Effects of Reconstruction
What the period following the Civil War was called?
Reconstruction
Who was effected by the Jim Crow laws?
African Americans
Where was coal found in Virginia?
Tazewell County
Who was the African American leader that believed education was the key to success for black men?
Booker T. Washington
What was a person who believed that one race is superior to the others
What problems did Virginians face during Reconstruction (name three)
Money had no value, Banks were closed, Railroads,bridges,etc. were destroyed, Businesses needed to be rebuilt
What was Segregation?
Separation of people, usually based on race or religion
What crop became important in Virginia industries?
Tobacco
Who was the important African American that raised money to build schools for African Americans?
John Mercer Langston
What is a change or difference to a existing law?
Amendment
What was the federal government agency that provided food, public schools, and medical care to African Americans?
Freedmen's Bureau
What was Discrimination?
An unfair difference in treatment of people
What are textiles?
Cloth made by weaving
What amendment ended slavery?
13th
What is a unfair test given to black men to vote?
Voting test
What was sharecropping?
System where freedmen and poor white farmers rented land from a landlord by promising to pay the owner with a share of the crop
Were Jim Crow laws passed in the northern states or southern states?
Southern
What were the places called were iron and steel were made?
Foundries
What amendment said states cannot deny black men the right to vote?
15th
What is an unfair tax charged to black men to vote called?
Poll taxes
As Virginia began to grow during the Reconstruction, there was a higher need for..
More and better roads
What are some of the effects of Jim Crow laws? (Name three)
unfair voting tests/ poll taxes, use of separate poor quality facilities, attending separate schools
What was a key to the expansion of business, agriculture, and industry?
Railroads
What amendment said that African Americans born in the U.S were citizens?
14th
What is the definition of sharecropping?
Freemen and poor white farmers rented land from a land owner by promising to pay with a share of their crop