Reconstruction

For most farmers who worked as sharecroppers, the system led to

• wealth and fame.

• debt and poverty.

• an early death.

• a free education.

During the time of Jim Crow, African Americans were told they could not vote unless they paid money. This was known as

• a poll tax.

• a literacy test

• a property test.

• a grandfather clause.

Jim Crow laws used violence and fear to keep African Americans from

• working as sharecroppers.

• being an equal part of society.

• serving in the military.

• paying state taxes.

A group of laws that enforced segregation was called

• Reconstruction laws.

• Virginia laws.

• Confederate laws.

• Jim Crow laws.

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

• civilization

• discrimination

• organization

• segregation

After Reconstruction, blacks were not allowed to sit in the same areas at the theater as whites. They had to sit in the back part of the theater, while whites sat at the front of the theater. This is an example of

• reconstruction.

• integration.

• desegregation.

• discrimination.

African Americans had to attend separate schools from whites after Reconstruction. This was called

• integration

• segregation

The period after the Civil War, when the Confederate states were brought back into the Union, and the country was rebuilt is known as the __________ period.

• Reconstruction

• social revolution

• Jim Crow

• desegregation

Which of the following did African Americans in the South gain as a result of the Civil War?

• freedom from poverty

• guaranteed housing

• guaranteed jobs

• freedom from slavery

Which government group provided food, schools, and medical care to freed slaves and others in the South?

• the Continental Congress

• Virginians' Aid

• Jim Crow

• the Freedmen's Bureau