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What did mechanization and improvements in transportation change?
Bonus: What is an example of mechanization
Farming
Bonus: Tractor
Northern VA grew in the 20th century because of what type of jobs?
Federal jobs
Which African American leader from VA supported equal rights for women?
Maggie L. Walker
Who led a student strike against segregation?
Bonus: What year did it happen?
Barbara Johns
Bonus: 1951
As governor, what were 2 positive things Harry F. Byrd did?
1. The "pay-as-you-go" policy for road improvements
2. Modernized state government
Where were people from rural areas moving to?
Urban areas
What caused Northern VA and the Coastal plain to grow in modern VA?
Bonus: What is another name for the coastal plain region?
Computer technology
Bonus: Tidewater
What did the federal government establish during the Great Depression?
New Deal Programs
What did the US Supreme Court rule in Brown v. Board of Education?
Bonus: What year did this happen?
"Separate but equal" schools were unconstitutional
Bonus: 1954
What was the "pay-as-you-go" policy for?
Road improvements
Why were people moving from rural to urban areas?
Economic opportunities
What did women get the right to do in 1920?
Bonus: What is the vocab word that means the right to vote?
The right to vote
Bonus: Suffrage
What was the purpose of the New Deal programs?
To provide employment and ease problems
What did Virginia's government do to avoid desegregation? What did some schools do to avoid segregation?
Bonus: Who led the Massive Resistance movement against desegregation of public schools?
Established a policy of Massive Resistance, closed
Bonus: Harry F. Byrd
Who was the first African American woman in the US to establish a bank and become a bank president?
Maggie L. Walker
The mining of what spurred the growth of VA?
Bonus: What region was this happening in?
coal
Bonus: Appalachian Plateau
What has caused VA's population to become increasingly diverse?
People moving from other states and countries
What word means to separate people based on race or religion?
Bonus: What words means to treat people differently because of their race or religion?
Segregation
Bonus: Discrimination
Which lawyer and civil rights leader worked for equal rights of African Americans?
Bonus: What case did he work on?
Oliver W. Hill
Bonus: Brown v. Board of Education
Who appointed more African Americans and women to state government positions than previous governors?
Bonus: What did they promote as governor?
A. Linwood Holton
Bonus: Racial equality
What did technological developments in transportation help with?
Bonus: What are some examples of technological developments in transportation?
They helped cities grow
Bonus: roads, railroads, streetcars
What was the period of harsh economic conditions worldwide called?
Bonus: When did this take place?
The Great Depression
Bonus: 1930s
What word means the legal end of segregation? Which word means full equality of people of all races in the use of public facilities?
Desegregation and integration
Who was the first African American winner of a major men's tennis singles championship?
Bonus: Other than tennis, what else is this person known for?
Arthur R. Ashe
Bonus: He was an author and spokesperson for social change
Who was the first African American to be elected a state governor in the US?
L. Douglas Wilder