These laws that were written in the South were laws that recognized that African Americans were free, but limited their rights.
What are the Black Codes.
100
A change or addition to an existing law is known as this
What is an amendment.
100
This method of transportation was major factor in Virginia's economic growth.
What are railroads.
100
Cloth made by weaving is known as this.
What are textiles.
100
This region is the most populated and is known for ship building, farming and having the largest city in Virginia.
What is tidewater/coastal plain.
200
A person who believes that one race is superior to the others is this.
What is racist.
200
An unfair difference in the treatment of people
What is discrimination.
200
The town of Big Lick became known as this big city near the Blue Ridge Mountains.
What is Roanoke.
200
Places where iron and steel are turned into usable items.
What are foundries.
200
This man was born into slavery in Franklin County, VA. He started the Tuskegee Institute. He was a leader in establishing rights for African Americans.
Who is Booker T. Washington.
300
Former slaves and poor white farmers rented small plots of land from a bigger landowner by promising to pay the owner with a share of the tobacco or whatever crops they grew. These people are called.
What are sharecroppers.
300
In 1868 this amendment said that African Americans born in the United States were citizens.
What is the 14th amendment.
300
This mineral was vital to heating homes, running trains and factories producing goods.
What is coal.
300
This revolution changed the way people. Before this time people used to have to make the items that they needed, now this revolution allowed people to buy these items like clothing and furniture.
What is the Industrial Revolution.
300
Jim Crow Laws also affected this group of people as well as African Americans..
Who are Native Americans.
400
This agency was created during reconstruction to help freed slaves but also gave food to many hungry white Southerners.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau.
400
This amendment said that states could not deny African American men the right to vote.
What is 15th amendment.
400
These two cities became known as ship building towns that are located in the coastal plain.
What are Norfolk and Newport News.
400
This crop re-emerged as a cash crop in Virginia because of the popularity of this item being smoked or chewed.
What is tobacco.
400
Two things that were put in place to keep African Americans from voting.
What are poll taxes and written tests.
500
This group of African Americans left the South for states in the west. The created whole African American communities in states like Nebraska and were a quarter of all cowboys. They were named after a story in the bible.
What are Exodusters.
500
This landmark case ruled on by the U.S. Supreme Court said that a state could make facilities "separate but equal". This court ruling made segregation for states to practice.
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson.
500
Horses and horse drawn carriages were traded in for these shiny new items that ran on an engine.
What are cars and or trucks.
500
In 1910, Virginia passed these to help protect these group of people from unfair working conditions.
What are child labor laws.
500
African American Virginians could attend this college.