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27 Cards in this Set
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What is the period following the Civil War called? Congress had passed laws designed to help rebuild the country and bring the southern states back into the Union.
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Reconstruction
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Specifically, who faced serious problems in rebuilding the state after the Civil War?
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Virginians
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During __________, millions of freed African Americans needed what housing, food, clothing, jobs, and an education.
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Reconstruction
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During Reconstruction, Virginia's ____ was in ruins.
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economy
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What had no value after the Civil War?
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Confederate money
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After the Civil War, banks in the south were _____.
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closed
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After the Civil War, railroads, bridges, plantations, and crops were _____.
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destroyed
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What was a government agency that provided food, schools, and medical care for freed African Americans and others in Virginia?
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Freedmens Bureau
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Name the system common in Virginia after the war in which freedmen and poor white farmers rented land from landowners by promising to pay the owners with a share of the crop.
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sharecropping
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What is the separation of people, usually based on race or religion called?
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segregation
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What is the unfair difference in the treatment of people called?
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discrimination
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What is the unfair feeling of dislike or hatred toward a group of people called?
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prejudice
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During Reconstruction, who began to have power in Virginia's government?
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African Americans
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During Reconstruction, who had the right to vote?
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men of all races
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After Reconstruction, the gains made by African Americans were lost because of what laws passed by southern states?
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Jim Crow
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Jim Crow Laws affected African Americans and ________.
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American Indians
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After the Civil War and reconstruction, Virginia's ___ grew with people, businesses, and factories.
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cities
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What were a key to the expansion of business, agriculture, and industry? They facilitated the growth of small towns into cities.
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railroads
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What was discovered in Tazewell County after the Civil War?
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coal
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As Virginia began to grow, the need for better what increased?
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roads
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After the Civil War, industry, technology, railroads and cities began to _____ and contribute to Virginia's economy?
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grow
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___ farming and the manufacture of ____ products became important Virginia products.
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tobacco
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Another word for rural is _____.
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country
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After Reconstruction, Virginia cities began to _____.
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grow
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Because old systems of farming were no longer effective and crop prices dropped __________ changed in Virginia in the early 20th century.
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agriculture
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Because people moving from rural to urban areas , technological developments in transportation, and coal mining caused the growth of _____________.
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towns into cities
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Another word for urban is ____. |
city |