VS8 Reconstruction

The period following the Civil War when Congress passed laws designed to rebuild the country and bring the southern states back into the Union was called?

• restoration

• reconstruction

• Freedmen's Bureau

• sharecropping

What problems did Virginians face during Reconstruction?

• money had no value

• banks were closed

• railroads, bridges, plantations, and crops were destroyed

• all of the above

Millions of freed slaves were in need of

• food

• housing

• education

• all of the above

What government agency provided food, schools, and medical care for freed slaves?

• Federal Bureau of Investigation

• welfare system

• Freedmen's Bureau

• sharecropping system

What system after the Civil War allowed freedmen and poor white farmers to rent land by promising to pay with a share of the crops?

• Freedmen's Bureau

• Sharecropping

• Welfare system

• Federal Bureau of Investigation

Who gained power in Virginia’s government and could finally vote during Reconstruction?

• Spanish American men

• American Indian men

• women

• African American men

The separation of people, usually based on race or religion is called?

• segregation

• prejudice

• discrimination

• unfairness

After Reconstruction, what established segregation and reinforced prejudices held by whites?

• Freedmen’s Bureau

• sharecropping

• Jim Crow Laws

• industrialization

Jim Crow Laws forced African Americans to use separate

• drinking fountains

• restrooms

• restaurants

• All of the above

What could African Americans do if they paid a poll tax and passed a voting test?

• buy a house

• vote in an election

• get an education

• get a job