Quiz #8 Reconstruction

Reconstruction is the period following the Civil War when...

• Southern states wanted to rebuild slavery in the South.

• Congress gave western states money to grow into new US states.

• Congress passed laws to help rebuild the county and bring southern states back into the Union.

• Southern states were forced to pay back the Union for the destruction that had occurred during the Civil War.

Which item could NOT complete the graphic organizer?

• clothin

• jobs

• food

• cars

Which statement is NOT true about the Freedman's Bureau?

• It helped slave owners reclaim their slaves.

• It was a government agency.

• It provided food, schools and medical care to freed African Americans.

• It helped others in need in Virginia

Which is NOT true about Virginia's economy after the Civil War?

• Each Confederate soldier was required to pay money to Union soldiers

• Banks were closed

• Money had no value

• Railroads, bridges, crops and plantations were destroyed and needed rebuilding

In the system of sharecropping, who did most of the work on the farm?

• The landownder

• the poor farmer

• abolitionists

• workers from the Freedman's Bureau

Which statement best completes the cause and effect graphic organizer about sharecropping?

• Many landowners had fought in the war

• Landowners no longer had slaves to work on their farms

• The South lost the Civil War

• African Americans gained some rights during Reconstruction

The system of sharecropping offered solutions for African Americans. Which was NOT a problem that could be solved by the system of sharecropping? (Which could NOT complete the graphic organizer?)

• New freed African Americans knew how to farm , but had no land to farm on.

• Newly freed African Americans were able to vote and hold public office.

• NEwly freed African Americans had very little money.

• Newly freed African American needed a place to live.

Which word means the separation of people, usually based on race or religion?

• integration

• desegregation

• prejudice

• segregation

Which word means an unfair difference in the treatment of people?

• integration

• discrimination

• desegregation

• constitutional

Which is NOT true about Jim Crow?

• He was a fictional character.

• He was a real slave from Virginia.

• His name was used to name unfair laws that affected African Americans.

• The character was used to make fun of African Americans.