Name _____________________
Date of Test ___________________
Study Guide on Reconstruction
illegal
tobacco
Reconstruction
Jim Crow Laws
money
grew
freed
segregation
sharecropping
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banks
bridges
Freedmen’s Bureau
railroads
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American Indians
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roads
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DIRECTIONS: Fill in the blank using one of the words from the word bank above.
1)
After the Union won the Civil War, slavery became _____________________ and all
African Americans were ________________________.
2)
Virginia’s economy was in ruins after the Civil War because _______________________
routes for goods and services to get to market were ________________________.
3)
________________________ is when a person rents farm land and pays the landowner
with a share of the crop.
4)
The years after the Civil War in which the U.S. Congress passed laws to rebuild the
country and reunite the northern and southern states was called
__________________________.
5)
The __________________________ provided schools, food, clothing, and medical care
for freed African American slaves and others in Virginia.
6)
After the Civil War, ____________________ had no value; ________________ were
closed; railroads, __________________, plantations, and crops were destroyed.
7)
African Americans had a hard time voting because of unfair ______________________.
8)
Having different restrooms, restaurants, water fountains, etc. for African Americans and
whites is an example of ______________________.
9)
Unfair treatment of one person or group of people is known as ____________________.
10) Southern states established ______________________ which legally separated the
races and reinforced old prejudices.
11) Jim Crow laws led to African American and white children attending
__________________ schools.
12) In addition to African Americans, “Jim Crow” laws affected
_________________________.
13) In Tazewell County, ___________________ was discovered and quickly became the
main industry of the area.
14) During Reconstruction, Virginia’s cities ________________ with people, businesses, and
factories.
15) The industry that made a big comeback after the Civil War to become one of Virginia’s
biggest businesses was ______________________.
16) The main reason business, agriculture, and industry were able to expand so rapidly after
the Civil War was due to _________________________.
17) Railroads caused the growth of small towns to cities. _________________ grew from a
small town of 500 people to 25,000 people in just eleven years and became a major railroad
center.
18)
The need for more and better _________________ increased.
Be prepared to answer each of the following essay questions:
19) What were some of the problems Virginians faced during the period following the
Civil War?
 Money had no value
 Banks were closed
 Railroads, bridges, plantations, and crops were destroyed
 Millions of freed African Americans needed housing
20) What were some measures taken to help solve the problems?
 Freedmen’s Bureau – A government agency that provided food, schools, and medical
care for freed African Americans and others in Virginia
 Sharecropping – System in which freedmen and poor white farmers rented land from a
landowner by promising to pay the owner with a share of the crop
21) How were the lives of African Americans different during Reconstruction as opposed
to after Reconstruction. In particular, speak to their ability to hold a position/job within the
government.
 During Reconstruction
o African Americans began to have power in Virginia’s government
o Men of all races could vote
 After Reconstruction
o African Americans could not hold an office in Virginia’s government
o African Americans had to pay a poll tax and pass a test on the new Virginia
constitution before being allowed to vote
22) Name 2 changes that took place as a result of the railroads.
 Virginia’s cities grew with people, businesses, and factories
 Small towns grew into cities