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VS Unit 8 Reconstruction (Quizs)

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were the results of the Civil War on the economy of Virginia?

a)

Railroads, bridges, and food sources were destroyed.

b)

Virginia's economy flourished due to increased trade.

c)

The state became a major industrial hub.

d)

Confederate money had significant value.

2.

Name the federal government agency created to help freed African Americans who lacked food, medical care, and education.

a)

The Freedmen’s Bureau

b)

The Civil Rights Commission

c)

The Department of Education

d)

The Social Security Administration

3.

As Virginia grew following the Civil War, the need for more and better _____ increased.

a)

bridges

b)

roads

c)

railways

d)

airports

4.

A freed black man from Louisa County, Virginia, he was president of Virginia State University and later became the first African American Virginian elected to the US Congress.

a)

John Mercer Langston

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

W.E.B. Du Bois

5.

Following the Civil War and Reconstruction, Virginia cities grew, increasing the number of....

a)

people, businesses, and factories.

b)

farms and rural areas.

c)

schools and universities.

d)

government buildings and monuments.

6.

What form of transportation is responsible for the growth cities, agricultural, and industries?

a)

airplane

b)

railroad

c)

bicycle

d)

ship

7.

Freedmen and poor farmers rented land from white landowners in exchange for a portion of the crops grown as payment.

a)

sharecropping

b)

tenant farming

c)

crop rotation

d)

land leasing

8.

What was the main purpose of the Reconstruction Era?

a)

To rebuild the country and bring the southern states back into the Union.

b)

To establish a new government in the southern states.

c)

To promote industrialization in the North.

d)

To grant independence to former slaves.

9.

What two factors prevented African Americans from voting?

a)

Poll taxes

b)

Literacy tests

c)

Voter ID laws

d)

Civic education requirements

10.

What term means an unfair difference in the treatment of people?

a)

inequality

b)

discrimination

c)

prejudice

d)

bias

11.

What were some of the major issues African Americans faced during the Reconstruction Era?

a)

Lack of shelter, education, clothing, food, and jobs

b)

Access to equal rights and opportunities

c)

Support from the federal government

d)

Increased wealth and prosperity

12.

What positive outcome of Reconstruction does this image of United States senators and representatives illustrate?

a)

African Americans could hold office.

b)

African Americans began to have power in state and national governments.

c)

Reconstruction led to the end of segregation.

d)

The economy improved significantly for all citizens.

13.

What were the laws called that legally established segregation, or separation of the races?

a)

Jim Crow laws

b)

Civil Rights Act

c)

Voting Rights Act

d)

Brown v. Board of Education

14.

What became a major economic industry in the Appalachian Plateau?

a)

coal

b)

timber

c)

fishing

d)

agriculture