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Reconstruction
Social Studies
Question | Answer |
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What do you call the time after the Civil War when the South was rebuilding and changing the way they did things? | reconstruction |
What was the government agency that was formed to help provide food, schools and medical care for those in need after the civil war? | Freedmen's Bureau |
What is it called when freed men and poor white men rented land from a landowner and part (share) of the crop was given to the landowner as payment? | sharecropping |
What were some of the problems freed African Americans faced after the Civil War? | They needed food, housing, education, clothing and jobs |
What happened to the economy in Virginia after the civil war? | * money had no value * banks were closed * railroads, bridges and crops were destroyed |
What is the separation of people usually because of race and religion? | segregation |
What is the unfair difference in treatment of people called? | discrimination |
What were the laws called that were passed by the southern states to create a separation of the races? | Jim Crow laws |
How did the Jim Crow laws effect voting for the African Americans? | Unfair poll taxes and voting tests that kept them from voting |
How did the Jim Crow laws effect other services? | separate poor quality drinking fountains, restaurants and separate schools |
How did railroads effect the growth of Virginia after the civil war? | Railroads were the key to expansion of business, agriculture, and industry. They helped small towns grow into cities. |
Where were coal deposits discovered? | Tazewell County in the Appalachian Plateau region |
What town became the railroad center of Virginia? | Roanoke, formally called the Big Lick |
What other group of people did the Jim Crow laws effect? | The American Indians |