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What was the problem with confederate money after the Civil War?
It had no value.
Who provided support for recently freed African-Americans in Virginia?
Freedmen's Bureau
What is the separation of people based on race or religion?
Segregation
Travel Question - These were the key to growing Virginia's small towns into larger cities, along with the expansion of businesses, agriculture, and industry.
Railroads
The ________________ amendment ended slavery in the United States.
13th
Businesses and homes needed to be ________ during Reconstruction.
rebuilt
What is the term for Freedmen, and poor White farmers, renting land and paying the landowner a certain amount of their crops?
Sharecropping
What is the unfair treatment of a group of people?
Discrimination
Who was an important African-American leader before and during Reconstruction, that would go on to become the first African-American elected to the US Congress.
John Mercer Langston
The _______________ amendment gave the right to vote to all adult male citizens.
15th
Banks in Virginia were _______ at the beginning of Reconstruction.
Closed
What did the Freedmen's Bureau provide?
Food, education, medical care, and helped reunite families that had been separated.
What areas did segregation and discrimination affect for African Americans?
Housing, Education, Healthcare, Employment, and Political Representation
During Reconstruction, Virginia started to become more _____________ rather than agricultural. Virginia started to have more developed cities, factories, and businesses.
Industrial
What amendment gave citizenship rights to African-Americans born in the US?
The 14th Amendment
Name two things that were destroyed during the Civil War that needed to be rebuilt?
Plantations, Crops, Railroads, and/or Bridges
African-American communities pushed for _________, which was seen as a path to greater opportunities. This was a path to better jobs like doctors, teachers, and public servants.
Education
Why was it difficult for some African Americans, poor whites, and Native Americans to vote after the Civil War? Give two reasons.
1. Poll Taxes
2. Reading Tests to vote
3. Distant voting locations
This region of Virginia grew during Reconstruction because of the necessity for coal.
Appalachian Plateau
What Supreme Court case said that "separate but equal" was fair?
Plessy vs Ferguson
What problems did Freedmen (former slaves) face during reconstruction?
They needed housing, education, food, clothing, and jobs.
What were the laws that made segregation legal in the southern states?
"Jim Crow" Laws
How did Jim Crow laws segregate White and Black people.
1. Separate seating on trains.
3. Separate, poor-quality establishments like schools, fountains, restaurants, and restrooms.
During Reconstruction, these THREE things began to grow which contributed to Virginia's increasing economy.
1. Industry and technology
2. Railroads
3. Cities
Tell two ways railroads changed Virginia after the civil war.
1. Create jobs for building them
2. Brought more people into the city since transportation became available.
3. Provided opportunity for manufacturing to grow because now there were opportunities to ship raw materials and finished products across the land.