Choose the correct answer.
What is the period following the Civil War in which Congress passed laws designed to rebuild the country and bring the southern states back into the Union called?
Millions of ___________ needed housing, clothing, food, and jobs.
Which of the following is NOT an example of how Virginia's economy was in ruins after the Civil War?
The __________________ was a government agency that provided food, schools, and medical care for freed slaves and others in VA and the rest of the South.
__________ was a system common in VA after the war in which freedmen and poor white farmers rented land from a landowner by promising to pay the owner with a share of the crop.
The _________ and _________ promised to African Americans were slowly taken away after Reconstruction, and it would take years to win them back.
What term means the separation of people, usually based on race or religion?
What term means an unfair difference in the treatment of people?
During Reconstruction, African American began to have power in VA's government, and ________ of all races could vote.
After Reconstruction, the gains made by African Americans were lost when "____ ____ " Laws were passed by southern states.
"Jim Crow" Laws established _____________ or separation of the races and reinforced prejudices held by whites.
Which of the following is NOT an effect that "Jim Crow" Laws had on African American life?
After the Civil War, industry and technology, transportation, and cities began to grow and contribute to Virginia's __________.
VA began to grow in many areas after the Civil War and Reconstruction. VA's cities grew with ________, _________, and __________.
____________ were a key to the expansion of business, agriculture, and industry and facilitated the growth of small towns to cities.
Railroad centers stimulated the growth of ____________ where clothing, furniture, and other useful items were made.
What city in western VA became a railroad center?
Many cities grew rapidly and were bustling with activity as the railroad brought new jobs and people to the areas. Which are NOT examples of some of those cities?
__________ deposits were discovered in southwest VA after the Civil War.
Coal mining was a source of livelihood for the residents of __________ County.
As VA was growing, the need for more and better ________ increased.
Once again, _______ farming and products became important VA industries.