKEY RING”
33. The Democratic candidate during the election of 1876 was?
SAMUEL TILDEN
34. What housed schools, hosted social events , and political gatherings, were the
center of many African American communities?
CHURCHES
35. What group of northern Republicans wanted to punish the South After the Civil War?
CARPETBAGGERS
36.During Reconstruction, which agency gave food and clothes to former slaves?
Freedom Bureau
37. What was the name of Southern Whites who supported radical Reconstruction?
Scalawags
38. One lasting achievement of Reconstruction was the
passage of constitutional amendments supporting equality
39. Which statement BEST explains why Reconstruction ended?
Enforcement of Reconstruction Acts decreased because of political compromise
40. What amendment abolish slavery?
13th
41. Which Amendment give free slaves(men) the right to vote?
15th
42. Who did President Johnson fire to violate the tenure of office Act?
Edwin Stanton