Review 1
Vocabulary
New Rights
New Suffering
Virginia Growing
100
What city is located on the Rappahanock River?
Fredericksburg
100
Factories are an example of _________________; tobacco-farming is an example of ___________________.
industry; agriculture
100
What is Reconstruction?
the period after the Civil War where the country was reunited and rebuilt.
100
Which groups of people were considered "colored" under the new discrimination laws?
African Americans, Asians and American Indians
100
After the Civil War many people in Virginia moved to _____________
cities
200
Why did Britain establish a colony at Jamestown?
to increase Britain's wealth and power; they believed there was gold in the Americas; they could get raw materials
200
What is sharecropping?
When landowners provide land, seed and machinery to tenants in order for them to farm the land and pay their rent with a share of the crops.
200
_______________________________ earned the right to vote during Reconstruction.
African Americans
200
What is the name of laws created during Reconstruction to discriminate against "colored" people?
Jim Crow Laws
200
What county in Virginia expanded because of coal mining?
Tazewell County
300
Thomas Jefferson is to the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedoms as George Mason is to the...
Virginia Declaration of Rights
300
What is segregation?
separating people usually based on race or religion
300
The Union won the Civil War and all slaves were ___________________
freed
300
What is the name of a tax paid in order to vote?
poll taxes
300
What was built that caused a growth in industry in Virginia?
railroads
400
What are the border states of Virginia starting in the north and going counter-clockwise?
Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina
400
What is discrimination?
treating people differently and unfairly
400
Now that African Americans in the south were no longer slaves, what did they need to find in order to survive?
jobs
400
Describe what life was like in Virginia after the Civil War.
Very difficult - the economy was destroyed, the land was ruined, railroads and bridges were ruined, free African Americans couldn't find jobs, farms fell into ruin without someone to work them.
400
There was an (increase/decrease) in agriculture in Virginia after the Civil War?
decrease
500
Why was the Declaration of Independence written?
To let the King of England know that America no longer was going to follow his rule and would be its own country.
500
What does abolitionist mean?
Someone who campaigns against slavery.
500
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
a government agency that provided support for African Americans in the form of schools, medical supplies and food.
500
What are the 3 things that caused Virginia's economy to be in ruins after the Civil War?
Confederate money had no value; banks we closed; land and infrastructure was destroyed
500
What industries grew in Virginia after the Civil War?
coal mining, government, technology
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