Problems? We Got Plenty!
This was the problem with money in Virginia during Reconstruction.
It had no value, aka it was monopoly money!
Who provided support for recently freed African-Americans in Virginia?
Freedmen's Bureau
What was the term used that meant the separation of people based off of race or religion?
Segregation
These were the key to growing Virginia's small towns into larger cities, along with the expansion of businesses, agriculture, and industry.
Railroads
The ________________ amendment ended slavery in the United States.
13th
Businesses needed to ________ during Reconstruciton.
Rebuild
What is the term for Freedmen, and poor White farmers, renting land and paying the landowner a certain amount of their crops?
What was the term used for the unfair treatment of a group of people?
Discrimination
Who was an important African-American leader before and during Reconstruction, that would go on to become the first African-American elected to the US Congress.
The _______________ amendment gave the right to vote to all adult male citizens.
15th
Banks, in Virginia, were _______ during the beginning of Reconstruction.
Closed
Name TWO things the Freedmen's Bureau provided for the newly freed African-Americans.
Food, public schooling, and/or healthcare
Name THREE things that segregation and discrimination impacted on African-American lives:
Housing, Education, Healthcare, Employment, and Political Representation
During Reconstruction, Virginia started to become far more _____________. Virginia started to have more developed cities, factories, and businesses.
Industrial
What amendment gave citizenship rights to African-Americans born in the US?
The 14th Amendment
Plantations, Crops, Railroads, and/or Bridges
African-American communities pushed for _________, which was seen as a path to greater opportunities. This was a path to better jobs like doctors, teachers, and public servants.
Education
Why was it difficult for some African Americans, poor whites, and Native Americans to vote after the Civil War? Give two reasons.
1. Poll Taxes
2. Reading Tests to vote
This region of Virginia grew during Reconstruction because of the necessity for coal.
Appalachian Plateau
What Supreme Court case said that "separate but equal" was fair?
Plessy vs Ferguson
Name THREE problems that Freedmen faced during Reconstruction.
No money, no housing, no health care, poor clothes, and little-to-no money.
What was the nickname given to discriminatory laws that deemed "separate but equal" was legal?
Give TWO examples of how Jim Crow laws segregated White and Black people.
1. Poll Taxes
2. Voting Tests
3. Separate, poor-quality establishments like schools, fountains, restaurants, and restrooms.
During Reconstruction, these THREE things began to grow which contributed to Virginia's increasing economy.
1. Industry and technology
2. Railroads
3. Cities
Tell two ways railroads changed Virginia after the civil war.
1. Create jobs for building them
2. Brought more people into the city since transportation became available.
3. Provided opportunity for manufacturing to grow because now there were opportunities to ship raw materials and finished products across the land.