VS.8 Reconstruction

Why was Freedman's Bureau Established?

• To promote industrialization in the North.
• To provide military support during the Civil War.
• To establish a new government in the South.
• To assist formerly enslaved people and poor whites in the South after the Civil War.

Sharecropping is when you share your crops with a neighbor

• True
• False

What is Sharecropping?

• Sharecropping is a system where tenants farm land owned by someone else in exchange for a portion of the crops.
• A system where workers are paid a fixed salary to farm their own land.
• A method of land ownership where farmers buy land outright.
• A type of farming that requires no crops to be shared.

Freed Slaves needed

• Cars

• Medical Care

• Housing

• Jobs

What is the definition of reconstruction?

• Reconstruction is a method of historical analysis.
• Reconstruction is the process of rebuilding or restoring something that has been damaged or destroyed.
• Reconstruction refers to the act of creating new laws.
• Reconstruction is the process of erasing past events.

What was the time when Congress passed a law to bring the Southern States back to the Union?

• Segregation

• Colonization

• Reconstructive Period

• Reconstruction

Which two groups of people participated in sharecropping after the civil war?

• Scottish People

• African Americans

• Poor White People

• Freedmen

The Jim Crow Laws were passed before the Civil War happened

• True
• False

The Civil War ended before Freedman's Bureau was established

• True
• False

Why were Poll Taxes created

• To increase government revenue from citizens.
• To fund public education initiatives.
• Poll taxes were created to restrict voting rights for American Indians and African Americans

• To promote civic engagement among all citizens.