Problems faced by Virginians
Vocabulary Terms to know
Mixed Questions
Jim Crow Laws
Amendments/Plessy vs. Ferguson
100
Who needed housing, education, food, clothing, and jobs?
freed African Americans
100
The separation of people usually based on race or religion is
Segregation
100
What was the key to expansion in Virginia?
Railroads
100
After Reconstruction, what established segregation and reinforced prejudices held by whites?
Jim Crow Laws
100
Who gained power in Virginia's government and could finally vote during Reconstruction?
African Americans
200
What were the problems with VA's economy after the Civil War?
Money had no value
Banks were closed
Many railroads bridges, plantations were destroyed
200
The unfair difference in the treatment of people is known as
Discrimination
200
What could African-Americans do if they paid a poll tax and passed a voting test?
Vote
200
Who did the Jim Crow Laws affect?
African Americans and American Indians
200
How did Plessy vs. Ferguson affect education in Virginia?
- It created separate schools for different races
300
Who used the sharecropping system?
poor white farmers and freedmen
300
A government agency that provided food, public schools, and medical care for African Americans.
Freedmen's Bureau
300
Who was the first African American to be elected in U.S Congress
John Mercer Langston
300
Why did Jim Crow laws make it harder to vote?
Unfair poll taxes and voting tests
300
What did the 13th amendment say?
400
Who was an important African American that was elected to serve in Congress?
John Mercer Langston
400
The period following the Civil War where Congress passed laws designed to rebuild the country and bring southern states back to the Union is known as..
Reconstruction
400
- Offering medical care
- Making food available
- supplying clothing
- providing an education
Getting an education
400
What places in the south were segregated because of Jim Crow Laws?
schools, restaurants, drinking fountains, etc.
400
What did the fourteenth amendment say?
500
What city was burnt down during the Civil War?
Richmond
500
In this system, freedmen and poor white farmers rented land from a landowner with a share of their crop.
Sharecropping
500
What system is this called during Reconstruction
The sharecropping system
500
What states passed the Jim Crow Laws?
Southern States
500
What did the 15th amendment say?