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| Reconstruction | What term describes the period following the Civil War in which Congress passed laws designed to rebuild the country? |
| Freed slaves needed housing, food, and jobs | What were some problems faced by freedmen in Virginia during Reconstruction? |
| After the Civil War Virginia’s economy was ___________. | In Ruins |
| The Freedmen's Bureau | What government agency was established by Congress in 1865 to assist freed slaves and others in the South? |
| Sharecropping | What was a new system of farming that allowed freed slaves and poor people to rent land from a landowner and then pay the landowner with their harvest? |
| Emancipation Proclamation | What executive order, made by President Lincoln, declared the slaves free in the Confederate states? |
| 13th Amendment | Which amendment to the Constitution completed the abolition of slavery in the United States? |
| 14th Amendment | Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution protected the rights of all American citizens - people born in the U.S. |
| What were some economic problems that Virginians faced during Reconstruction? | The economy was in ruins. Confederate money had no value |
| What measures were taken during the Reconstruction Period to resolve Virginia's problems? | The Freedmen's Bureau provided food |
| Define Reconstruction Period. | The period following the Civil War in which Congress passed laws designed to rebuild the country and to bring the southern states back into the Union. |
| Why was the Freedmen's Bureau created? | To provide food |
| What is the name for the system in which former slaves rented land from landowners by promising to pay the owners with a share of their crops when harvested? | Sharecropping |
| What system of farming developed as a result of plantation owners lacking the money needed to pay workers and former slaves lacking land to grow crops in order to survive? | Sharecropping |
| What term describes the unfair difference in the treatment of people based on their race | Discrimination |
| What term was given to laws passed by southern states to separate the races and treat certain groups unfairly? | Jim Crow Laws |
| Jim Crow Laws had the effect of discriminating against which group of people? | They discriminated against African Americans. |
| Sharecroppers,Since southern plantation owners no longer had slave labor, who farmed the land owned by landowners in the South during Reconstruction? | Sharecroppers |
| Following the Civil War, which form of transportation was important to the expansion of business, agriculture, and industry in Virginia? | Railroads |
| Following the Civil War, what natural resource became a source of livelihood, or jobs, for residents of southwest Virginia? | Coal |
| A tax that had to be paid before a person could vote. | Poll tax |
| Literacy Test | A reading and writing test that had to be passed before someone could vote. |
| Prejudice | an unfair feeling of hate or dislike for members of a certain group because of their background |
| Prejudice | Not liking someone because they are Indian or Christian is an example of this. |
| Segregation | the practice of keeping people in separate groups based on their race or culture |
| Segregation | Requiring African American children to attend different schools than white children is an example of this. |
| Discrimination | Paying an African American less for doing the same job as a white person is an example of this. |
| What changes took place in Virginia after Reconstruction that helped cities and industries grow? | Improved transportation (roads and railroads) |
| What happened to the rights of African Americans after Reconstruction? | Jim Crow laws established segregation. The effect was an increase in discrimination and prejudices. |
| How did the Jim Crow Laws discriminate against African Americans? | African Americans were separated from whites in schools |
| Which amendment made it illegal to prevent someone from voting based on their race? | 15th Amendment |
