African Americans 1
African Americans 2
20th Century
Permanent Settlements 1
Permanent Settlers 2
100
Legally established segregation like separate drinking fountains
Jim Crow Laws
100
He was an author and tennis player who fought for social justice
Arthur Ashe
100
The period of harsh economics conditions globally was called the _____________
Great Depression
100
Why did the English settle along the James River?
it had a good water supply, they could easily defend it from enemies, the dock their ships at the shore
100
Life for the settlers was hard. What hardships did the settlers face?
drought, starvation, lack of drinking water, lack of skills and disease
200
African Americans were prevented from voting through__________
poll taxes
voting tests
200
First African American woman who started a bank and became a bank president.
Maggie L. Walker
200
The New Deal was designed to help the great depresion issues including ___________, _________, __________, ____________
unemployment, abandoneed farms, lost homes, closed businesses
200
The British hoped the American colonies could provide what back in England?
raw materials
200
At first, the Native Americans and settlers traded goods and the Natives helped the settlers survive by teaching them how to plant corn and tobacco. This changed and eventually the Natives saw the English as what?
invaders
300
What term means unfair differences in the treatment of people.
discrimination
300
Virginia lawmakers closed schools because they refused to integrate black and white students. This was called what?
Massive Resistance
300
This court case made seperate but equal schools unconstitutional
Brown vs. Board of Education
300
When settlers first arrived, Jamestown was on a peninsula, but today it is located on a what?
island
300
What items did the English and Natives trade?
tools, food, and leather
400
African Americans who found freedom with the Union army worked as
laborers
Union soldiers
400
After African Americans fought alongside whites in World War II, they demanded what?
fair and equal treatment
400
The civil rights movement made what illegal?
racial discrimination
400
What was the name of the company that granted the first charter to the settlement?
Virginia Company of London
400
Where is Jamestown located on the map?
2: Near the James River
500
Federal laws that required the capture and return of runaway enslaved people
Fugative Slave Laws
500
First African American Governor of a state
L. Douglas Wilder
500
Because of the New Deal
the federal government began taking on a bigger role in the lives of people in Virginia
500
The General Assembly in 1619 consisted of what 3 parts?
Governor, House of Burgess, and the Governor's Council
500
The first Africans who were forced into slavery came from which area
B: Southwest African