| A | B |
|---|
| Reconstruction | The period following the Civil War |
| To rebuild the country and bring the Southern states back into the Union | Why did Congress pass laws during Reconstruction? |
| Housing, Education, Clothing, Food, and Jobs | During Reconstruction, what did millions of freed slaves need? |
| It was in ruins | After the war, what was wrong with Virginia's economy? |
| It had no value | After the war, what was wrong with the money in the South? |
| They were closed | After the war, what happened to banks in the South? |
| Bridges, Plantations, Railroads, and Crops | What was destroyed in the South during the war? |
| Freedmen's Bureau | What government agency provided the freed slaves with the things they needed after the war? |
| Food, Schools, and Medical Care | What did the Freedmen's Bureau provide the freed slaves with? |
| Sharecropping | _____ was a system of farming in the South during Reconstruction. |
| Freedmen and Poor White Farmers | Which groups of people were sharecroppers in the South during Reconstruction? |
| With a share of their crops | How did sharecroppers pay their rent to the landowner? |
