Virginia's Interconnection and Diversity
This term describes an area related to the countryside, characterized by farms, open land, and fewer people.
Rural
This is the highest military recognition in the U.S., awarded to members of the armed forces for extraordinary bravery in combat at the risk of their own life.
Medal of Honor
Virginia is known by this nickname because eight United States presidents were born in the state.
What is Mother of Presidents?
This 1954 Supreme Court case declared that "separate but equal" schools were unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This is the term for a product or service that is sent from Virginia to another state or country to be sold.
What is an Export?
These "iron roads" were vital to Virginia's economy because they connected rural areas to markets and helped small towns grow into cities
Railroads.
The United States officially joined World War II only after this surprise military attack on a U.S. naval base in Hawaii on December 7, 1941.
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
This Virginian served as the 28th President of the United States and was a leader during World War I.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
This Virginian student led a school strike to protest poor conditions, which eventually helped lead to the Brown v. Board of Education case.
Who is Barbara Johns?
This branch of the Virginia state government is responsible for making laws and approving the state budget.
What is the Legislative Branch (or General Assembly)?
After Reconstruction, Virginia began a gradual transition from a rural, agricultural society to this type of society.
Urban or Industrial
These "War Gardens" were grown by citizens at home during wartime to help feed their families and save food for soldiers fighting overseas.
Victory Gardens
This Virginian was the 5th U.S. President and is famous for a "Doctrine" that warned European nations to stay out of the Americas.
James Monroe
This was the name of Virginia's policy to resist the integration of public schools, which included closing some schools entirely.
What is Massive Resistance?
Because Virginia has a highly skilled workforce and is close to Washington, D.C., many of these types of businesses are located in the state.
What are Technology and Information (or Federal/Service) industries?
This natural resource was discovered and mined in the Appalachian Plateau.
Coal
This system was created by the U.S. government to limit how much of certain goods people could buy so that supplies could be shared fairly.
This man became the 10th U.S. President after the death of William Henry Harrison, making him the first Vice President to succeed to the presidency.
John Tyler
In 1990, this man made history by becoming the first African American elected governor in the United States.
Who is L. Douglas Wilder?
These are the three main ways the Virginia state government gets the money it needs to provide public services.
What are Income taxes, Sales taxes, and Fees?
In the late 1800s, Virginia's economic growth was supported by these three specific factors along with railroads and waterways. Name one.
New Industries/jobs
expanding cities
Natural resources
What caused World War II?
Germany's invasion of Poland.
This Virginian was a career military officer and war hero from the Mexican-American War, before becoming the 12th U.S. President.
Zachary Taylor
Give one of the main goals of the Civil Rights Movement in Virginia.
What are voting rights, desegregation, and economic opportunity?
When Virginia's government decides to spend money on one service, like schools, it loses the chance to spend that same money on something else, like roads. This is known as what?.
What is an Opportunity Cost?