Branches of Government
The number of Branches in Virginia's Government.
What is 3?
The unfair separation of people based on race and/or religion.
What is segregation?
What happened during the "Reconstruction" period?
What is rebuild?
Coal & Coal Mining.
What is the Appalachian Plateau?
I was the 1st woman to become a bank president. Who am I?
Who is Maggie Lena Walker?
This branch consists of judges who determine if laws agree with the Virginia State Constitution.
What is the Judicial Branch?
The unfair difference in the treatment of people.
What is discrimination?
This government agency helped freed African Americans and others in Virginia by providing different services. (Name the agency and the services it provided).
What is the Freedman's Bureau? (They provided food, education, and medical care).
Farming, Recreation, and Apples.
What is the Blue Ridge Mountains?
I was a Civil Rights Lawyer who fought in court to end school segregation. Who am I?
Who is Oliver W. Hill?
This branch is split into two parts and is in charge of writing Virginia's Laws. (Name the two parts and the branch).
What is the Legislative Branch? (Senate & House of Delegates).
I implemented a policy to resist the integration of schools. Who am I and what was the policy called?
Who is Harry F. Byrd and what is Massive Resistance?
Freedmen and poor white farmers rented land from the owners and paid the owner with a share of the crops.
What is sharecropping?
Shipbuilding, Tourism, Military Bases, Peanuts, and Seafood.
What is the Coastal Plain/Tidewater Region?
I was the first African American tennis player to win a championship and fought for equality for everyone. Who am I?
Who is Arthur Ashe?
This branch consists of the Governor and is responsible for enforcing the laws of Virginia?
What is the Executive Branch?
People moved from rural/agricultural areas to urban/industrial areas for these.
What are economic opportunities?
What were the 5 main needs of freed African Americans?
What is housing, education, clothing, food, and jobs?
Poultry, Beef, and Dairy.
What is the Valley and Ridge Region?
I was the first African American to be elected Governor in the United States? Who am I?
Who is L. Douglass Wilder?
This is another name for the Legislative Branch in Virginia and consists of this many Senators and Delegates.
What is the General Assembly? (40 senators & 100 delegates)
Unfair taxes, voting tests, difficulty holding public office, and attending separate schools. These are all examples of what?
What are Jim Crow Laws?
What were 3 facts about Virginia's economy after the Civil War?
What is money had no value, banks were closed, and railroads, bridges, plantations, and crops were destroyed?
Farming, Horse Industry, Federal & State Government, Tobacco Products, and Information Technology.
What is the Piedmont Region?
As Governor, I appointed the most African Americans and Women to Government positions. Who am I?
Who is A. Linwood Holton?