Cea History Test 8

Front 1

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 1

Reconstruction

Front 2

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

Back 2

Virginians

Front 3

During __________, millions of freed African Americans needed what housing, food, clothing, jobs, and an education.

Back 3

Reconstruction

Front 4

During Reconstruction, Virginia's ____ was in ruins.

Back 4

economy

Front 5

What had no value after the Civil War?

Back 5

Confederate money

Front 6

After the Civil War, banks in the south were _____.

Back 6

closed

Front 7

After the Civil War, railroads, bridges, plantations, and crops were _____.

Back 7

destroyed

Front 8

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

Back 8

Freedmens Bureau

Front 9

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.

Back 9

sharecropping

Front 10

What is the separation of people, usually based on race or religion called?

Back 10

segregation

Front 11

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

Back 11

discrimination

Front 12

What is the unfair feeling of dislike or hatred toward a group of people called?

Back 12

prejudice

Front 13

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

Back 13

African Americans

Front 14

During Reconstruction, who had the right to vote?

Back 14

men of all races

Front 15

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

Back 15

Jim Crow

Front 16

Jim Crow Laws affected African Americans and ________.

Back 16

American Indians

Front 17

After the Civil War and reconstruction, Virginia's ___ grew with people, businesses, and factories.

Back 17

cities

Front 18

What were a key to the expansion of business, agriculture, and industry? They facilitated the growth of small towns into cities.

Back 18

railroads

Front 19

What was discovered in Tazewell County after the Civil War?

Back 19

coal

Front 20

As Virginia began to grow, the need for better what increased?

Back 20

roads

Front 21

After the Civil War, industry, technology, railroads and cities began to _____ and contribute to Virginia's economy?

Back 21

grow

Front 22

___ farming and the manufacture of ____ products became important Virginia products.

Back 22

tobacco

Front 23

Another word for rural is _____.

Back 23

country

Front 24

After Reconstruction, Virginia cities began to _____.

Back 24

grow

Front 25

Because old systems of farming were no longer effective and crop prices dropped __________ changed in Virginia in the early 20th century.

Back 25

agriculture

Front 26

Because people moving from rural to urban areas , technological developments in transportation, and coal mining caused the growth of _____________.

Back 26

towns into cities

Front 27

Another word for urban is ____.

Back 27

city