Segregation is the separation of people, usually based on race or religion.
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Jim Crow Laws helped African Americans gain equal rights. True or False?
False
100
What happened to the millions of southern slaves after the Union won the Civil War?
Slavery became illegal and all enslaved African Americans were freed
100
How much was the average poll tax that had to be paid in order to vote?
$6
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What was the main reason businesses, agriculture, and industry were able to expand so rapidly after the Civil War?
Railroads
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What is the unfair difference in the treatment of people called?
Discrimination
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Were Jim Crow Laws passed before Reconstruction or after Reconstruction?
Jim Crow Laws were passed AFTER Reconstruction.
200
What was a reason that Virginia's economy was in ruins after the Civil War?
Money was worthless, banks were closed, or buildings were destroyed
200
The "Jim Crow" Laws affected which other group of people besides the African Americans?
American-Indians
200
What was discovered in Tazewell that quickly became the main industry of the area?
Coal
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What was the period following the Civil War in which Congress passed laws to help rebuild the country and bring the southern states back into the Union?
Reconstruction
300
After Reconstruction, where were Jim Crow Laws passed? In the North or the South?
Jim Crow Laws were passed in the SOUTH after Reconstruction.
300
What problems were faced by Virginians during Reconstruction? List 3
Money had no value Banks were closed Railroads, bridges, plantations, and crops were destroyed Millions of Freed African Americans needed housing, education, clothing, and jobs
300
Because African Americans were often kept from voting, they also found it difficult to do what?
hold public offices
300
After the Civil War and Reconstruction, Virginia cities grew with what three things?
people, businesses, and factories
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What were Jim Crow Laws?
Jim Crow Laws were laws that legally established segregation (separation of the races) and discriminated against African Americans.
400
Give two examples of laws that were designed to keep African Americans from voting.
poll taxes and literacy tests
400
African Americans were able to do this during Reconstruction
vote
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What was the name of the laws passed by southern states that established segregation of the races?
Jim Crow Laws
400
What was the name of the system of farming in which freedmen and poor white farmers rented land from a landowner by promising to pay the owner with part of the crop?
Sharecropping
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What was created to help freed slaves get food, education, and medical services?
Freedmen's Bureau
500
Give three examples of poor quality services that African Americans and others were segregated in doing.
drinking fountains, restrooms, restaurants
500
Name three things in Virginia that had been destroyed by the war and need to be rebuilt.
railroads, bridges, plantations, and crops
500
What happened to the rights and freedoms promised to African Americans after Reconstruction?
they were slowly taken away again
500
How are railroads and coal interdependent on each other?
Coal is used as fuel for trains, trains carry coal to factories