Reconstruction in Virginia

The period following the Civil War in which Congress passed laws designed to rebuild the country and bring the southern states back into the Union was called —

• Civil War

• American Revolution

• Reconstruction

• Colonial Times

After the Civil War, which government agency provided food, schools, and medical care for freed African Americans and others in Virginia?

• Freedmans Bureau

• Congress

• NAACP

• Senate

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

• Bartering

• Sharecropping

• Slavery

• Farming

What were two (2) problems faced by Virginians during Reconstruction?

• Hundreds of thousands of freed African Americans needed housing, education, food, shelter, and jobs.

• The south wanted to keep slavery.

• People did not have representation in government.

• African American men were given the right to vote.

What is NOT a reason why Virginia’s economy was in ruins?

• Money had no value.

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

• Businesses needed to be rebuilt.

• Banks were open.

An unfair difference in the treatment of people is called —

• slavery

• segregation

• seperation

• discrimination

What happened to the rights of African Americans after Reconstruction?

• Their rights remained the same.

• They got the right to vote and hold public office.

• Gains in freedom were lost when the "Jim Crow" laws were passed.

• African Americans were treated fairly.

What were “Jim Crow” laws?

• Laws that ended slavery

• Laws that started the Freedmans Bureau

• Laws that protected African American rights

• Laws that established segregation

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

• discrimination

• slavery

• segregation

• differences

Unfair poll taxes and voting tests, difficulty voting and holding public office, being forced to use separate, poor-quality facilities and services, and attending separate schools affected —

• African Americans and American Indians

• White people

• Poor people

• Rich people