Ch. 11 Vocabulary Words
Social Studies:
Reconstruction
The period of time after
the Civil War when lots of
rebuilding took place.
Reconstruction
The right to vote.
Suffrage
To separate races, classes
or groups.
Segregation
An office established after
the Civil War that provided
services for African
Americans.
Freedman’s Bureau
Previously called Big Luck;
became a railroad
boomtown.
Roanoke
An unfair difference in the
treatment of people.
Discrimination
A system set up where a
landowner provided workers
with a piece of land in
return for a share of their
crops.
Sharecropping
A fee a person had to pay
in order to vote.
Poll Tax
Town located in Blue Ridge
Mountains and is known for
its caves/caverns.
Luray
A system of laws and rules
that separated African
Americans and white
people.
Jim Crow
Community leader who
helped to improve lives of
African Americans by
encouraging hard work and
saving money (1st woman
bank president).
Maggie Lena Walker
Reconstruction was…
the period following the
Civil War in which Congress
passed laws designed to
rebuild country.
Virginias faced many
problems during
Reconstruction:
1) Railroads, bridges,
plantations, and crops
were destroyed.
2) Money had no
value.
3) Banks were closed.
Virginia’s land and
plantations lost their value
after the Civil War
because …
Virginia’s land and
plantations lost their value
after the Civil War
because …
the system of farming
based on slavery was in
ruin.
The Freedmen’s Bureau:
The Freedmen’s Bureau:
1) Helped build over 200
schools.
2) Helped over fifty thousand
African Americans learn to
read and write.
3) Provided African
Americans with medical care.
Sharecropping facts:
Sharecropping facts:
1) It seemed to meet the needs
of poor white farmers and
African Americans.
2) Sometimes landowners made
unfair deals with sharecroppers.
3) Sharecroppers could easily
become trapped into a lifetime of
poverty.
Before Virginia could rejoin
the Union, …
Before Virginia could rejoin
the Union, …
it had to write a new
state constitution.
African Americans took
advantage of their new
rights by:
African Americans took
advantage of their new
rights by:
1) Serving in town
governments.
2) Winning seats in the
Virginia General
Assembly.
3) Becoming judges.
Virginia wrote a new
constitution in 1902 to
make it …
Virginia wrote a new
constitution in 1902 to
make it …
harder for African
Americans to vote.
The Jim Crow laws were…
The Jim Crow laws were…
a system of laws designed
to separate African
Americans and whites.
Effects of the Jim Crow
Laws:
Effects of the Jim Crow Laws:
1) Increased poll taxes.
2) Difficult voting tests.
3) Separate schools for
African Americans and
whites.
Effects of Railroads on
Virginia’s Recovery:
Effects of Railroads on
Virginia’s Recovery:
1) Helped small towns grow
into cities.
2) Brought new industries
to Virginia.
3) Made communication and
transportation easier.
Richmond in the late
1800s:
Richmond in the late 1800s:
1) Became a center of
African American business.
2) Richmond’s mills
produced tons of flour.
3) Maggie Walker founded
the St. Luke Penny Savings
Bank in Richmond.
Virginia Agriculture in the
late 1800’s:
Virginia Agriculture in the
late 1800’s:
1) Most farmers had small
farms.
2) Farmers grew a wider variety
of crops, such as potatoes and
apples.
3) Railroads made it easier and
cheaper for farmers to ship their
crops to market.
What part of Virginia grew
when coal deposits were
discovered there after the
Civil War?
What part of Virginia grew
when coal deposits were
discovered there after the
Civil War?
Tazewell County in
Southwestern, VA.
Describe the challenges
that Virginians faced after
the Civil War.
Describe the challenges
that Virginians faced after
the Civil War.
Virginia’s bridges, roads, and railways were
unusable. Crops, fields, and livestock
were destroyed. Virginia’s cities had been
reduced to piles of rubble. Virginia was
deeply in debt. Money had no value and
banks were closed.
Describe the challenges
that Virginians faced after
the Civil War.
Land that had once sold for over
$150 an acre now sold for $2 an
acre. Also, Virginia had lost
many of its best and brightest
young people during the war.
Why was the Freedman’s
Bureau established? Name
at least two purposes it
served.
Why was the Freedman’s
Bureau established? Name
at least two purposes it
served.
It was set up to provide food,
schools, and medical care for freed
slaves and others in Virginia and the
rest of the South after the Civil War
because they did not have the ability
to provide these things themselves.
What system of farming
was used in Virginia after
the Civil War? How did it
work?
What system of farming
was used in Virginia after
the Civil War? How did it
work?
Sharecropping was used in Virginia after the Civil
War. Freedmen and poor white farmers rented
land from a landowner promising to pay the owner
with a share of the crop.
How did the railroads
change towns?
Railroads caused towns to
grow in size and population.
How did the railroads
change industries and jobs?
Railroads brought new and
diverse industries to VA
and created jobs and
opportunities for many
people.
How did the railroads
change communication and
transportation?
Railroads made
communication between
people in different parts of
the state easier and made
transportation easier and
cheaper.