RAMS Reconstruction in Virginia

What do we call the period of time after the Civil War in which Congress passed laws designed to rebuild the country and help bring southern states back into the Union?

• Jim Crow

• Segregation

• Reconstruction

• Civil War

These were a key to the expansion of business, agriculture, and industry as they facilitated the growth of small towns into cities

• roads

• railroads

• horse and buggy

• factories

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

• prejudice

• segregation

• racism

• discrimination

This term means an unfair difference in the treatment of people.

• prejudice

• segregation

• racism

• discrimination

As Virginia's economy and population grew in the early 20th century, there was increased need for better ___________.

• roads

• railroads

• horse and buggy

• factories

What was the name of the government agency that provided food, schools, and medical care for freed African Americans and others in Virginia during the Reconstruction time period?

• government

• industry

• Freedman's Bureau

In what Virginia county were coal deposits discovered in the early 20th century, causing coal mining to become a major industry for Virginia?

• Appalachian Plateau

• Tazewell County

• Hampton County

This system common in the South after the Civil War allowed poor farmers to work on plantation owners' land and to be paid with a share of the crop

• slavery

• farming

• sharecropping

These taxes unfairly kept freed African Americans and other poor Virginians from voting.

• slavery taxes

• poll taxes

• plantation taxes

• home taxes

This unfair requirement to voting was designed to keep African Americans and other less educated Americans from being able to vote

• books

• poll tests

• literacy tests