Reconstruction

What was the period following the Civil War during which Congress passed laws designed to help rebuild the county and bring the southern states back into the Union called?

• Civil Rights

• Reconstruction

• Revolutionary War

• Westward Migration

All of the following were needs of the African American community after the Civil War except...

• food

• clothing

• education

• railroads

All of the following are reasons Virginia's economy was ruined after the Civil War except...

• Railroads, bridges,

  plantations, and crops were destroyed

• Money had no value

• The South decided not to rejoin the Union

• Banks were closed

What was the federal government agency that provided food, public schools, and medical care for freed African American and others in Virginia after the Civil War?

• Segregation

• The Freedman's Bureau

• Integration

• Congress

What is the system in which freedmen and poor white farmers rented land from landowners by promising to pay the owners with a share of the crops called?

• borrowfarming

• sharefarming

• borrowcropping

• sharecropping

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

• separate but equal

• integration

• segregation

• discrimination

An unfair difference in the treatment of people is called...

• separate but equal

• integration

• segregation

• discrimination

True or False.

Railroads were key to the expansion of businesses, agriculture, and

industry. They helped small towns grow into cities.

• True

• False

What were the Laws called that allowed segregation, or separation of the races and reinforced prejudices held by whites?

• George Washington Laws

• Andrew Johnson Laws

• Abraham Lincoln Laws

• Jim Crow Laws

How did Virginia’s growth after the Civil War and Reconstruction effect transportation?

• The need for more and better roads increased.

• The need for more and better roads decreased.

• The need for better roads increased but the need for more roads decreased.

• The need to better roads decreased but the need for more roads increased.