Famous People 1
Bad Times
Changes in VA
Extra
VA Systems
100
She was the first African American woman to become bank president in the U.S
Maggie Walker
100
The abolishment of racial segregation is called
desegregation
100
Virginia moved from an agricultural to _________ society in the 20th and 21st century
industrial
100
This U.S Supreme Court case ruled that "separate but equal" is unconstitutional
Brown vs. Board of Education
100
What is bartering
trading/exchanging services without the use of money
200
Who is Harry Byrd
He came up with the "Pay as You Go" program to improve roads and was a governor
200
The separation of people based on race or religion is called what
segregation
200
Virginians moved from a rural to _________ area for economic opportunities
urban
200
Massive Resistance fought to ____________ integration of public schools
resist
200
Africans settled in what two regions of Virginia
Piedmont Coastal Plain
300
He was the first African American to win a major men's tennis championship
Arthur Ashe
300
An unfair difference in the treatment of people is called
discrimination
300
What was key to expansion of businesses, agriculture, and industry
railroads
300
This military leader created an economic plan to ensure world peace
George C. Marshall's
300
Germans and Scots-Irish settled in what areas in Virginia that has a migration route
Shenandoah Valley
400
This governor of Virginia promoted racial equality
A. Linwood Holton
400
These laws established segregation or separation of the races and reinforced prejudices by whites
Jim Crow Laws
400
After the Civil War, how did Virginia's economy grow?
technology, transportation, and cities
400
This system was for freedman and poor white farmers so that they could rent land and promised to pay it back by sharing crops.
sharecropping
400
What document made it that all people are created equal to have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Declaration of Independence
500
He was the first African American governor in the U.S
Douglas Wilder
500
Name some of the effects of Jim Crow Laws
separate schools, restaurants, voting test, couldn't hold public offices
500
Coal deposits were discovered in what county in Virginia
Tazewell County
500
This government agency provided food, schools, and medical care for freed African Americans.
The Freedmen's Bureau
500
The culture of Colonial Virginia was based off what three groups
Europeans, Africans, and American Indians
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