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Vocabulary
100
The system invented to help poor land owners and former slaves make money while rebuilding plantations?
What is Sharecropping.
100
The period following the Civil War in which they tried to reunit the county and rebuld the south.
What is Reconstruction
100
The main cause for the destruction of railraods, bridges and crops that caused the south's economy to suffer.
What is the Civil War
100
This city is located in South Western VA and was the discovery location for coal
What is Tazwell County
100
The seperation of people based on their race ro religion.
What is segregation.
200
Assistance set up by Congress to help formed slaves recieve land, money, education and medical care.
What is The Freedman's Bureau.
200
Their money was worthless following the Civil War
Who was the Confederate States
200
This thing and it's products became a huge industry in Virginia after the Civil War
What is tobacco
200
As the cities grew following the Civil War more of these were needed.
What are Roads
200
The unfair difference in the treatment of people.
What is Discrimination
300
These people needed food, clothes and jobs after the Civil War?
Who was the newly freed slaves?
300
Two measures set in place by the government to help the millions of freed slaves.
What is the Freedman's Bureau and Sharecropping
300
The exansion of this helped the agricultural industry boom with easier means to transport goods.
What is Railroads
300
The raildroads helped to bring people and jobs to these things.
What are cities
300
A word used to describe bathrooms, water fountains and other public places
What are facilities.
400
These things forced the African Americans to use separate facilities than the Whites
What is Jim Crow Laws
400
These buisnesses were closed throughout the south because money was worthless.
What is Banks
400
The biggest factor to help the expansion of buisnesses, agriculture and industries in Virginia after the Civil War.
What are Railroads
400
The discovery of this item in southwestern virginia created a new industry for it's residents.
What is Coal Deposites
400
A tax that had to be paid in order to vote
What is Poll Tax
500
Poll Taxes and Voting tests kept African Americans from doing this.
What is voting
500
a major problem facing the south after the civil war
What is millions of freed slaves
500
After the Civil War the south's economy still remained dependent on this.
What is agriculture
500
A major example of a Railroad City
What is Roanoke
500
A man for which many of the unfair laws placed on African American's were named after.
Who is Jim Crow