VS Unit 8 Reconstruction (Quizs)

What were the results of the Civil War on the economy of Virginia?

• Railroads, bridges, and food sources were destroyed.

• Virginia's economy flourished due to increased trade.

• The state became a major industrial hub.

• Confederate money had significant value.

Name the federal government agency created to help freed African Americans who lacked food, medical care, and education.

• The Freedmen’s Bureau

• The Civil Rights Commission

• The Department of Education

• The Social Security Administration

As Virginia grew following the Civil War, the need for more and better _____ increased.

• bridges

• roads

• railways

• airports

A freed black man from Louisa County, Virginia, he was president of Virginia State University and later became the first African American Virginian elected to the US Congress.

• John Mercer Langston

• Frederick Douglass

• Booker T. Washington

• W.E.B. Du Bois

Following the Civil War and Reconstruction, Virginia cities grew, increasing the number of....

• people, businesses, and factories.

• farms and rural areas.

• schools and universities.

• government buildings and monuments.

What form of transportation is responsible for the growth cities, agricultural, and industries?

• airplane

• railroad

• bicycle

• ship

Freedmen and poor farmers rented land from white landowners in exchange for a portion of the crops grown as payment.

• sharecropping

• tenant farming

• crop rotation

• land leasing

What was the main purpose of the Reconstruction Era?

• To rebuild the country and bring the southern states back into the Union.

• To establish a new government in the southern states.

• To promote industrialization in the North.

• To grant independence to former slaves.

What two factors prevented African Americans from voting?

• Poll taxes

• Literacy tests

• Voter ID laws

• Civic education requirements

What term means an unfair difference in the treatment of people?

• inequality

• discrimination

• prejudice

• bias