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*All public schools were ordered to desegregate.
*Virginia's government established a policy of Massive Resistance, which fought to "resist" the integration of public schools.
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What happened last?
A. Some schools closed.
B. Schools started teaching Spanish.
C. Black schools allowed white students to come
D. Schools got more money.
Some schools were closed
Based on Brown v. Board of Education, which policy that was enforced by some public school
systems was ruled unconstitutional?
A. Allowing prayer
B. Allowing only women to teach
C. Overcrowding classrooms
D. Practicing segregation
Practicing Segregation
What question would someone most likely ask in an interview with L. Douglas Wilder?
A. What role did you play in the U.S. Supreme Court Case, Brown vs. Board of Education?
B. How does it feel to be the first African American governor of Virginia?
C. How many hours did you train in order to win a tennis championship?
D. Where did you get the idea for the "Pay As You Go" policy for road improvements?
How does it feel to be the first African American governor of Virginia?
FARM --> CITIES
This diagram most likely suggests that most Virginians in the twentieth century moved from —
A. rural to urban areas
B. heavily populated cities to less populated cities
C. less populated cities to heavily populated cities
D. urban to rural areas
rural to urban
Deep sea fishing is most common in which Virginia region?
A. Appalachian Plateau
B. Blue Ridge Mountains
C. Coastal Plains
D. Valley and Ridge
Coastal Plain
Read the description.
Was the first African American to be elected a state governor in the United States
What individual is being described?
A. L. Douglas Wilder
B. Harry F. Byrd, Sr.
C. Arthur R. Ashe, Jr.
D. A. Linwood Holton, Jr.
L. Douglas Wilder
What was the name of the high school student from Farmville, Virginia who led a student strike
against segregation in 1951?
A. Oliver Hill
B. Harry Byrd
C. Barbara Johns
D. Maggie Walker
Barbara Johns
Read the description.
Shawna, an African American female, wanted to be hired for a position in Virginia's state government.
Under which Virginia governor would she have had the best chance of being hired?
A. Patrick Henry
B. A. Linwood Holton, Jr.
C. L. Douglas Wilder
D. Harry F. Byrd, Sr.
A. Linwood Holton Jr.
What question would a reporter most likely ask during an interview with Arthur R. Ashe, Jr.?
A. Where did you get the idea for the "Pay As You Go" policy for road improvements?
B. How does it feel to be the first African American to win a men's tennis championship?
C. Is your greatest accomplishment in life becoming the first African American governor of
Virginia?
D. When did you decide that you wanted to become a bank president?
How does it feel to be the first African American to win a men's tennis championship?
Read the sentence.
The governor heads the _______ of the state government.
What branch of government replaces the blank in the sentence?
A. presidential branch
B. executive branch
C. legislative branch
D. judicial branch
executive branch
In the late twentieth century and the early twenty-first century, Northern Virginia and the
Coastal Plain region have grown due to —
A. agriculture
B. computer technology
C. coal mining
D. the military
Computer technology
What was the result of the 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education?
A. that all public schools, including those in Virginia, were ordered to desegregate
B. some public schools were ordered to integrate
C. all public schools, except those in Virginia, were ordered to desegregate
D. all public schools were allowed to stay segregated
that all public schools, including those in Virginia, were ordered to desegregate
In 1954 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that —
A. “separate but equal” public schools were unconstitutional
B. “separate but equal” public schools were unconstitutional only in the north
C. only elementary schools were “separate but equal”
D. all schools should be “separate but equal”
“separate but equal” public schools were unconstitutional
Complete the analogy. “Pay As You Go” is to Harry F. Byrd, Sr.as Brown v. Board of Education
is to —
A. Oliver W. Hill, Sr.
B. L. Douglas Wilder
C. Arthur R. Ashe, Jr.
D. Maggie L. Walker
Oliver W. Hill, Sr.
Which of the following are the two parts of the General Assembly?
A. The Supreme Court and The Senate
B. The Governor and The Supreme Court
C. The House of Delegates and The Senate
D. The House of Delegates and The Governor
The House of Delegates and The Senate
The United States Constitution was amended in 1920 to give ____________ the right to vote.
A. men
B. Native Americans
C. women
D. African Americans
women
Who was the 20th century president who wrote a plan for world peace during World War I?
A. Woodrow Wilson
B. Franklin D. Roosevelt
C. George C. Marshall
D. Thomas Jefferson
Woodrow Wilson
Who led the Massive Resistance Movement?
A. Harry F. Byrd, Sr.
B. Jim Crow
C. U.S. Supreme Court
D. Woodrow Wilson
Harry F. Byrd, Sr.
Which two areas of Virginia have grown in the 20th century due to computer technology?
A. Northern Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains
B. Southern Virginia, Coastal Plain (Tidewater)
C. Northern Virginia, Coastal Plain (Tidewater)
D. Southwestern Virginia, Appalachian Plateau
Northern Virginia, Coastal Plain (Tidewater)
Which of the following are industries on the Chesapeake Bay?
A. Fishing
B. Crabbing
C. Coal mining
D. Shipbuilding
fishing, crabbing, and shipbuilding
*Many people lost their jobs
*Many people lost their homes and farms
Identify a title that best completes the table.
A. Effects of World War II on Virginians
B. Effects of Reconstruction on Virginians
C. Effects of the Great Depression on Virginians
D. Effects of World War I on Virginians
Effects of the Great Depression on Virginians
After World War II, African Americans began to demand _______________ treatment and
recognition of their rights as American citizens.
A. equal
B. voting
C. unfair
D. unequal
equal
Improvements in which type of transportation method helped move coal across the state of
Virginia?
A. Trucks
B. Streetcars
C. Railroads
D. Ships
Railroads
*The United States Constitution was amended in 1920 to give women the right to vote.
*Maggie L. Walker was an African American leader from Virginia who supported equal rights for women.
Identify a title that best completes the diagram.
A. Reconstruction
B. The Great Depression
C. Women’s suffrage
D. Jim Crow Laws
Women's Suffrage
The branch of Virginia’s government that is responsible for making the laws is the —
A. legislative branch
B. governor's office
C. executive branch
D. judicial branch
legislative branch