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Reconstruction Review cards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. The period following the Civil War in which Congress passed laws designed to rebuild the country and bring the southern states back into the Union was called— | Reconstruction |
| After the Civil War, which government agency provided food, schools, and medical care for freed African Americans and others in Virginia? | Freedmen’s Bureau |
| A system in which freedmen and poor white farmers rented land from landowners by promising to pay the owners with a share of the crops was called — | sharecropping |
| An unfair difference in the treatment of people is called— | discrimination |
| What happened to the rights of African Americans after Reconstruction? | Gains in freedom and rights were lost when Jim Crow laws were passed by Southern states. |
| What were “Jim Crow” laws? | Laws that established segregation, or separation of the races, and reinforced prejudices held by whites |
| The separation of people, usually based on race or religion, is called— | segregation |
| After Reconstruction, unfair poll taxes and voting tests were established to keep African American men from voting. This is an example of how African Americans’ lives were affected by— | “Jim Crow” laws |
| What happened to the rights of African Americans during Reconstruction? | African Americans were allowed to vote and began to have power in Virginia’s government |
| What in Virginia grew with people, businesses and factories? | cities |
| What was a key to the expansion of business, agriculture, and industry in Virginia? | railroads |
| What need increased in Virginia after the Civil War and Reconstruction? | More and better roads |
| What was discovered in Tazewell County that grew into an industry in southwest Virginia? | Coal deposits |