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SS/ Reconstruction
Chapter 8
Question | Answer |
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The period following the Civil War | Reconstruction |
The government agency that helped freed slaves | Freedmen's Bureau |
System in which freed men and poor white farmers rented land and paid back owners with a share of the crop | sharecropping |
After the Civil war, Virginia's economy was... | in ruins |
After the Civil War, Confederate Money had.... | No Value |
Type of business that was closed after the Civil War | Banks |
The Civil War caused enormous destruction to the south's crops.... | Railroads, bridges, and plantations |
The separation of people based on race or religion | Segregation |
The unfair treatment of people perceived as being different | Discrimination |
The group that gained power in Virginia government during Reconstruction | African Americans |
The group that had the right to vote during Reconstruction | All Men |
Laws passed by southern states that established segregation and reinforced prejudice | "Jim Crow" Laws |
How cities grew after the Civil War and Reconstruction | With people, businesses, and factories |
The key reason for the expansion of businesses, agriculture, industry, and the growth of small towns in Virginia | railroads |
A city that became a new railroad center due to the growth of clothing and furniture factories | Roanoke |
What was discovered in Tazewell County in southwest Virginia after the Civil War | Coal Deposits |
The industry that became the livelihood for residents of southwest Virginia | Coal Mining |
What Virgnia needed to build after the Civil War in order to move raw materials to manufacturing centers | More roads |