Virginia Studies - Reconsruction and Beyond
VS - SOL 8a-c Quiz
Submitted by Springfield Elementary School
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Read each question carefully, then select the correct answer.
Which of these was not true in Virginia after the Civil War?
- Railroads, bridges and plantations were destroyed
- Money had no value
- Banks were closed
- Freed slaves had good jobs, houses and plenty of food
What was the government organization that provided food, schools and medical care to freed slaves?
- Reconstruction
- The Freedman's Bureau
- Sharecroppers
- Carpetbaggers
How did sharecropping work?
- Poor farmers paid money to rent land.
- Poor farmers were given land to own and farm from old plantations.
- Poor farmers rented land and payed for it with a part of the crop.
- Rich farmers gave away their land to poor farmers.
When was the Reconstruction?
- before the Civil War
- after the Civil War
- during the Civil War
- after the American Revolution
What is a term used for separating people based on their race?
- Jim Crow
- Integration
- Reconstruction
- Segregation
What did the Jim Crow laws do?
- They allowed poor farmers to farm land and pay with crops.
- They established segregation and made it hard for African Americans to vote.
- They eliminated discrimination.
- They helped African Americans earn more freedom.
What is one way Jim Crow laws made it hard for African Americans to vote?
- They said all citizens could vote.
- They established unfair poll taxes.
- They said people could only vote in Richmond.
- The law said no African Americans could vote.
What caused the growth of towns into cities and expanded business, agriculture and industry?
- Railroads
- Sharecropping
- Shopping Malls
- Farming
What was discovered in Tazewell County and became a source of livelihood in the Southwest region of Virginia?
- rich farm lands
- seafood
- gold mines
- coal deposits
Which of these cities was a railroad center?
- Roanoke
- Tazewell
- Front Royal
- Harrisonburg