Reconstruction Quiz

Select the four problems below that Virginians faced during Reconstruction.

• Freed African Americans needed housing, food, and jobs

• Virginia's economy was in ruins

• Money had no value and banks were closed

• Businesses, railroads, and farms were destroyed and needed to be rebuilt

• Many Northerners moved into Virginia

What name is given to the period of time following the Civil War when Congress passed laws designed to help rebuild the country?

• Rebuilding

• Reconstruction

• Restructure

• Reproduction

The image below is an example of __________ in the south after the Civil War.

• Reconstruction

• Sharecropping

• Segregation

• Integration

Select the statements that correctly describe Virginia after Reconstruction.

• Tobacco farming and tobacco products increased again

• Railroads helped expand business, agriculture, and industry

• Coal mining became a new industry in the Appalachian Plateau

• Cities disappeared as people moved north

• Cities grew with people, businesses, and factories

Below is an image of a sharecropper's cabin after the Civil War. What would sharecroppers do with the crops they grew?

• Keep them all and sell them for money

• Give all of the crops to the land owner

• Give a part of the crop to the landowner and keep the rest for themselves

• Use the crops exclusively for their own family's sustenance

What best explains the reason why the Freedmen’s Bureau was established?

• to organize African Americans into a national political party

• to encourage African Americans from the South to get jobs in the North

• to segregate African Americans through separate but equal opportunities

• to help African Americans in the South in making the change from slavery

Select each statement that was a result of "Jim Crow Laws" affecting the lives of African Americans.

• voting tests and poll taxes

• more African Americans had jobs

• segregated public facilities, such as schools and restrooms

• discrimination in housing, employment, and education

• difficulty voting

What was a key to the expansion of business, agriculture, and industry after Reconstruction?

• Streetcars

• Railroads

• Airplanes

• Cars

Discrimination is an unfair difference in the treatment of people.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Who gained power for a short time in Virginia’s government and could finally vote during Reconstruction?

• American Indian

• Women

• Northern leaders

• African American men