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| period after the Civil War in which Congress passed laws to help rebuild the country |
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| name used for all freed African Americans after the Civil War |
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| provided food, schools, and medical care for freedmen and others |
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| system in which freedmen and poor white farmers rented land by promising to pay landowners with a share of their crops |
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| needed housing, education, clothing, food, and jobs |
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| money had no value, banks were closed, and railroads, bridges, plantations, and crops were destroyed |
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| problems faced by Virginians |
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1. freedmen
2. ruined economy |
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| measures taken to resolve problems in Virginia |
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1. Freedmen's Bureau
2. sharecropping |
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| the separation of people, usually based on race or religion |
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| an unfair difference in the treatment of people |
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| African Americans began to have power in Virginia's government, and men of all races could vote |
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| "Jim Crow" laws were passed by southern states which took away the rights they had gained during Reconstruction |
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| legally established segregation and reinforced prejudices held by whites |
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| effect of "Jim Crow" laws on African Americans and American Indians |
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1. poll taxes and voting tests made it difficult to vote
2. difficult to hold public office
3. forced to use separate, poor-quality facilities and services
4. attended separate schools |
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| key to expansion of businesses, agriculture, and industry; facilitated growth of small towns into cities |
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| Tazewell County, VA; example of how other parts of VA grew as other industries developed |
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| resulted in important farming and manufacture industries for VA |
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| grew with people, businesses, and factories |
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| need increased for more and better transportation routes |
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| VA's economy after the Civil War and Reconstruction |
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| it grew in many ways, such as the development of railroads, new industries, and cities |
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