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| Virginians faced serious problems in rebuilding the state after | the Civil War |
| The period following the Civil War during which Congress passed laws designed to help rebuild the country and bring the southern states back into the Union | Reconstruction |
| Hundreds of thousands of freed ______________ needed housing, education, clothing, food, and jobs. | African Americans |
| Virginia's economy was | in ruins |
| Money had | no value |
| Banks were | closed |
| Railroads, bridges, plantations and crops were | destroyed |
| Businesses needed to be | rebuilt |
| African Americans faced | injustice, increased violence, and discrimination immediately after the end of slavery. |
| a federal government agency that provided food, public schools, and medical care for freed African Americans and others in Virginia | Freedmen's Bureau |
| system with unfair practices that locked people into poverty | sharecropping |
| Sharecropping was common in Virginia after the war, in which freedmen and poor white farmers rented ______________ by promising to pay the owners with a share of the crops. | land from landowners |
| African Americans pushed for education for their children. This directly resulte_________________ of who some became doctors, lawyers, and teachers | Freedom's First Generation |
| African Americans saw ______________ as a path to greater opportunities. | education |
| Despite the many obstacles they faced, many African Americans achieved ______________. | excellence |
