Civil War (A and B)
What did Abolitionist campaign to end?
What is "Slavery"
Many American Indians did not take what during The Civil War
What is "sides"
In what time period was The Reconstruction Era? You can tell me what it comes after.
What is "After the Civil War" or 1865-1877
What were the laws called that affected African Americans and American Indians.
What is "Jim Crow Laws"
Virginia began to grow in many ways after the Civil War and Reconstruction. Virginia’s cities grew with what 3 things. Name all three!
What is "people, businesses, and factories."
Harriet Tubman supported secret routes that enslaved African Americans used. These routes became known as the
What is "The Underground Railroad"
The Confederacy (South) relied on enslaved African Americans to
what is "raise crops and provide labor for the army."
What is the goal of The Reconstruction Era?
What is "Congress passed laws designed to help rebuild the country and bring the southern states back into the Union"
What do these two words mean?
segregation
discrimination
What is "The separation of people, usually based on race or religion."
What is "An unfair difference in the treatment of people"
Railroads were a key to the expansion of what 3 things. They facilitated the growth of small towns into cities.
What is "business, agriculture, and industry."
Conflict grew between the eastern counties of Virginia that relied on slavery and the western counties that did not favor slavery. Many disagreements between the two regions of the state led to the creation of
What is "West Virginia"
What was the capital of the Confederacy? What happens to it at the end of The Civil War?
What is "Richmond". What is "gets burned by confederates to prevent union from getting supplies."
Virginia's economy was in ruins. Tell me at least 3 reasons why.
1. Money had no value.
2. Banks were closed.
3. Railroads, bridges, plantations, and crops were destroyed.
4. Businesses needed to be rebuilt.
5. African Americans faced injustices, increased violence, and discrimination immediately after the end of slavery."
Effects of “Jim Crow” laws on the lives of African Americans and American Indians included what types of things. Think separation! Name at least 3 things!
experiencing unfair poll taxes and voting tests that were established to keep them from voting
difficulty voting or holding public office
being forced to use separate, poor-quality facilities and services, such as drinking fountains, restrooms, and restaurants
attending separate schools.
Other parts of Virginia grew as other industries developed. What was mined in the Appalachian Plateau.
What is "Coal deposits"
What is the first battle of the Civil War. And what can it also be called? I need both answers!
What is "Bull Run' and "Battle of Manassas"
Why would African Americans more likely fight for one side over the other? Which side would that be?
What is "because they would be treated as equal" and what is "The North or Union"
The Freedmen’s Bureau was a federal government agency that provided what for freed African Americans and others in Virginia.
What is "food, public schools, and medical care"
Segregation and discrimination had an impact on several things. Name at least 3
housing
employment
health care
political representation
education.
Growth of Virginia’s cities led to people moving from what to what for economic opportunities?
What is "rural to urban"
Where does the Civil War end? Who surrenders to who? And in what year does it take place? I need all 3 correct answers!
What is "Appomattox Court House". What is "Lee surrenders to Grant". What is "1865".
President Abraham Lincoln used the Union navy to blockade southern ports. An important sea battle takes place in 1862. What were the 2 Ironclad ships called? Where does it take place? How does the battle end? I need all 3 answers!
What is "between the Monitor (Union) and the Merrimack (Confederacy)". What is "took place in Virginia waters near Norfolk and Hampton." What is "The battle was fought to a draw."
Define "Sharecropping"
What is "freedmen and poor white farmers rented land from landowners by promising to pay the owners with a share of the crops."
John Mercer Langston was an important African American leader before, during, and after the Civil War. Who did he recruit and for what? Answer both parts!
What is "Recruited African American volunteers to serve as soldiers in the Union Army during the Civil War"
What was Brown V Board? What was the ruling?
What is "The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 that “separate but equal” public schools were unconstitutional." As well as All public schools, including those in Virginia, were ordered to desegregate.