Rebuilding Virginia

Which of these were challenges faced by African-Americans following the Civil War?

• Land in the south could not be farmed

• Food, housing, and jobs were needed

• African-Americans had too much education

• Drinking water was contaminated

This primary source shows us...

• An example of Jim Crow laws

• How trains are built

• The different roles groups played in rebuilding Virginia

• How the Civil War affected Virginia's economy

Complete the sentence: The _________ provided food, schooling and medical care to ________.

• Freedmen's Bureau, white Americans

• Freedmen's Bureau, African-Americans

• Bureau of the Formerly Enslaved, white Americans

• Bureau of the Formerly Enslaved, African-Americans

What is sharecropping?

• A system for freedmen to rent land so they could farm and pay the owners with a share of the crop

• The plan of the Freedmen's Bureau for everyone to share food so they could survive

• System that connected major cities with railroads so they could share crops

• Series of laws that made segregation common in the South

Which of these was a challenge after the Civil War?

• Railroads/buildings were destroyed

• Money had no value

• Banks were closed

• All answers are correct

What were Jim Crow laws?

• Laws that helped African-Americans get jobs & houses after the war

• Laws that made segregation legal

• Laws that made African-Americans official citizens of the USA

• Laws that ended slavery

What does this primary sources show?

• Whites and nonwhites had different experiences at restaurants

• Example of Jim Crow laws in practice

• Separate facilities were used by anyone that was not white

• All of the above

Which of these is NOT an effect of Jim Crow laws?

• African-Americans & Native Americans were forced to build railroads out West

• African-Americans & Native Americans could not vote

• African-Americans & Native American children could not attend "white" schools

• African-Americans & Native Americans had to use different water fountains

Which of these helped turned Virginia's economy around in the late 1800's?

• Railroads

• Growing cities

• Manufacturing

• All of the above

Which of the following is true?

• Before the war, many Virginians lived in rural communities and were manufacturers

• After the war, most Virginians lived in rural areas

• Before the war, many Virginians lived in the eastern part of the state

• After the war, Virginians lived mostly in cities with businesses and factories