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13 Cards in this Set
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reconstruction
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period followinf civil war in which congress passed laws designed to rebuild the country and bring the southern states back into the union
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Freedmen's Bureau
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a gov't agnecy created in 1865 that provided, food, schools and medical care for freed slaves and oters in the south
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sharecropping
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freed slaves who could not afford to buy land rented land from a landowner by promising to pay the owner with a share of the crop when harvested
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virginia's problems during reconstruction
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millions of freed slaves need food, housing. clothing, jobs
Va economy in ruins: money had no value, banks were closed, railroads, bridges, plantations, and crops were destroyed No Gov't in va...no longer part of the USA |
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13th amendment
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Emancipation Proclamation
abolished slavery |
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14th amendment
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protected the rights of all no matter their skin color
gave black men the right to vote |
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African American rights
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slowly taken away as laws were passed after reconstruction
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segregation
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separation of people usually by race or religion
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Jim Crow Laws
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laws passed by wouthern states afer reconstruction that established segregation or separation of races
-difficult to vote becasue of poll taxes, or voting tests -separate drinking fountains -separate schools, sit separately on trains, restaurants and theaters |
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discrimmination
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unfair difference in the treatment of people
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15th amendment
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Limited who could vote
war veterans, their sons and landowners could vote-this limited the voting of african americans |
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Railroads
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important to virginia's growth
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Tobacco farming and tobacco products
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important va industries
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