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True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.
 

 1. 
The Legislative Branch has the power to collect taxes.
 

 2. 
It is the president’s job to interpret the laws & actions of the other two branches.
 

 3. 
The Legislative Branch must approve all treaties and appointment of the president.
 

 4. 
The President can declare war against any country, any time he wants.
 

 5. 
The Judicial branch can veto the laws passed by Congress.
 

 6. 
The Legislative branch regulates interstate and international commerce & trade.
 

Matching
 
 
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a.
15th Amendment
f.
Black Codes
b.
Credit Mobilier
g.
Plessy v. Ferguson
c.
Tenure of Office Act
h.
Radical Republicans
d.
13th Amendment
i.
impeach
e.
Freedmen’s Bureau
j.
scalawags
 

 7. 
Accuse of wrongdoing.
 

 8. 
It was established to provide meals, jobs, and schooling to former slaves.
 

 9. 
This decision upheld the “separate but equal” doctrine.
 

 10. 
Southern laws that limited African-American mobility and employment.
 

 11. 
Prohibited slavery in the United States.
 

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

 12. 
The part of the government that makes laws is the
a.
executive branch.
c.
judicial branch.
b.
legislative branch.
d.
Supreme Court.
 

 13. 
1.      The 13th Amendment________.
a.
made slaves citizens.
c.
guaranteed African-Americans the right to vote.
b.
banned slavery
d.
gave African-Americans the right to hold office.
 

 14. 
The 14th Amendment _______.
a.
banned slavery.
c.
guaranteed black people the right to vote.
b.
made slaves citizens that were born in the US
d.
gave black people the right to hold office.
 

 15. 
1.      The 15th Amnedment_________.
a.
banned slavery.
c.
guaranteed black people the right to vote.
b.
made slaves citizens that were born in the U.S.
d.
gave black people the right to hold office.
 

 16. 
1.      In the Plessy Vs. Ferguson decision, the Supreme Court ruled that________.
a.
states did not have to grant black people the right to vote.
c.
poll taxes were illegal.
b.
segregation was illegal.
d.
segregation was legal.
 

 17. 
1.      White Southerners who worked with the Republicans were known as _______.
a.
scalawags
c.
carpetbaggers
b.
sharecroppers
d.
Free Soilers
 

 18. 
1.      President Johnson’s Reconstruction plan _______.
a.
was much harsher than Lincoln’s Plan.
c.
did not allow Confederate leaders to be elected to Congress.
b.
did not require to the South to end slavery.
d.
required a majority of voters in each state to swear loyalty to the US.
 

 19. 
1.      Southern Democrats did not block the election of Hayes in 1876 because he agreed to_________.
a.
ban literacy tests.
c.
ban Jim Crow laws.
b.
repeal the 13th Amendment
d.
end Reconstruction.
 

 20. 
1.      In the late 1880’s, southern state governments kept balcks from voting by_______.
a.
imposing poll taxes
c.
violence & intimidation from the KKK.
b.
requiring literacy tests
d.
all of the above.
 

 21. 
1.      __________ gave landowners a share of the crop at harvest time for using or renting land.  It took the place of slavery in many instances because year after year they gave more and more of their harvest to the landowner.
a.
slavery
c.
sharecroppers
b.
scalawags
d.
conservatives
 

 22. 
1.      Members of Congress who wanted to prevent wealthy Southerners from regaining power in the South were known as________. 
a.
moderate Republicans
c.
Conservatives
b.
Radical Republicans
d.
the KKK
 

 23. 
The laws passed by newly established Southern legislatures to restrict the freedom of the emancipated slaves were called
a.
Slave Codes.
c.
John Crow Laws.
b.
Black Codes.
d.
Separate But Equal Laws.
 

 24. 
The 1896 case in which the Supreme Court upheld the legality of segregated facilities was
a.
“McCulloch v. Maryland.”
c.
“Brown v. Board of Education.”
b.
the Dred Scott Decision.
d.
“Plessy v. Ferguson.”
 

 25. 
The agricultural system in which a family cultivated land it did not own, keeping a small part of whatever was grown and paying the rest as rent, was known as
a.
peonage.
c.
land leasing.
b.
serfdom.
d.
sharecropping.
 

 26. 
Johnson was impeached mainly because
a.
he was seldom present in Washington.
b.
he refused to follow Lincoln’s policies.
c.
he was caught accepting bribes.
d.
he didn’t cooperate with the Radical Republicans.
 

 27. 
Southern statutes forcing segregation of the races were called
a.
Discrimination laws.
c.
Jim Crow laws.
b.
Separate But Equal laws.
d.
Uncle Tom laws.
 

 28. 
Segregation in the South provided
a.
new housing for all African-Americans displaced by the war.
b.
public facilities that were used equally by African-Americans and whites.
c.
separate but equal public facilities.
d.
separate but inferior facilities for African-Americans.
 

 29. 
Which of the following is a term which refers to a type of government where powers are shared between one central government and a number of state governments?
a.
“federal”
c.
“dictatorship”
b.
“unitary”
d.
“constitution”
 

 30. 
The United States Congress is made up of the
a.
House of Representatives and the Senate.
b.
House of Representatives and the Supreme Court.
c.
Supreme Court and the Executive.
d.
judicial and executive branches.
 

 31. 
A change or addition to a constitution is known as a (an)
a.
law.
c.
amendment.
b.
veto.
d.
bill.
 

 32. 
The Chief Executive of the United States is the
a.
Senate.
c.
President.
b.
House of Representatives.
d.
Supreme Court.
 



 
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