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