VS 8a Quiz

What was the period of time after the Civil War called?

• Reconstruction

• Jim Crow Laws

• the Freedmen's Bureau

• Congres

The laws Congress passed during this time were designed to-

• kick southern states out of the Union

• rebuild the country

• makes sure Africans stayed slaves

• put Confederate soldiers in jail

Freed slaves needed all of the following things EXCEPT -

• housing

• clothing

• cars

• jobs

Which of the following is true about southern banks after the Civil War?

• Banks loaned money to freed slaves so they could buy farmland.

• Banks were closed.

• Banks used tobacco instead of money.

• Southern banks only let white people borrow money.

Confederate money

• was hard to find.

• was burned by Union soldiers.

• was worth more than Union money.

• had no value.

Much of the south was destroyed after the war. However, which of these things was NOT destroyed?

• crops

• rivers

• bridges

• plantations

What did Congress do to help newly freed slaves?

• Congress created the Freedman's Bureau.

• Congress rebuild the railroads for them.

• Congress gave them all jobs as school teachers.

• Congress loaned them Confederate money.

Which of these was NOT provided by the Freedman's Bureau?

• food

• medical care

• banks

• schools

The Freedman's Bureau was created to help:

• Congress

• freed slaves

• plantation owners

• bridge builders

How did sharecropping work?

• Freedmen rented land from landowners and paid the rent with a share of their crops.

• Freed slaves borrowed money from the banks to buy farmland.

• Freed slaves received land to farm for free from Congress.

• Freed slaves rented land from landowners and paid their rent with money borrowed from banks.