Reconstruction Era Education and Inequality

Reconstruction Era Education and Inequality

Assessment

Interactive Video

History

9th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Patricia Brown

FREE Resource

The video discusses the persistence of segregation in education from the Reconstruction era to the present. It highlights the efforts of the Freedmen's Bureau, the establishment of black colleges, and the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education case. Despite progress, significant racial disparities remain in educational opportunities and outcomes, underscoring the need for continued efforts toward equality.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the primary goal of the Reconstruction era after the Civil War?

To abolish all forms of taxation

To expand the U.S. territory

To reintegrate Southern states into the Union

To establish new trade routes

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was appointed as the Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau?

Frederick Douglass

Booker T. Washington

Abraham Lincoln

Oliver Otis Howard

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was one of the main purposes of the Freedmen's Bureau?

To establish new state governments

To salvage schools and provide aid to the poor

To offer financial loans to businesses

To provide military training

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which foundation was responsible for building schools in the South during Reconstruction?

Rosenwald Foundation

Carnegie Foundation

Ford Foundation

Rockefeller Foundation

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which university was NOT one of the first black colleges established during Reconstruction?

Howard University

Fisk University

Hampton Institute

Harvard University

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the significance of the Brown vs. Board of Education case?

It introduced new educational standards

It established new funding for black schools

It declared that separate but equal schools were unconstitutional

It upheld the legality of segregated schools

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What message did segregated schools send to black children, according to the transcript?

That they were equal to whites

That they were inferior to whites

That they were superior to whites

That education was not important

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