VS.8a Reconstruction

What was the period following the Civil War called?

• Sharecropping

• Freedmen's Bureau

• Reconstruction

• Rebuilding

What did hundreds of thousands of free African American need?

• housing and education

• clothing and food

• jobs

• cars

What was wrong with the money after the Civil War?

• It was burned.

• Everybody spent it.

• It had no value.

• It needed to be reprinted.

What was wrong with the Banks after the Civil War?

• The were closed.

• They needed new managers.

• They needed money.

• They had the wrong money.

What things were destroyed after the Civil War?

• railroads

• bridges

• plantations

• crops

Who set up the Freedmen's Bureau?

• Local Governments

• State Governments

• Federal Government

• The Confederacy

Who did the Freedmen's Bureau help?

• Freed African Americans

• Poor white people

• Governors

• Soldiers

What did the Freedmen's Bureau provide?

• food

• clothing

• schools

• medical care

Who rented land from landowners as part of Sharecropping after the Civil War?

• abolitionists

• soldiers

• freedmen

• poor white people

How did people pay their rent in Sharecropping?

• With a share of their crops

• With Confederate money

• With money from the bank

• With money they got paid