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Average life expectancy in WV in 1870
44
First black college in West Virginia
Storer College
Nickname given to the capitol of WV because it moved so much.
Capitol on Wheels
Amendment that gave slaves their freedom
13th
Most freed slaves were illiterate, meaning they could not _______ or __________.
Read or write
What organization wore robes and hoods and terrorized newly freed slaves?
Ku Klux Klan
Black Codes were laws passed to _________ the rights of freed slaves.
Restrict
What college opened on October 2, 1867?
Sorer College
What year did West Virginia pay off their loan to Virginia?
1939
What three cities were in the running to become the state capitol of West Virginia in 1877
Charleston, Clarksburg, Martinsburg
What could happen to jobless black men?
Prison
What came about to protect workers from discriminatory and unfair work practices?
Labor Unions
What type of contract was it when an employee pledged not to join a union?
Yellow-dog
If a worker complained they were fired and their name placed on what kind of list?
Blacklist
What industry was involved in the first strike in West Virginia?
Railroad
Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Congress overrode a presidential veto and passed the __________ ____________ Act of 1866.
Civil Rights
What amendment passed in June 1866 granted citizenship to Freedmen.
14th Amendment
What year did Storer College award its first degree?
1942
What decision by the U.S. Supreme Court declared segregation unconstitutional?
Brown vs. Board of Education
The U.S. Constitution says all disputes between states must be settled by who?
U.S. Supreme Court
After the Civil War West Virginia had to settle land disputes with what two states?
Ohio and Maryland
What Amendment stated “The rights of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by an State on the account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”
15th Amendment
What state constitutional amendment gave the right to vote to all male citizens, except for minor and paupers, regardless of race.
Flick Amendment
What were the “unholy four” companies used to fight miners from striking?
State Militia
Injunctions
Private guards
Scabs