VS Unit 8 Reconstruction (Flashcards)

Front

What were the laws called that legally established segregation, or separation of the races?

Back

Jim Crow laws

Front

What were the results of the Civil War on the economy of Virginia?

Back

Railroads, bridges, and food sources were destroyed.

Confederate money had no value.

Structures needed to be rebuilt. 

Front

What term means an unfair difference in the treatment of people?

Back

discrimination

Front

What positive outcome of Reconstruction does this image of United States senators and representatives illustrate? 

Back

African Americans could hold office.

African Americans began to have power in state and national governments.

Front

What became a major economic industry in the Appalachian Plateau?

Back

coal

Front

What were some of the major issues African Americans faced during the Reconstruction Era?

Back

African Americans needed shelter, education, clothing, food, jobs.

They constantly faced acts of injustice, violence, and discrimination.

Front

Following the Civil War and Reconstruction, Virginia cities grew, increasing the number of....

Back

people, businesses, and factories.

Front

What form of transportation is responsible for the growth cities, agricultural, and industries?

Back

railroad

Front

What two factors prevented African Americans from voting?

Back

Poll taxes

Literacy tests

Front

Freedmen and poor farmers rented land from white landowners in exchange for a portion of the crops grown as payment.

Back

sharecropping