Rebuilding Virginia

What did hundreds of thousands of freed African Americans need during Reconstruction? CHOOSE ALL CORRECT ANSWERS!

• jobs

• clothing

• education

• food

• housing

What is the time after the Civil War called in which Congress passed laws to try to rebuild the country and bring the southern states back to the Union?

• Civil Rights Movement

• Reconstruction

• Integration Movement

• Segregation Movement

What federal government agency provided public schools, medical care, and food for freed African Americans?

• Congress

• Free Health Care Agency

• Freeman's Bureau

• Free Food Agency

CHOOSE 3 reasons Virginia's economy was in ruins after the Civil War.

• Businesses needed to be rebuilt

• Railroads, bridges, plantations, and crops were destroyed

• Banks were giving away free property

• Banks were closed and money had to value

What happened due to African Americans push for education?

• Freedom's First Generation and the fight for the first public school system in Virginia

• Freedom's First Generation and everyone going to private school

• They did not push for education and schooling

• They built their own schools and hired their own teachers

When freedmen and poor white farmers rent land by promising to pay the owner with some of their crops it is called ________________. It was unfair and trapped people into poverty.

DURING reconstruction, what rights did African Americans gain?

• The right to have equal pay and go to the same schools

• The right to equal use of public places such as restaurants, hospitals, etc.

• Black women and men could vote

• Black and white men could vote and hold office in government

When slavery ended, what problems did African American's face? CHOOSE 3!

• They were treated equal and fair

• They were treated with discrimination

• They were faced with injustice (unfair)

• There was more violence against them

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

• segregation

• desegregation

• integration

• equality

AFTER Reconstruction, how did African Americans lose some of their freedoms and rights?

• They lost the elections so their laws were not passed

• They were treated fairly and did not lose any rights

• Many of them lost their jobs

• Jim Crow Laws were passed and they were intimidated with violence