VS.8 Reconstruction Flashcards

The _________ and _________that had been promised to African Americans were slowly taken away after Reconstruction.

• food

  education

• freedoms

  rights

• clothing

  housing

• rights

  votes

What was the result of Freedom's First Generation?

• Some of the white Americans were sent to college to be better educated.

• Many African Americans achieved excellence and some became doctors, lawyers, and teachers.

• Many Native Americans were able to get an education and earn a living doing various jobs.

• Virginians were allowed to become doctors, lawyers, and teachers.

African Americans saw __________ as a path to greater opportunities.

• Reconstruction

• the economy

• sharecropping

• education

During Reconstruction, African Americans faced what 3 problems?

• 1. injustice

  2. increased violence

  3. discrimination

• 1. freedom

  2. rights.

  3. votes

• 1. segregation

  2. discrimination

  3. poor health care

• 1. industries

  2. poverty

  3. lack of food

African Americans pushed for education for their children. This directly resulted in what?

• Freedom's Housing Act

• Freedom's First Generation

• First Americans Education Act

• Virginians Education First Agreement

What is the period following the Civil War called? Congress had passed laws designed to help rebuild the country and bring the southern states back into the Union.

• Education

• Segregation

• Jim Crow

• Reconstruction

Specifically, who faced serious problems in rebuilding the state after the Civil War?

• Americans

• Virginians

• Confederates

• Whites

During Reconstruction hundreds of thousands of freed African Americans needed what?

• freedoms

  jobs

  rights

  clothing

• rights

  food

  pets

• housing

  education

  clothing

  food

  jobs

• education

  food

  freedoms

During Reconstruction, Virginia's __________ was in ruins.

• economy

• education

• freedoms

• sharecropping

Give 4 economic problems Virginians faced during Reconstruction.

• 1. Freedmen's Bureau

  2. Sharecropping

  3. Banks were closed

  4. People needed jobs

• 1. Businesses were closed

  2. Banks were closed

  3. Railroads were destroyed

  4. schools were opened

• 1. violence

  2. Money had no value

  3. Railroads, bridges, and crops were destroyed

  4. Businesses were closed

• 1. Money had no value

  2. Banks were closed

  3. Railroads, bridges, plantations, and crops were destroyed

  4. Businesses needed to be rebuilt