Virginias Changes
Virginia changed from _________ society to __________ economy.
What is rural, urban?
Virginia's governor that led a resistance against integration.
Who is Harry Byrd Sr.?
The separation of people based on race.
What is segregation?
This is the first African American Governor in the United States and Virginia
Who is Douglas L. Wilder?
Three branches of Virginia's government.
What are Executive, Legislative and Judicial?
The two things that caused agriculture to change
What are low crop prices and old systems were no longer effective
The Virginia government policy that tried to prevent the integration of public school: It failed and Virginia's public schools were integrated.
What is Massive Resistance?
The abolishment of racial segregation.
What is desegregation?
The first African American woman bank president in the United States.
Who is Maggie Lena Walker?
Two parts of the General Assembly.
What are the Senate and the House of Delegates (Burgesses)?
Four technological developments that helped Virginia to grow.
What are transportation, roads, railroads and streetcars?
the abolishment of racial segregation
What is desegregation?
Describes the full equality of all races in the use of public facilities.
What is integration?
Was the first African American winner of a major men's tennis championship, an author, and an eloquent spokesperson for social change.
Who is Arthur R. Ashe, Jr?
The role of the Legislative Branch.
What is to make laws?
New industries like ___________ encouraged the growth of towns
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling of 1954 that stated that "separate but equal" public schools were unconstitutional.
What is "Brown vs. Board of Education"?
A city.
What is urban?
Led the Massive Resistance Movement against the integration of public schools.
Who is Harry R. Byrd Sr.?
The role of the Executive Branch (Governor).
What is to carry out laws?
The Tidewater region grew because of _________ jobs. The Northern Virginia area grew because of ____________ jobs and ____________ government jobs.
What are computer technology, computer technology, federal?
This war resulted in the Civil Rights movement
What is World War II?
In the country or agricultural.
What is rural?
A Virginia governor known for modernizing Virginia government and making needed road improvements using a "Pay as You Go" system.
Who is Harry R. Byrd Sr.?
The role of the Judicial Branch.
What is to make sure laws are constitutional and decide cases about people breaking the law?