Effects of Reconstruction (SS.5.4.1, SS.5.0.6)

This primary resource could be used to

• show examples of "Jim Crow" laws.

• identify the roles of different groups of Virginians in the late 1800's.

• identify the effects of the Civil War on Virginia's economy.

• show how trains were built in the 1800's.

Which of these are challenges faced by African Americans after the Civil War? (Choose all that apply)

• Food, clothing, and housing were needed.

• Drinking water was contaminated.

• Jobs and education were needed.

• The geography in the south was unsuitable for farming.

After the Civil War, Virginia faced challenges to its economy. A federal agency was created to help the economy recover, called the

• Sharecropper Committee

• Freedmen's Bureau

• Jim Crow Laws

What did this agency (the one you picked for the previous question) provide for African Americans and other people in Virginia? (Choose all that apply.)

• food

• medical care

• public schools

Which statement accurately describes sharecropping?

• Sharecropping was a system for freedmen and poor white farmers to rent land so that they could farm the land and pay the owners with a share of the crop.

• Sharecropping was a series of laws after the Civil War that required African Americans to share public resources with American Indians that were separate from whites.

• Sharecropping was a system that connected railroad stations with growing cities. The cities shared the cost of building and running the railroad.

• Sharecropping was a system for freed African Americans to share the crops so that they had food. The crops were farmed on public land by the government.

Challenges after the Civil War

• Hundreds of thousands of freed African Americans needed work and resources.

• Money had no value, banks were closed, and railroads, plantations, and buildings were destroyed.

• The freedmen's bureau was created to provide resources for people in need.

• Sharecropping was established to provide work for people in need.

Effects of Reconstruction

• Hundreds of thousands of freed African Americans needed work and resources.

• Money had no value, banks were closed, and railroads, plantations, and buildings were destroyed.

• The freedmen's bureau was created to provide resources for people in need.

• Sharecropping was established to provide work for people in need.