Reconstruction
What were the years after the civil war called when US Congress passed laws to rebuild the country and reunite North and South?
Reconstruction
Did slavery grow or become illegal after the Union won the Civil War?
Slavery became illegal and all enslaved African Americans were freed.
African American and White children attended __________ schools because of “Jim Crow laws.”
Separate
Virginia’s transportation routes to get to markets were __________ and caused the economy to be in ruins.
Destroyed
What do you call the unfair treatment of one person or group of people?
Discrimination
What happened to cities following the Civil War? Did they grow or fall apart?
Cities Grew during reconstruction
What type of farming became Virginia's biggest business after the Civil War?
Tabacco Farming
What kind of taxes made it difficult for African Americans to exercise their voting rights?
Unfair Poll Taxes
Where was coal discovered?
Tazewell
What was Segregation during the reconstruction era?
The separating of colored people and whites.
What was the name of the organization that was created to provide schools, food, clothing, and medical care to freed slaves?
The Freedmen's Bureau
What is it called when a person rents farmland and pays the landowner with a share of the crop?
Sharecropping
What was the purpose of "Jim Crow Laws"?
They made segregation and discrimination legal.
What made the economy rapidly expand after the Civil War?
Railroads
Poll taxes made it difficult for which group of people to vote?
African Americans
Which amendment made slavery illegal?
The 13th Amendment
Why was Virginia's economy in ruin after the Civil War?
Railroads, bridges, plantations, and crops were destroyed.
Besides African Americans, what group faced discrimination?
American Indians/Native Americans
What happened to the value of money after the Civil War?
It had no value
The closing of __________ was one reason Virginia’s economy suffered.
Banks