Problems Virginians Faced
At least two things African Americans needed after they were freed from slavery.
What is housing, education, clothing, food, jobs?
The federal government agency that helped African Americans meet different needs after the Civil War.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
The legal separation of people usually based on race or religion.
What is segregation?
These laws legally established segregation and reinforced white prejudice.
What are "Jim Crow" laws.
The man who was the President of Virginia State University.
Who is John Mercer Langston?
African Americans faced injustice, increased _____+, and discrimination after the end of slavery.
What is violence?
A system with unfair practices that locked people into poverty.
What is sharecropping.
The unfair treatment of people is called this.
What is discrimination?
These two things kept African Americans from voting.
What are poll taxes and voting tests?
The growth of these three things contributed to Virginia's economy.
What are people, businesses, and factories?
Banks were _____, and money had no _____.
What are closed and value?
The items the Freedmen's Bureau distributed (handed out).
What are rations (food), clothing, and bedding?
During Reconstruction, African Americans began to have power in Virginia's _____________.
What is government?
True or False, after reconstruction it was hard for African Americans to vote and hold public office.
What is True?
The key to expansion.
What are railroads?
What are railroads, bridges, plantations, and crops?
Many African Americans and _____ _____ ________ rented land as sharecroppers.
What are poor white farmers?
This group led the fight for the first public school system in Virginia.
Who are Black Virginians?
At least two facilities that were separated for black and white people.
What are water fountains, restrooms, restaurants, and schools?
Deposits of this in the Appalachian Plateau were mined, helping Virginia's economy to grow.
What is coal?
These needed rebuilt.
What are businesses?
The first African Americans who became doctors, lawyers and teachers were called this.
What are Freedom's First Generation?
Segregation and Discrimination impacted these five things.
What are housing, employment, health care, political representation, and education?
True or False. "Jim Crow" laws helped African Americans.
What is False?
This cash crop was now more important than ever to rebuilding Virginia's economy.
What is tobacco?