Test #8: Reconstruction
1. How did the Freedmen’s Bureau help free African Americans?
a. Set up schools, medical care, gave clothing, and food
2. Once Reconstruction was over, how were free African Americans treated?
a. Lost many rights
3. Give an example of segregation after Reconstruction.
a. Separate restaurants, separate bathrooms, separate water fountains, and schools for white and black children
4. How did Southern states try to prevent Africans Americans from voting?
a. Passed “Jim Crow” laws
5. Towns and cities grew mainly because of ________________.
a. Railroads
6. Which two industries were MOST important to VA after the Civil War?
a. Coal and tobacco
7. What were 3 problems VA faced during Reconstruction?
a. Ex-slaves needed housing, clothing, jobs, food and the economy was ruined
8. What was the period of time after the Civil War, when Congress passed laws to help rebuild the country?
9. Name 3 ways VA’s economy was in ruins during Reconstruction.
a. Money was worthless, banks were closed, and railroads, bridges, and plantations were destroyed.
10. Define sharecropping.
a. Freed men and poor white farmers rented land from a landowner by promising to pay the owner with a share of the crop
11. Define segregation.
a. The separation of people, usually based on race or religion.
12. Define discrimination.
a. Unfair difference in treatment of people
13. What caused businesses, agriculture, and industry to expand in VA after Reconstruction?
a. Railroads
14. What was discovered in Tazewell County that became a source of livelihood for residents of Southwest VA?
a. Coal
15. What became an important industry in VA after the Civil War?
a. Tobacco
1. How did the Freedmen’s Bureau help free African Americans?
a. Set up schools, medical care, gave clothing, and food
2. Once Reconstruction was over, how were free African Americans treated?
a. Lost many rights
3. Give an example of segregation after Reconstruction.
a. Separate restaurants, separate bathrooms, separate water fountains, and schools for white and black children
4. How did Southern states try to prevent Africans Americans from voting?
a. Passed “Jim Crow” laws
5. Towns and cities grew mainly because of ________________.
a. Railroads
6. Which two industries were MOST important to VA after the Civil War?
a. Coal and tobacco
7. What were 3 problems VA faced during Reconstruction?
a. Ex-slaves needed housing, clothing, jobs, food and the economy was ruined
8. What was the period of time after the Civil War, when Congress passed laws to help rebuild the country?
9. Name 3 ways VA’s economy was in ruins during Reconstruction.
a. Money was worthless, banks were closed, and railroads, bridges, and plantations were destroyed.
10. Define sharecropping.
a. Freed men and poor white farmers rented land from a landowner by promising to pay the owner with a share of the crop
11. Define segregation.
a. The separation of people, usually based on race or religion.
12. Define discrimination.
a. Unfair difference in treatment of people
13. What caused businesses, agriculture, and industry to expand in VA after Reconstruction?
a. Railroads
14. What was discovered in Tazewell County that became a source of livelihood for residents of Southwest VA?
a. Coal
15. What became an important industry in VA after the Civil War?
a. Tobacco