African-Americans

Post Civil War Economy

Vocabulary

Industry

Grab Bag

100

They began to have power in Virginia’s government, and men of all races could vote.

Millions of freed slaves needed housing, clothing, food and jobs

 

The separation of people, usually based on race or religion

They began to grow with people, businesses and factories.

Tazewell County

200

The gains they had made were lost due to “Jim Crow” laws.

The establishment of the Freedmen’s Bureau and sharecropping

An unfair difference in the treatment of people.

The railroads

Because of the amount of growth

300

They were laws that established segregation of the races and reinforced prejudices held by whites.

Sharecropping

The period following the Civil War in which Congress passed laws designed to rebuild the country and reunite the Union.

Business, Agriculture, and Industry

Teacher discretion

400

A tax that had to be paid in order to vote.

A government agency that provided food, schools, and medical care for freed slaves and others in Va and the South

Land is rented from a landowner by promising to pay the owner with a share of the crop.

People and jobs

Teacher discretion

500

Unfair poll taxes and voting tests, Af-Am were forced to use sep. drinking fountains, Af-Am and whites attended different schools.

Tobacco

A person held against their will and owned like a piece of property.

Roanoke, Richmond, Norfolk, Newport News, Alexandria, Petersburg and Lynchburg.

Teacher discretion

 

Final Question: It was in ruins because money had no value, banks were closed, and bridges, railroads, plantations and crops were destroyed.