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WorksheetsReconstruction vs. 8
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
During Reconstruction, Virginia's __________ was in ruins.
economy
education
freedoms
sharecropping
Give 4 economic problems Virginians faced during Reconstruction.
1. Freedmen's Bureau
2. Sharecropping
3. Banks were closed
4. People needed jobs
1. Businesses were closed
2. Banks were closed
3. Railroads were destroyed
4. schools were opened
1. violence
2. Money had no value
3. Railroads, bridges, and crops were destroyed
4. Businesses were closed
1. Money had no value
2. Banks were closed
3. Railroads, bridges, plantations, and crops were destroyed
4. Businesses needed to be rebuilt
Name 3 measures that were taken during Reconstruction to resolve Virginia's problems.
1. Freedmen's Bureau
2. Sharecropping
3. African Americans pushed for education for their children
1. Jim Crow Laws
2. Sharecropping
3. Freedmen's Bureau
1. Money had no value
2. Railroads were opened
3. Businesses needed to be rebuilt
1. Jim Crow Laws
2. Freedmen's Bureau
3. Banks were reopened
What was a government agency that provided food, schools, and medical care for freed African Americans and others in Virginia?
Freedom's First Generation
Freedmen's Bureau
Jim Crow Laws
Sharecropping
During Reconstruction, who began to have power in Virginia's government?
females
poor whites
African Americans
teenagers
During Reconstruction, who had the right to vote?
Women of all races
Men of all races
American Indians
All females
After Reconstruction, the gains made by African Americans were lost because of what laws passed by southern states?
First Generation Laws
Jim Crow Laws
New American Laws
John Brown Laws
John Mercer Langston returned to Virginia after the Civil War and became the President of a new black college in Petersburg later known as ___________.
Virginia Tech
University of Virginia
Virginia State University
Radford University
After the Civil War and Reconstruction, Virginia's __________ grew with people, businesses, and factories.
industries
cities
classrooms
railroads
After the Civil War, what began to grow and contribute to Virginia's economy? (a) (b) (c) (d)
industry
technology
railroads
cities
coal mines
farms
What was the primary goal of the Reconstruction era in the United States?
A) To rebuild the Southern economy
B) To integrate freed slaves into society
C) To punish the Southern states
D) To expand the Western territories
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery?
A) 13th Amendment
B) 14th Amendment
C) 15th Amendment
D) 16th Amendment
What was the significance of the 8th Amendment in the context of Reconstruction?
A) It abolished slavery
B) It granted citizenship to all born in the U.S.
C) It prohibited excessive bail and cruel punishment
D) It granted voting rights regardless of race
During Reconstruction, which group was primarily responsible for enforcing new laws in the Southern states?
A) The Freedmen's Bureau
B) The Ku Klux Klan
C) The Union Army
D) The Southern Democrats
What was one of the main challenges faced by the Southern states during Reconstruction?
A) Lack of political representation
B) Economic devastation
C) Overpopulation
D) Technological advancement
