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Virginia Studies Standard 8
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The student will demonstrate knowledge of the reconstruction of Virginia following the Civil War by

a)     identifying the effects of Reconstruction on life in Virginia;

b)     identifying the effects of segregation and “Jim Crow” on life in Virginia;

c)     describing the importance of railroads, new industries, and the growth of cities to Virginia’s economic development.

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New Industries

Reconstruction Poster Set

These five posters detail the Reconstruction era, the Freedmen school and the lives of Virginians.

After the Civil War

This page, from Fredricksburg, offers links relating to such topics as the collapse of the confederacy, Jim Crow laws, African-Americans after the war and carpetbaggers.