SOL Virginia Studies Review Part 3

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

• Revolution

• Reconstruction

• Freedmen's Bureau

• Sharecropping

What problem did Virginians face during Reconstruction?

• Railroad lines were added.

• Money had value.

• Banks were closed.

• Crops were planted.

What government agency provided food, schools, and medical care for freed slaves and others in Virginia and the rest of the South?

• 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 share of the crop?

• Freedmen’s Bureau

• Sharecropping

• Welfare System

• Federal Bureau of Investigation

What is the separation of people, usually based on race or religion?

• Segregation

• Discrimination

• Integration

• Prejudice

What is the unfair difference in treatment of people?

• Segregation

• Discrimination

• Integration

• Prejudice

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

• Spanish Americans

• Native Americans

• Women

• African Americans

After Reconstruction, what established segregation or separation of the races and reinforced prejudices held by whites?

• Freedmen’s Bureau

• Sharecropping

• “Jim Crow” Laws

• Industrialization

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

• Buy a house

• Vote in an election

• Get an education

• Get a job

“Jim Crow” laws affected this group of people as well.

• Spanish Americans

• Whites

• American Indians

• French Citizens