1) The years after the Civil War, when Congress passed laws to help rebuild the country and bring the southern states back into the Union, were called— a) Reconstruction b) urbanization c) segregation d) colonization 2) The southern states legally separated the races and reinforced prejudices held by whites when they passed— a) sharecropping laws b) “Jim Crow” laws c) separate governments d) Freedmen’s Bureau 3) After the Civil War, which of the following became an important Virginia industry? a) Manufacturing of tobacco products b) Trading slaves in the Caribbean c) Gold mining in the Coastal Plain d) Renewing trade with American Indians 4) Which two groups of people did “Jim Crow” laws affect? a) Germans & African Americans b) Scots-Irish & Germans c) American Indians & African Americans d) American Indians & Scots-Irish 5) “Jim Crow” laws led to African American and American Indians attending— a) the same schools b) boarding schools c) separate schools d) military schools 6) What major transportation system was key to the expansion of business, agriculture, and industry after the Civil War? a) Railroads b) Trucks c) Inland ports d) Airlines 7) What was the Freedmen's Bureau created to do? a) Help poor white southerners regain the land they lost or that was destroyed during the Civil War b) Help place the newly freed white Confederate soldiers in jobs to support their families c) Provide public schools, food, and medical care for freed African Americans and others in Virginia d) Loan money to southern banks so they could reopen and pay their debts to the Union   8) Which two groups of people participated in sharecropping in Virginia after the war? a) Freedman & Poor white farmers b) Freedman & Wealthy northerners c) American Indians & Wealthy northerners d) Poor white farmers & Wealthy northerners 9) African Americans began to have power in Virginia's government during which time period? a) Before the Civil War b) During the Civil War c) During Reconstruction d) After Reconstruction 10) As Virginia began to grow after the Civil War and Reconstruction, there was an increased need for— a) more slaves from Africa b) a stronger Confederacy c) closing many railroads d) more and better roads

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