4Th Grade Va Studies Civil War Level 8

Front 1

After Reconstruction, the gains made by African Americans were lost because of what laws passed by southern states?

Back 1

Jim Crow Laws

Front 2

During Reconstruction, who began to have power in Virginia's government?

Back 2

African Americans

Front 3

This is the separation of people, usually based on race or religion.

Back 3

segregation

Front 4

What was a government agency that provided food, schools, and medical care for freed African Americans and others in Virginia?

Back 4

Freedmen's Bureau

Front 5

Give 2 economic problems Virginians faced during Reconstruction.

Back 5

1. Money had no value

2. Banks were closed

3. Railroads, bridges, plantations, and crops were destroyed

Front 6

Jim Crow Laws legally established segregation, or ________ of the races, and reinforced prejudices held by whites.

Back 6

Seperation

Front 7

What is the unfair difference in the treatment of people called?

Back 7

discrimination

Front 8

Name the system common in Virginia after the war in which freed men and poor white farmers rented land from landowners by promising to pay the owners with a share of the crops.

Back 8

sharecropping

Front 9

Name 5 ways the Jim Crow Laws affected the lives of African Americans and American Indians.

Back 9

1. Unfair poll taxes and voting tests kept African American men from voting

2. African Americans found it difficult to vote or hold public office

3. African Americans were forced to use separate drinking fountains, restrooms, and restaurants

4. African American and white children attended separate schools

5. "Jim Crow" laws had an effect on American Indians

Front 10

During Reconstruction, who had the right to vote?

Back 10

Men of all races

Front 11

Which two iron-clad ships battled in waters near Norfolk and Hampton? The battle was fought to a draw.

Back 11

The Monitor (Union)

The Merrimack (Confederate)

Front 12

Name 2 measures that were taken during Reconstruction to resolve Virginia's problems.

Back 12

1. Freedmen's Bureau

2. Sharecropping

Front 13

Most white Virginians supported which side during the Civil War?

Back 13

Confederacy

Front 14

When did the Civil War end?

Back 14

April, 1865

Front 15

Which cultural group did not take sides during the Civil War?

Back 15

American Indians

Front 16

Specifically, who faced serious problems in rebuilding the state after the Civil War?

Back 16

Virginians

Front 17

During Reconstruction, Virginia's ___________ was in ruins.

Back 17

Some free African Americans felt their limited ___________ could best be protected by supporting the __________.

Front 18

During Reconstruction, millions of freed African Americans needed what?

Back 18

housing, education, clothing, food, jobs

Front 19

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.

Back 19

Reconstruction

Front 20

The Confederacy relied on whom to raise crops and provide labor for the army?

Back 20

enslaved African Americans

Front 21

Who won Civil War?

Back 21

The North- The Union

Front 22

Where did the Civil War end?

Back 22

Appomattox Court House, Virginia

Front 23

Who surrendered his army to Ulysses S. Grant to end the Civil War?

Back 23

Confederate General Robert E. Lee

Front 24

Lincoln used the Union _________ to blockade southern ports.

Back 24

navy

Front 25

Where was the capital of the Confederacy?

Back 25

Richmond

Front 26

Which Confederate General played a major role in the Battle of Bull Run?

Back 26

Thomas 'Stonewall" Jackson

Front 27

What was the first major clash of the Civil War?

Back 27

The first Battle of Bull Run (or Manassas)

Front 28

Who was the Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia who defeated Union troops at Fredericksburg, VA?

Back 28

Robert E. Lee

Front 29

Which General captured and burned Richmond near the end of the war?

Back 29

Ulysses S. Grant