Virginia After the Reconstruction

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  1. The growth of _________ was stimulated by railroad centers.

    2. Your answer:
    Stores
    Factories
    Textiles
    Train Stations

  2. _______ encouraged growth of small towns into cities and were the key to the expansion of business and industry.

    3. Your answer:
    Railroads
    Buses
    Airplanes
    Steamships

  3. The need for better _________increased as Virginia began to grow.

    4. Your answer:
    Cities
    Seaports
    Roads
    Banks

  4. One reason Virginia cities grew was_____________.

    5. Your answer:
    people moved from farms to cities for economic opportunities
    the government wanted people to stop farming
    it was not popular to be a farmer any more
    all of the above

  5. The railroad brought new _______ and people to the cities of Richmond, Norfolk and Newport News.

    6. Your answer:
    fish
    lumber
    automobiles
    jobs

  6. ____________became an important railroad center.

    7. Your answer:
    Roanoke
    Staunton
    Richmond
    Petersburg

  7. What happened to the cities in Virginia after the Reconstruction?

    8. Your answer:
    They began to shrink
    They began to grow
    They began to disappear
    Stayed the same

  8. Virginia changed to a more ________, industrial society from the rural, agricultural society it was prior to the 20th century.

    9. Your answer:
    wealthy
    poor
    farming
    urban

  9. ________became an important industry in Virginia.

    10. Your answer:
    cotton
    tobacco
    poultry
    seafood

  10. The ________in Virginia grew larger with people, businesses and factories after the Reconsrtuction.

    11. Your answer:
    farms
    cities
    churches
    schools

  11. _____________did not grow and contribute to Virginia's economy after the Civil War.

    12. Your answer:
    Cities
    Industry
    Farms
    Technology

  12. __________ technology caused the Northern Virginia and Tidewater areas to develope.

    13. Your answer:
    Shipping
    Mining
    Farming
    Computer

  13. What type of jobs increased and caused Northern Virginia to experience growth after the end of World War II?

    14. Your answer:
    Farming
    Federal government
    Mining
    Fishing

  14. ____________were found in Tazwell County and many surrounding counties after the Civil War, and became a source of livlihood for the people of southwest Virginia.

    15. Your answer:
    Cotton
    Diamonds
    Coal deposits
    Gold deposits

  15. Which of these is NOT a reason people move to Virginia from other states and nations?

    16. Your answer:
    tropical weather
    jobs
    Virginia's beautiful landscape
    the quality of life in Virginia

  16. what two cities grew rapidly after the Reconstruction?

    17. Your answer:
    Petersburg and Stauton
    Stauton and Lynchburg
    Alexandria and Petersburg
    Lynchburg and Farmville

  17. Which of these is NOT a reason for the decline of agricultural society?

    18. Your answer:
    Crop prices were low
    Old sustems of farming were no longer efective
    Farming wasn't popular anymore
    all of the above

  18. The ______________results in laws being passed that made racial discrimination illegal.

    19. Your answer:
    Bill of Rights
    Constitution
    Civil Rights Movement
    Emancipation Proclamation

  19. What did African Americans demand as American citizens after World War II?

    20. Your answer:
    freedom
    equal rights
    food
    money

  20. The gains made by African Americans were lost after Reconstruction due to the _____________passed by the southern states.

    21. Your answer:
    Jim Crow Laws
    Blue Laws
    Red Laws
    Civil Rights Laws

  21. Which of these is NOT a way that Jim Crow Laws affected African American life?

    22. Your answer:
    Poll tax and voting tests kept them from voting
    African Americans found it easy to start businesses
    Separate schools for African Americans
    All of the above

  22. Segregation, or the ________________ of races was established by the Jim Crow Laws and helped reinforce many of the prejudices held by whites.

    23. Your answer:
    separation
    integration
    equality
    all of the above

  23. _____________gained the right to vote and began to have power in Virginia's government.

    24. Your answer:
    Women
    Children
    African American men
    Only rich people

  24. ___________is the unfair treatment of people by others.

    25. Your answer:
    Integration
    Segregation
    Civil Rights
    Discrimination

  25. To avoid integration, some schools ___________.

    26. Your answer:
    were built
    opened
    were destroyed
    closed

  26. The _____________policy of Virginia's government was established to "resist" the integration of public schools.

    27. Your answer:
    Jim Crow Laws
    Civil Rights Movement
    Massive Resistence
    all of the above

  27. What were all the public schools ordered to do, including those in Virginia?

    28. Your answer:
    Segregate
    Close
    Integrate
    Open

  28. What did the U.S. Supreme Court rule in the 1954 ruling of Brown vs. Board of Education? "Separate but equal" public schools were _________.

    29. Your answer:
    fair
    unconstitutional
    worthwhile
    legal

  29. _____________ is the full equality of all races in the use of public facilities.

    30. Your answer:
    Segregation
    Discrimination
    Integration
    Proclamation

  30. _____________is the abolishment of racial segregation.

    31. Your answer:
    Prejudice
    Desegregation
    Integration
    Discrimination

  31. What is the separation of people, usually based on race or religion, called?

    32. Your answer:
    Segregation
    Prejudice
    Discrimination
    Integration

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