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Rebuilding Virginia Test Review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did hundreds of thousands of freed African Americans need during Reconstruction? CHOOSE ALL CORRECT ANSWERS!

a)

jobs

b)

clothing

c)

education

d)

food

e)

housing

2.

What is the time after the Civil War called in which Congress passed laws to try to rebuild the country and bring the southern states back to the Union?

a)

Civil Rights Movement

b)

Reconstruction

c)

Integration Movement

d)

Segregation Movement

3.

What federal government agency provided public schools, medical care, and food for freed African Americans?

a)

Congress

b)

Free Health Care Agency

c)

Freeman's Bureau

d)

Free Food Agency

4.

CHOOSE 3 reasons Virginia's economy was in ruins after the Civil War.

a)

Businesses needed to be rebuilt

b)

Railroads, bridges, plantations, and crops were destroyed

c)

Banks were giving away free property

d)

Banks were closed and money had to value

5.

What happened due to African Americans push for education?

a)

Freedom's First Generation and the fight for the first public school system in Virginia

b)

Freedom's First Generation and everyone going to private school

c)

They did not push for education and schooling

d)

They built their own schools and hired their own teachers

6.

When freedmen and poor white farmers rent land by promising to pay the owner with some of their crops it is called (a)   . It was unfair and trapped people into poverty.

7.

DURING reconstruction, what rights did African Americans gain?

a)

The right to have equal pay and go to the same schools

b)

The right to equal use of public places such as restaurants, hospitals, etc.

c)

Black women and men could vote

d)

Black and white men could vote and hold office in government

8.

When slavery ended, what problems did African American's face? CHOOSE 3!

a)

They were treated equal and fair

b)

They were treated with discrimination

c)

They were faced with injustice (unfair)

d)

There was more violence against them

9.

The separation of people based on race or religion is called _______________.

a)

segregation

b)

desegregation

c)

integration

d)

equality

10.

AFTER Reconstruction, how did African Americans lose some of their freedoms and rights?

a)

They lost the elections so their laws were not passed

b)

They were treated fairly and did not lose any rights

c)

Many of them lost their jobs

d)

Jim Crow Laws were passed and they were intimidated with violence

11.

CHOOSE 4 important true facts about John Mercer Langston.

a)

He became president of VA State University which was a new black college after the Civil War

b)

He was a free black who became a lawyer and helped the Underground Railroad in Ohio

c)

He was the first black president of the United States

d)

During the Civil War, he encouraged black men to become soldiers for the Union Army

e)

He was the first African American elected to Congress from VA

12.

The unfair difference in the way people are treated is called ______________________.

a)

integration

b)

discrimination

c)

equality

d)

desegregation

13.

CHOOSE 3 examples of Jim Crow Laws

a)

Having to pay unfair poll taxes or take voting tests to keep African Americans from voting which kept them from holding public office

b)

Having to go to the same schools as white students

c)

Having to use or go to separate restrooms, water fountains, and restaurants they were not as nice

d)

Having to go to separate schools

14.

What helped businesses, agriculture, and industry grow and turned small towns into cities?

a)

new farm equipment

b)

exploring space and landing on the moon

c)

breaking away from Great Britain

d)

railroads

15.

For African Americans, housing, jobs, education, health care, and political representation were all greatly effected by these.

a)

equal treatment and fair laws

b)

discrimination and segregation

c)

integrations and job opportunities

d)

sharecropping and poll taxes

16.

What was mined in the Appalachian Plateau?

a)

diamonds

b)

gold

c)

silver

d)

coal

17.

Do you feel like this review is helpful? Pick as many as you need!

a)

Yes

b)

A little

c)

Eh

d)

No

e)

I learn better other ways

18.

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