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Reconstruction
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the time period following the Civil War in which Congress passed laws designed to rebuild the country and bring the southern states back into the Union? | Reconstruction |
| What way of life was hurt badly after the Civil War? | Plantation Life |
| What could farmers not afford to pay for to help on their farms? | workers |
| What five things were needed by millions of freed slaves? | food, clothing, housing, education, and jobs |
| Virginia's economy was ruined because what item had no value? | Confederate money |
| What four things were destroyed during the Civil War? | railroads, bridges, plantations, and crops |
| What was created by the U.S. government to help freed slaves and poor white farmers? | Freedmen's Bureau |
| What were three things that the Freedmen's Bureau provided? | food, schools, and medical care |
| What was one right that African American's began to have during Reconstruction? | voting |
| What were the set of laws called that were created after Reconstruction? | Jim Crow Laws |
| What is the separation of people, usually based on race or religion? | segregation |
| What is the unfair difference in the treatment of people? | discrimination |
| What did African Americans have to pay before they were allowed to vote? | Poll Tax |
| What did African Americans have to take before they were allowed to vote? | Literacy Test |
| What did the poll tax and literacy tests prevent African Americans from participating in? | voting |
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