4Th Grade Va History: Reconstruction

Front 1

Define Reconstruction (related to the Civil War)

Back 1

Reconstruction is the period following the Civil War when Congress passed laws designed to rebuild the country and bring the southern states back into the Union.

Front 2

What states were rejoining the Union during Reconstruction?

Back 2

The Southern states

Front 3

Who was passing the laws to help rejoin the union?

Back 3

Congress

Front 4

Name two problems faced by Virginians during reconstruction.

Back 4

1. Millions of freed slaved needed housing, clothing, food and jobs.
2. Virginia's economy was in ruins.

Front 5

What 5 things did freedmen need during Reconstruction?

Back 5

1. clothing
2. housing
3. food
4. jobs
5. education

Front 6

What do we mean by "Virginia's economy was in ruins?"

Back 6

1. money had no value.
2. banks were closed
3. railroads, bridges, plantations and crops were destroyed

Front 7

Define Freedmen's Bureau

Back 7

A government agency that provided food, schools, and medical care for African Americans and others in Virginia.

Front 8

Define Sharecropping

Back 8

A system common in VA after the war in which freedmen and poor white farmers rented land from a landowner by promising to pay the owner with a share of the crop.

Front 9

What three things did the Freedman's Bureau provide?

Back 9

1. food
2. schools
3. medical care

Front 10

Define segregation

Back 10

The separation of people, usually based on race or religion

Front 11

Define discrimination

Back 11

An unfair difference in the treatment of people

Front 12

Describe African Americans participation in government DURING Reconstruction

Back 12

DURING Reconstruction, African Americans began to have power in Virginia's government and men of all races could vote.

Front 13

Describe African American participation in government AFTER Reconstruction

Back 13

AFTER Reconstruction, these gains were lost when "Jim Crow" laws were passed by Southern states.

Front 14

What was the effect of "Jim Crow" laws on African American life?

Back 14

1. unfair poll taxes and voting tests were established to keep African Americans from voting
2. African Americans found it very difficult to vote or hold public office
3. African American and white children attended separate schools

Front 15

What was established to keep African Americans from voting?

Back 15

Poll taxes and literacy tests

Front 16

Give 4 examples of places that were segregated

Back 16

1. schools
2. drinking fountains
3. restrooms
4. restaurants

Front 17

What began to grow in Virginia after Reconstruction?

Back 17

Cities grew and people, businesses, and factories

Front 18

Tell me about the importance of railroads during this time period

Back 18

Railroads were a key to the expansion of business, agriculture, and industry. They facilitated (helped) the growth of small towns to cities.

Front 19

Tell me about roads

Back 19

There was a need for more and better roads.

Front 20

What is happening with tobacco?

Back 20

Tobacco farming and the manufacture of tobaccol products became important to VA industries.

Front 21

What was discovered in Tazwell County?

Back 21

Coal deposits.