
Reconstruction Questions
Authored by Heather Baxter
Social Studies
8th Grade

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
How did plans for Reconstruction differ?
They were all the same.
Some focused on punishing the South, others on rebuilding.
They aimed to expand the South's economy.
They sought to isolate the Southern states.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
How did Radical Reconstruction increase rights for African Americans?
By abolishing slavery
By granting citizenship and equal protection under the law
By establishing the Freedmen's Bureau
By allowing African Americans to vote
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
How did the South resist Radical Reconstruction? In what ways did they take away some of the newly earned rights of African Americans?
By implementing Black Codes and Jim Crow laws
By supporting African American political participation
By promoting racial equality and integration
By providing economic opportunities to African Americans
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Reconstruction was a success or a failure because:
It successfully reintegrated Southern states into the Union.
It failed to protect the rights of newly freed African Americans.
It led to significant economic growth in the South.
It resulted in widespread corruption and political instability.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
How were African Americans denied rights when Reconstruction ended?
Through the implementation of Jim Crow laws
By granting them full voting rights
By providing equal employment opportunities
Through the abolition of segregation
6.
MATCH QUESTION
45 sec • 3 pts
Match the following plans of reconstruction to their respective creators
Lincoln's plan
"Lenient" plan that allowed southern states to rejoin if 10% swore oath to U.S. Pardoned rebel leaders. And allowed rebels to retain power in politics by explicitly denying rights to freedmen.
Johnson's plan
"Moderate" plan. States rejoin Union if 10% swore oath to U.S. Rebel leaders are punished, average soldier pardoned. Rights of freedmen not guaranteed but also not denied
Congress plan
(Reconstruction Act 1867)
"Harsh" Plan that divided the South into five military districts, each governed by a Union general. Required states to ratify the 14th Amendment and grant voting rights to freedmen before readmission to the Union
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which is of these DO NOT BELONG as part of Post Civil War's Reconstruction Plans
President Abraham Lincoln's Reconstruction Plans (13th Amendment)
President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction Plans (Ratify 13th Amendment + State's Rights)
The Ku Klux Klan's Reconstruction Plans (terrorized the South)
Congressional (Radical Republican) Reconstruction Plan (13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments)
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