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Journey Through Arkansas - Reconstruction Reading Guide #01

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

Even before the Civil War had ended, Lincoln’s reconstruction plan would allow southern states re-join the Union if _________ of the citizens (who voted in 1860) would take an “oath of allegiance to the Union.”
a.
10%
c.
20%
b.
15%
d.
25%
 

 2. 

Early in1864, Unionist in Arkansas had created a new government and the state’s ___________ constitution.
a.
2nd
c.
4th
b.
3rd
d.
5th
 

 3. 

Before Lincoln could resolve the issues of reconstruction,
a.
he was shot and killed.
c.
he was impeached.
b.
he failed to win re-election.
d.
his term as president expired.
 

 4. 

Andrew Johnson’s reconstruction required each southern state to
a.
ratify the 12th amendment.
c.
ratify the 14th amendment.
b.
ratify the 13th amendment.
d.
ratify the 15th amendment.
 

 5. 

_______________ was the state’s 8th governor, when Arkansas created the new Unionist government.
a.
Henry M. Rector
c.
Andrew Johnson
b.
Isaac Murphy
d.
Thomas C. Hindman
 

 6. 

Even though slavery was now illegal, wealthy land owners created a new form of _________ slavery.
a.
political
c.
religious
b.
social
d.
economic
 

 7. 

Sharecroppers paid rent
a.
with money from crops they sold.
c.
with money they earned working for other planters.
b.
with their labor for land owners.
d.
with a share of their crops.
 

 8. 

What was commonly called the “Freedman’s Bureau,” was established to help former slaves and
a.
poor whites.
c.
confederate soldiers returning from the war.
b.
plantation owners.
d.
Indians displaced by the war.
 

 9. 

Carpetbaggers were
a.
southerners who supported the Union.
c.
Union soldiers who fought in the war.
b.
Confederate soldiers who fought in the war.
d.
northerners who moved to the south or who stayed in the south after the war.
 

 10. 

Scalawags were
a.
northern profiteers.
c.
Confederate soldiers.
b.
Union soldiers.
d.
southern Unionist.
 



 
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