Reconstruction

At the end of the Civil War, the South experienced all but which of these?

• Agricultural system destroyed

• Confederate currency was worthless

• Transportation infrastructure destroyed

• New hospitals created

The period of rebuilding of The South after The Civil War was known as _______________.

• The Renaissance

• Reconstruction

• The Guilded Age

• The Industrial Revolution

The purpose of the Freedman's Bureau was to...

• ...provide 40 acres and a mule for each slave.

• ...gain the vote for millions of former slaves.

• ...provide work, education, and relief for former slaves.

• ...get radical Republicans in positions of power in the South.

System of farming where farmers gave part of their crop to pay for the land they rented.

• Family farming

• Sharecropping

• Groupcropping

• Split farming

Who would have most likely NOT supported the Freedmen's Bureau?

• Abolitionists

• Northern business owners

• Former slave owners

• New factory owners in the South

HBCU stands for:

• Historically Better College and University

• Helping Blacks in College and Universities

• Historically Black College and University

• Historically Below Common Universities

The US government created what organization to help former slaves and poor whites?

• Bureau of Parks and Recreation

• Department of Health and Human Services

• Social Security Administration

• Freedman's Bureau

Why did sharecroppers remain poor?

• Massive flooding during Reconstruction.

• They owed money to the landowners, never getting out of debt.

• The land produced poor harvest after the War.

• Wild animals ate all the crops.

Presidents Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction offered a general pardon to Southerners who took the oath of loyalty to the United States and accepted the Union’s proclamation concerning _______________.

• Slavery

• War crimes

• Military reconstruction

• Elections

After President Lincoln was assassinated, the Vice President became President. The new President was _______________.

• Andrew Johnson

• Ulysses Grant

• Charles Sumner

• John Wilkes Booth