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VS.8 Reconstruction Flashcards

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The _________ and _________that had been promised to African Americans were slowly taken away after Reconstruction.

a)

food

education

b)

freedoms

rights

c)

clothing

housing

d)

rights

votes

2.

What was the result of Freedom's First Generation?

a)

Some of the white Americans were sent to college to be better educated.

b)

Many African Americans achieved excellence and some became doctors, lawyers, and teachers.

c)

Many Native Americans were able to get an education and earn a living doing various jobs.

d)

Virginians were allowed to become doctors, lawyers, and teachers.

3.

African Americans saw __________ as a path to greater opportunities.

a)

Reconstruction

b)

the economy

c)

sharecropping

d)

education

4.

During Reconstruction, African Americans faced what 3 problems?

a)

1. injustice

2. increased violence

3. discrimination

b)

1. freedom

2. rights.

3. votes

c)

1. segregation

2. discrimination

3. poor health care

d)

1. industries

2. poverty

3. lack of food

5.

African Americans pushed for education for their children. This directly resulted in what?

a)

Freedom's Housing Act

b)

Freedom's First Generation

c)

First Americans Education Act

d)

Virginians Education First Agreement

6.

What is the period following the Civil War called? Congress had passed laws designed to help rebuild the country and bring the southern states back into the Union.

a)

Education

b)

Segregation

c)

Jim Crow

d)

Reconstruction

7.

Specifically, who faced serious problems in rebuilding the state after the Civil War?

a)

Americans

b)

Virginians

c)

Confederates

d)

Whites

8.

During Reconstruction hundreds of thousands of freed African Americans needed what?

a)

freedoms

jobs

rights

clothing

b)

rights

food

pets

c)

housing

education

clothing

food

jobs

d)

education

food

freedoms

9.

During Reconstruction, Virginia's __________ was in ruins.

a)

economy

b)

education

c)

freedoms

d)

sharecropping

10.

Give 4 economic problems Virginians faced during Reconstruction.

a)

1. Freedmen's Bureau

2. Sharecropping

3. Banks were closed

4. People needed jobs

b)

1. Businesses were closed

2. Banks were closed

3. Railroads were destroyed

4. schools were opened

c)

1. violence

2. Money had no value

3. Railroads, bridges, and crops were destroyed

4. Businesses were closed

d)

1. Money had no value

2. Banks were closed

3. Railroads, bridges, plantations, and crops were destroyed

4. Businesses needed to be rebuilt

11.

Name 3 measures that were taken during Reconstruction to resolve Virginia's problems.

a)

1. Freedmen's Bureau

2. Sharecropping

3. African Americans pushed for education for their children

b)

1. Jim Crow Laws

2. Sharecropping

3. Freedmen's Bureau

c)

1. Money had no value

2. Railroads were opened

3. Businesses needed to be rebuilt

d)

1. Jim Crow Laws

2. Freedmen's Bureau

3. Banks were reopened

12.

What was a government agency that provided food, schools, and medical care for freed African Americans and others in Virginia?

a)

Freedom's First Generation

b)

Freedmen's Bureau

c)

Jim Crow Laws

d)

Sharecropping

13.

Name the system common in Virginia after the war in which freed men and poor white farmers rented land from landowners by promising to pay the owners with a share of the crops.

a)

education

b)

segregation

c)

reconstruction

d)

sharecropping

14.

This is the separation of people, usually based on race or religion.

a)

economy

b)

segregation

c)

discrimination

d)

education

15.

What is the unfair difference in the treatment of people called?

a)

discrimination

b)

segregation

c)

Jim Crow Laws

d)

violence

16.

During Reconstruction, who began to have power in Virginia's government?

a)

females

b)

poor whites

c)

African Americans

d)

teenagers

17.

During Reconstruction, who had the right to vote?

a)

Women of all races

b)

Men of all races

c)

American Indians

d)

All females

18.

After Reconstruction, the gains made by African Americans were lost because of what laws passed by southern states?

a)

First Generation Laws

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

New American Laws

d)

John Brown Laws

19.

Jim Crow Laws legally established segregation, or ____________ of the races, and reinforced prejudices held by whites.

a)

separation

b)

discrimination

c)

education

d)

industries

20.

Name 4 ways the Jim Crow Laws affected the lives of African Americans and American Indians. Choose the two correct answers.

a)

* being forced to use separate, poor-quality facilities and services, such as drinking fountains, restrooms, and restaurants

*attending separate schools

b)

*difficulty voting or holding public office

*attending the same schools as poor white students

c)

*experiencing unfair poll taxes and voting tests that were established to keep them from voting

*difficulty voting or holding public office

d)

*attending separate schools

*using the same public restrooms

21.

Sharecropping was an unfair practice that often resulted in the sharecroppers being ______________.

a)

slaves

b)

made to work the land and not their own

c)

unable to marry

d)

locked in poverty

22.

Who was an important African American leader before, during and after the Civil War?

a)

Nat Turner

b)

John Mercer Langston

c)

Langston Hughes

d)

John Brown

23.

John Mercer Langston was a ​ ​ (a)   black from Louisa County, Virginia. He was educated in ​ (b)   and became a ​ (c)   in the ​ (d)   .

Choose from the below words
free
Ohio
lawyer
North
slave
Virginia
South
doctor
24.

Virginia abolitionist who participated in the Underground Railroad in Ohio.

a)

John Mercer Langston

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

John Brown

d)

Robert E. Lee

25.

John Mercer Langston recruited ​ (a)   volunteers to serve as soldiers in the​ (b)   Army during the Civil War.

Choose from the below words
black
Union
white
Confederacy
26.

John Mercer Langston returned to Virginia after the Civil War and became the President of a new black college in Petersburg later known as ___________.

a)

Virginia Tech

b)

University of Virginia

c)

Virginia State University

d)

Radford University

27.

John Mercer Langston was the first African American elected to the _________________.

a)

School Board of Louisa County

b)

U.S. Congress from Virginia

c)

House of Representatives

d)

Board of Education

28.

Segregation and discrimination had an impact on: Choose all correct answers.

a)

housing, employment, and education

b)

food choices

c)

clothing styles

d)

health care, political representation

29.

Who led the fight for the first public school system in Virginia?

a)

free whites

b)

white Virginians

c)

black Virginians

d)

American Indians

30.

Other parts of Virginia grew as other ___________developed.

a)

banks

b)

cities

c)

railroads

d)

industries

31.

After the Civil War and Reconstruction, Virginia's __________ grew with people, businesses, and factories.

a)

industries

b)

cities

c)

classrooms

d)

railroads

32.

What were a key to the expansion of business, agriculture, and industry? They facilitated the growth of small towns into cities.

a)

banks

b)

railroads

c)

schools

d)

offices

33.

What was mined in the Appalachian Plateau after the Civil War?

a)

iron

b)

gold

c)

salt

d)

coal

34.

As Virginia began to grow, the need for better what increased?

a)

roads

b)

houses

c)

pet shops

d)

radio stations

35.

After the Civil War, what began to grow and contribute to Virginia's economy?​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)   ​ (d)  

Choose from the below words
industry
technology
railroads
cities
coal mines
farms
36.

__________ farming and the manufacture of ___________ products became important Virginia industries.

a)

Tobacco

tobacco

b)

Cotton

tobacco

c)

Tobacco

potato

d)

Potato

cotton

37.

After Reconstruction, the gains African Americans had were taken away through ​ (a)   , ​ (b)   , and ​ (c)   .

Choose from the below words
violence
intimidation
Jim Crow Laws
John Brown Laws
security