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What does segregation mean?
The separation of races.
What does desegregation mean?
Abolishment of racial segregation
What does integration mean?
Full equality of all races in the use of public facilities
Who is the head of Virginia's executive branch?
The Governor
What is the Appalachian Plateau product and industry?
Coal and Coal mining
The first African American woman to own a bank and also supported the suffrage movement.
Maggie L. Walker
What did African American men demand after reconstruction?
Equal treatment
It legalized segregation and discrimination
What did Jim Crow Laws create?
What is the legislative branch of government?
General Assembly
What are the Blue Ridge Mountains product and industries?
Apples, Recreation, and Farming
What caused Virginia cities to grow?
1. People moved from rural to urban areas 2. Technological developments in in transportation, roads, railroads, and streetcars 3. Coal mining
1961
When did Barbara Johns lead a student strike in Farmville, Virginia?
What are the main products of the Coastal Plain?
Seafood and Peanuts
What does the executive branch do?
Makes sure that state laws are carried out
Which court case did Oliver W. Hill Sr. in?
Brown vs. the board of Education
Why did Virginia change from an agricultural to an industrial society?
1. Old systems of faming were not effective 2. Crop prices were low.
What are the main products and industry of the Valley and Ridge?
Farming, Apples, and Poultry
What are three different types of transportation systems in Virginia?
Highways, Railroads, and Air Transportation
"School Segregation Banned" what was the movement that opposed this? Who was this lead by?
Massive Resistance Movement Lead by Harry F. Byrd Sr.
Why did people move from an rural to an urban communities?
For better farm land and new opportunities
What does the judicial branch of government do?
Decides cases about people accused of breaking the law and whether or not a law agrees with Virginia's constitution and is the court system
What are the Piedmont's products and industry?
Tobacco products, Information technology, Federal and state government, Farming, Horse Industry
What is a major part of Virginia economy?
The Service Industry
Military
Ship Building
Federal Government