VS9 VA in the 20th & 21st Century Review

Northern Virginia and the Coastal Plain have grown due to ____.

• coal mining

• computer technology

• tobacco farming

• fabric manufacturing

During the 20th century and beyond, Virginia changed from a rural and agricultural society to a more _____ society.

• urban and industrialized

• hunting and gathering

• farming and country

• gardening and ranching

Great Depression Issues: Unemployment, Abandoned Farms, Lost Homes, Closed Businesses

What was a solution to the hardships Virginians faced during the Great Depression?

• Massive Resistance

• Women's Suffrage

• New Deal Programs

• Brown v. Board of Education

What was the period of harsh economic conditions during the 1930s called?

• New Deal

• Civil Rights Movement

• Great Depression

• Massive Resistance

Lawyer, Civil Rights Leader, Worked for equal rights for African Americans, Played a key role in the Brown v. Board of Education court case

Who is described in this list?

• Oliver W. Hill Sr.

• Harry F. Byrd Sr.

• A. Linwood Holton Jr.

• L. Douglas Wilder

Virginia's lawmakers fought against integration by closing schools. This policy was called ______.

• desegregation

• Civil Rights Movement

• equality

• Massive Resistance

Which statements replace the question marks to complete the graphic organizer? Select ALL that apply.

• Shortage of mechanization for farming

• Technological developments for farming

• High crop prices

• Coal mining

Who was the first African American to be elected to serve as a governor in the United States?

• Thurgood Marshall

• L. Douglas Wilder

• Arthur Ashe

• A. Linwood Holton

With the New Deal, the _____ began to take on a much larger role in the daily lives of Virginians.

• the Constitution

• suffrage

• the Federal government

• urbanization

In Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court ruled that "separate but equal" schools were _______.

• legal

• constitutional

• unconstitutional

• able to be determined by the states