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(H) Reconstruction

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

When the Civil War was abolished and the slaves were finally freed, what was their main problem?

a)

they did not have what they needed to take care of themselves

b)

they could not find their families

c)

slaveowners ignored the law and kept them as slaves anyway

d)

people treated them mean

2.

What did many blacks do by the 1880s after leaving the South for new states in the west?

a)

became cowboys

b)

built all black towns

c)

became slaves for new masters

d)

both a and b

3.

What did many soldiers find when they returned home from the war?

a)

their families had moved away

b)

their farms and businesses were ruined

c)

everything as it was when they left

d)

none of these are right

4.

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

a)

Abandoned Land owners

b)

Freedmen's Bureau

c)

Welfare Recipients

d)

Sharecroppers

5.

After the Civil War, VA's economy was in ruins because

a)

banks were closed

b)

men were disabled and could not work

c)

businesses needed to be rebuilt

d)

all of these

6.

Because many sharecroppers went deep in debt, some referred to it as

a)

"another form of slavery"

b)

"the end to happiness"

c)

"a trick of the white man"

d)

"broke man's blues"

7.

What did "Black Codes" do?

a)

allow blacks to communicate secretly

b)

stated that all blacks must have freedom papers to prove that they were free

c)

allowed the very rich to continue to have slaves

d)

recognized the end of slavery but limited the rights of African Americans

8.

"Abandoned lands" were

a)

former plantations divided into plots that was sold to other countries

b)

former plantations divided into plots that rich people could buy

c)

former plantations divided into plots that poor people could rent

d)

former plantations divided into plots that Indians could continue living on

9.

After the Civil War, Congress wrote a new constitutional amendment that did what?

a)

said all African Americans must be paid for when they were slaves

b)

made all African Americans citizens

c)

could make up a set of only for them

d)

all of these

10.

What was the The Freedmen’s Bureau's main focus?

a)

providing jobs for former slaves and others in Virginia

b)

providing food, schools, and medical help for only freed slaves

c)

providing jobs for people who were always free

d)

providing food, schools, and medical help for former slaves and others in Virginia