Reconstruction Lsn3: Life After Slavery

Noah, Henry, and Lily are learning about farming in history class. They come across the term "sharecropping." Can you help them figure out what sharecropping means?

• Renting land for cash

• System where landowners leased land for a portion of crops

• Buying land from landowners

• Working on land for free

Imagine Arjun, Sophia, and Evelyn want to start farming, but they don't own any land. What does tenant farming allow them to do?

• Leasing land for a portion of crops

• Renting land from landowners for the purpose of farming crops

• Owning land and farming it

• Working on land without pay

Maya, Evelyn, and Aria are learning about the Freedmen's Bureau during Reconstruction. Which of the following was one important way the Bureau helped African Americans?

• It helped African Americans find jobs

• It worked to reunite African American families

• It provided land to African Americans

• It opposed African American education

After the Civil War, Elijah, Abigail, and Daniel wanted to express their new identities as African Americans. What was one way they did this?

• By moving to the North

• By changing their names

• By refusing to work

• By joining the military

Arjun, Michael, and Elijah are curious about how churches and volunteer organizations help people. Which of the following is an example of the support they provide?

• Financial and emotional support

• Military training

• Political advice

• Business loans

Imagine Noah, Liam, and Scarlett are traveling back in time to the years just after the Civil War. They want to find out how African Americans participated in government during this period. What do they discover?

• They were not allowed to vote.

• They held offices at all levels of government.

• They only served in minor posts.

• They were excluded from the Republican Party.

Henry, Daniel, and Zoe are having a history quiz! Who can tell us: Who was the first African American senator?

• Joseph Rainey

• P.B.S. Pinchback

• Hiram Revels

• Frederick Douglass

Lily, Nora, and James are dreaming of owning their own farms one day. But why did so few tenant farmers like them actually manage to buy their own land?

• They were not allowed to own land.

• They spent all their money on education.

• They rarely grew enough crops to pay for debts and expenses.

• They preferred to rent land.

Luna and Noah are learning about promises made during the Civil War. What famous promise did General Sherman make to former slaves?

• Free education

• Forty acres and a mule

• Employment in government

• Free housing

After the Civil War, Samuel and Evelyn are curious about which political party most African Americans supported. Can you help them figure it out?

• Democratic Party

• Republican Party

• Green Party

• Libertarian Party