VS.8- Reconstruction

The Freedmen's Bureau was ____.

• a group that enforced antislavery laws in the South
• a committee formed in the North to help rebuild the South
• a government agency that provided education and services to freed slaves
• a group of abolitionists from Virginia

What was the key to the expansion of business, agriculture, and industry after the Civil War?
 

• railroads
• tractors
• automobiles
• covered wagons

During Reconstruction, Congress passed laws that were ____.
 

• designed to rebuild the northern part of the country
• designed to rebuild the country and bring the southern states back
• designed to keep the southern states from re-entering the Union
• designed to rebuild the country and leave the southern states out

The term Reconstruction refers to the _____.
 

• plan to restructure the government in the North
• new government organized in the South
• rebuilding of the South
• freeing of all slaves

What did the Jim Crow Laws do?
 

• established integration and reinforced prejudices
• established segregation and reinforced prejudices
• established segregation and lifted prejudices
• established integration and lifted prejudices

What kept African Americans from voting?
 

• unable to read and write
• the U.S. Constitution
• polls were too far away
• poll taxes and literacy tests

All of the following were effects of the Jim Crow Laws on African Americans except _____.
 

• separate schools for African American and white children
• separate drinking fountains, restaurants, and bus seats
• separate homes for parents and children
• difficulty for African Americans to vote or hold public office

The discovery of coal in Tazewell County was important because ___.
 

• many people began working in the coal mines
• coal was burned to heat water and produce the steam to power steam engines
• coal-mining companies could not ship trainloads of coal
• there were no other jobs

After the Civil War, many poor farmers in the South who did not own land became —

• slaves
• factory owners
• indentured servants
• sharecroppers

What is a term used for separating people based on their race?

• Reconstruction 
• Segregation 
• Integration 
• Jim Crow