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Reconstruction Test

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Sharecropper Plantation Owner

A B

Which of the following should be added to replace A on the chart?

a)

Kept less than half of the crops at harvest

b)

Received money from land owner to purchase supplies

c)

Received more than half of the crops at harvest

d)

Lived rent free on the land provided by the owner

2.

Which purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau does the picture most likely illustrate?

a)

Offering medical care

b)

Supplying clothing

c)

Providing an education

d)

Making food available

3.

The following are reasons Virginia's economy was in ruins following the Civil War except :

a)

Money had no value

b)

the closing of banks

c)

the destruction of railroads, bridges, crops

d)

the increased value of money

4.

Why was the Freedmen's Bureau created?

a)

To help new immigrants

b)

To help southern soliders

c)

To help former slaves

d)

To help plantation owners

5.

What is the best title for this diagram?

a)

Indentured Servitude

b)

Plantation Life

c)

The Sharecropping System

d)

How to Become a Wealthy Farmer

6.

Which time period belongs in the circle?

a)

Great Depression

b)

Colonization

c)

Reconstruction

d)

Westward expansion

7.

This diagram most likely suggests that most Virginians in the twentieth century moved from —

a)

rural to urban areas

b)

less populated cities to heavily populated cities

c)

heavily populated cities to less populated cities

d)

urban to rural areas

8.

The separation of people, usually based on race or religion is called?

a)

discrimination

b)

segregation

9.

The period of time after the Civil War is known as _______

a)

Great Depression

b)

Recontruction

c)

American Revolution

d)

Sharecropping

10.

Newly freed African Americans needed all of the following except?

a)

Internet

b)

Housing

c)

Education

d)

Clothing

11.

The unfair difference in the treatment of people is called?

a)

discrimination

b)

segregation

12.

Which scenario below is an example of the Jim Crow laws?

a)

A woman was upset that she was not allowed to vote at this time.

b)

An African American man was unable to vote because of an unfair poll tax and reading test.

c)

A white girl and an African American girl were able to use the same water fountain.

d)

African American, American Indian, and white children attended the same schools.

13.

After Reconstruction, African American children and white children living in the South had to eat at separate restaurants. This is an example of —

a)

segregation

b)

voting

c)

integration

d)

desegregation

14.

After Reconstruction, many African Americans were stopped from voting by

a)

age limits

b)

church laws

c)

colonial rules

d)

poll taxes

15.

After Reconstruction, which industry most encouraged the growth of towns and cities throughout Virginia?

a)

Lumber

b)

Shipbuilding

c)

Railroad

d)

Steel

16.

Which of these changes caused Virginia’s economy to grow after the Civil War?

a)

Tobacco and cotton grew more quickly

b)

Factories hired more workers

c)

People moved away from the cities

d)

Railroads and industries expanded

17.

Which important industry developed in the shaded area on the map?

a)

Steel production

b)

Tobacco farming

c)

Coal mining

d)

Furniture production

18.

Railroads helped turn small towns into —

a)

farms

b)

coal mines

c)

cities

d)

governments

19.

The item in Figure 1 was first discovered in which location on Figure 2?

a)

4

b)

2

c)

1

d)

3

20.

What type of system is this man describing?

a)

Sharecropping

b)

Slavery

c)

Co-farming

d)

Plantation

21.

The Freedmen’s Bureau —

a)

provided land to farmers whose plantations were destroyed during the war

b)

provided food, schools, and medical care for freed African Americans and others in Virginia

c)

provided transportation to freed African Americans who wanted to travel to the North

d)

provided money to poor white farmers that was used to rent land from wealthy plantation owners

22.

Which was not a problem faced by Virginians after the Civil War?

a)

Many railroads, bridges, plantations, and crops were destroyed.

b)

All of the banks were closed because Confederate money had no value.

c)

Many plantation owners were without jobs as a result of the factories being burned.

d)

Millions of freed slaves needed housing, education, clothing, food, and jobs.

23.

 This farmer is describing problems in the South during the —

a)

Revolutionary War

b)

War of 1812

c)

Great Depression

d)

Reconstruction

24.

I am from Louisa County in Virginia. I was President of Virginia State University, recruited black volunteers for the Union Army, helped with the Underground railroad, and was the first African American elected to Congress from Virginia. Who am I?

a)

Nat Turner

b)

John Brown

c)

Robert Smalls

d)

John Mercer Langston

25.

During the days of Jim Crown Laws, African Americans were forced to use all of the following separate facilites except:

a)

Drinking Fountains

b)

Restrooms

c)

Schools

d)

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