Reconstruction
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- Q1What caused the Freedmen's Bureau to become a valuable organization to poor white farmers and freed African Americans?armed African Americans started rebellions across VAnewly freed African Americans and poor farmers had little food, clothing, shelter, or employmentHarriet Tubman established a secret route for African AmericansVA's citizens needed a place to meet and make laws30s
- Q2What is described by the following terms: rent land from a land owner, give portion of crops harvested to land owner?how to become a wealthy farmerindentured servitudesharecroppingplantation life30s
- Q3Which is not a reason VA's economy was in ruins after the Civil War?closing of banksdestruction of railroadsincreased value of moneyemancipation of slaves30s
- Q4The Freedmen's Bureau was...a group that fought to make slavery legal in the southan agency that provided education and other services to newly freed African Americansan organization formed to help rebuild the northern statesa group of Confederate soldiers who were responsible for fighting the northern soldiers30s
- Q5After Reconstruction, African American children and white children living in the South had to eat at separate restaurants. This is an example of...segregationintegrationdesegrationsvoting30s
- Q6Which was NOT an effect of the Jim Crow Laws...African American and white children attended the same schoolsunfair taxes and voting tests were establishedAfrican Americans found it difficult to vote or hold public officeAfrican Americans were forced to use separate drinking fountains, restrooms,and restaurants30s
- Q7How did the Jim Crow laws impact the advancements African Americans had made during Reconstruction?illegally separated races of peoplemade it easier for African Americans to hold a public officelegally separated races of peopleestablished fair poll taxes to be paid in order to vote30s
- Q8Jim Crow laws had an effect on the lives of African Americans and which other group of people?Colonial AmericansAmerican IndiansSouth AmericansGermans and Scots- Irish settlers30s
- Q9Unfair poll taxes were a result of..slaveryJim Crow LawsAmerican IndiansCivil War30s
- Q10A photograph stating 'colored' is an example of...discriminationan announcementa disagreementdesegregation30s
- Q11What important industry developed in the Appalachian Plateau?coal miningtobacco farmingsteel productionfurniture production30s
- Q12Which important VA industry became successful again after the Civil War?tobacco farmingslave tradingcoal miningcitrus growing30s
- Q13Railroads helped turn small towns into...citiescoal minesfarmsgovernements30s
- Q14Which is NOT a reason why VA needed better roads during the Reconstruction period?cities and towns were growing and VA's population was increasingother forms of transportation could be used to transport raw materialsrailroads were no longer neededVirginians began traveling30s
- Q15As a result of railroad expansion, industries in VA...closedbegan to disappearexpandedmoved to the North30s