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Worksheets(H) Reconstruction
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
When the Civil War was abolished and the slaves were finally freed, what was their main problem?
they did not have what they needed to take care of themselves
they could not find their families
slaveowners ignored the law and kept them as slaves anyway
people treated them mean
What did many blacks do by the 1880s after leaving the South for new states in the west?
became cowboys
built all black towns
became slaves for new masters
both a and b
What did many soldiers find when they returned home from the war?
their families had moved away
their farms and businesses were ruined
everything as it was when they left
none of these are right
What was it called when both freedmen and poor white farmers rented small plots of land from a bigger landowner by promising to pay the owner with a share of whatever they grew
Abandoned Land owners
Freedmen's Bureau
Welfare Recipients
Sharecroppers
After the Civil War, VA's economy was in ruins because
banks were closed
men were disabled and could not work
businesses needed to be rebuilt
all of these
Because many sharecroppers went deep in debt, some referred to it as
"another form of slavery"
"the end to happiness"
"a trick of the white man"
"broke man's blues"
What did "Black Codes" do?
allow blacks to communicate secretly
stated that all blacks must have freedom papers to prove that they were free
allowed the very rich to continue to have slaves
recognized the end of slavery but limited the rights of African Americans
"Abandoned lands" were
former plantations divided into plots that was sold to other countries
former plantations divided into plots that rich people could buy
former plantations divided into plots that poor people could rent
former plantations divided into plots that Indians could continue living on
After the Civil War, Congress wrote a new constitutional amendment that did what?
said all African Americans must be paid for when they were slaves
made all African Americans citizens
could make up a set of only for them
all of these
What was the The Freedmen’s Bureau's main focus?
providing jobs for former slaves and others in Virginia
providing food, schools, and medical help for only freed slaves
providing jobs for people who were always free
providing food, schools, and medical help for former slaves and others in Virginia
