Reconstruction vs

During Reconstruction, ________ began to have power in Virginia's Government and men of all races could vote.

• whites

• free African Americans

• all African Americans

• American Indians

Which was NOT a problem that Virginians faced during Reconstruction?

• plantation owners needed more slaves

• railroads, plantations, bridges, & crops were destroyed

• Confederate money had no value

• banks were closed

How did the sharecropping system work in Virginia?

• freedmen lived & worked on the landowner's land & did not have to pay anything

• landowners paid freedmen a lot of money to work their plantations

• an unfair practice where freedmen rented the land from a landowner with a share of the crop. Kept people in poverty

• none of the above describe the sharecropping system in Virginia

What took place during Reconstruction?

• northern soldiers rebuilt the southern cities

• laws were passed to rebuild and bring the Confederate states back into the Union

• the south seceded to form the Confederate States of America

• the Civil War was fought

The Freedmen's Bureau...

• rented out land to the newly freed slaves

• provided food, schools, and medical care for freed African Americans and others in Virginia.

• provided money to poor white farmers

• Provided money and land to for freed African Americans

Sharecropping was a system where freedmen and poor whites...

• owned and worked on their own land

• shared everything they grew on plantations

• rented land and paid the landowner with a share of their crops

• required women work in the fields but they could grow anything they wanted

Reconstruction means...

• To take apart

• To redesign

• To rebuild

What was the main goal of the Reconstruction era in the United States?

• To punish the Southern states

• To rebuild the Southern economy and society

• To expand the United States territory

• To establish a monarchy in the South

Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States during the Reconstruction period?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

Who were the carpetbaggers during the Reconstruction era?

• Southern Democrats who opposed Reconstruction

• Northerners who moved to the South to participate in Reconstruction

• Freed African Americans who moved to the North

• Southern landowners who supported Reconstruction