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VS8 Reconstruction

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the period of time after the Civil War called?

a)

Reconstruction

b)

Congress

c)

Jim Crow Laws

d)

The Freedmen's Bureau

2.

The laws Congress passed during this time were designed to -

a)

put Confederate soldiers in jail

b)

make sure Africans stayed slaves

c)

rebuild the country

d)

kick southern states out of the Union

3.

Freed slaves needed all of the following things except -

a)

cars

b)

clothing

c)

jobs

d)

housing

4.

Much of the south was destroyed after the war. Which of the following was NOT destroyed?

a)

crops

b)

rivers

c)

bridges

d)

plantations

5.

What did Congress do to help newly freed slaves?

a)

Loaned them Confederate money.

b)

Gave them jobs as schoolteachers.

c)

Rebuilt the railroads for them.

d)

Created the Freedmen's Bureau

6.

Which of these was NOT provided by the Freedmen's Bureau?

a)

food

b)

medical care

c)

banks

d)

schools

7.

The Freedmen's Bureau was created to help:

a)

Congress

b)

bridge builders

c)

plantation owners

d)

free slaves

8.

How did sharecropping work?

a)

Freemen rented land from landowners and paid the rent with a share of their crops.

b)

Freed slaves borrowed money from the banks to buy farmland.

c)

Freed slaves received land to farm for free from Congress.

d)

Freed slaves rented land from landowners and paid their rent with borrowed money from banks.

9.

After Reconstruction, many freedoms given to African Americans were -

a)

increased by the Bill of Rights

b)

taken away by Jim Crow Laws

c)

voted against by Congress

10.

After the Civil War, many poor farmers in the South who did not own land became -

a)

factory workers

b)

slaves

c)

sharecroppers

11.

After the Civil War, which industry led to increased economic growth in southwestern Virginia?

a)

coal mining

b)

tourism

c)

agriculture

12.

Why would banks closed in the South during Reconstruction?

a)

All of the banks burned down.

b)

Confederate money had no value

c)

The North did not want the South to make money.

13.

Which of the following did newly freed African Americans need? (More than 1 answer)

a)

housing

b)

cars

c)

food

d)

education

14.

This sign is an example of what?

a)

segregation

b)

equal treatment

c)

Freedmen's Bureau

15.

Jim Crow Laws such as unfair poll taxes and voting tests made it easy for African Americans and American Indians to vote after Reconstruction.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

An unfair difference in the treatment of people is an example of ________.

a)

sharecropping

b)

discrimination

c)

reconstruction

17.

In which Virginia county were coal deposits discovered after the Civil War?

a)

Amelia

b)

Tazewell

c)

Fredericksburg

18.

Which of these was the key to expansion of business, agriculture, and industry in Virginia after the Civil War?

a)

railroads

b)

ships

c)

tractors

19.

Who was the first African American elected to Congress from Virginia?

a)

James Lafayette

b)

Nat Turner

c)

John Brown

d)

John Mercer Langston

20.

After the Civil War, Virginia had a need for more and better _________.

(a)  
Choose from the below words
roads
farms
stores
21.

Virginia cities grew with people, businesses, and ________.

a)

farms

b)

factories

c)

ships

22.

Freedom's First Generation believed that education was the key to have greater opportunities.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

The separation of people based on race is known as _________

a)

equality

b)

integration

c)

segregation

24.

Strawberry farming and strawberry products became important VA industries after the Civil War.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Which group of people began to gain power in Virginia's government and could finally vote during Reconstruction?

a)

African Americans

b)

women

c)

children