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The separation of races.
What is segregation?
Abolishment of racial segregation
What does desegregation mean?
What areas of Virginia experienced growth due to advancements in computer technology?
What is Northern Virginia and Coastal Plain/Tidewater?
Lawyer and Civil Rights leader who worked for Civil Rights and played a key role in Brown vs. the Board of Education court case.
Who is Oliver W. Hill?
This president had a plan for world peace after WW1 that created the League of Nations.
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
Period of harsh times in our country during the 1930's.
What is the Great Depression?
What military leader created a plan for world peace after WWll?
Who is George C. Marshall?
What industry spurred the growth of cities and towns in Southwest Virginia?
What is coal mining?
Virginia governor who developed the "pay as you go program" and modernized state government.
Who is Harry F. Byrd?
What is urban?
The first African American woman to be a bank president
Who was Maggie L. Walker?
What is 1920?
A person's right to be treated fairly and say and write what they want.
What are Civil Rights?
16 year old high school junior who led a strike against student segregation.
Who is Barbara Johns?
What was the name of the court case about the integration of public schools in which Oliver W. Hill Sr. played a key role?
Brown vs. the Board of Education
Name two reasons that Virginia changed from a more agricultural society to a more urban one.
What is crop prices were low and technological advancements in machinery?
A series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms and regulations designed to help the country out during the Great Depression.
What is the New Deal?
Virginia Governor who promoted racial equality by appointing more African Americans and women to positions in state government than any previous ones.
Who is A.Linwood Holton Jr.
An economic plan to ensure world peace written by George C. Marshall after WWll?
What is the Marshall Plan?
This Virginia senator was a leader in the Massive Resistance movement.
Who is Harry F. Byrd?
These two jobs/industries spurred the growth of cities in Northern Virginia.
What is federal government jobs and computer technology?
First African American male tennis player to win the men's single tennis championship who was also a spokesperson for social change.
Who is Arthur Ashe?
First African American to be elected as a state governor in the United States.
Who is L. Douglas Wilder?
Government policy that fought the integration of public schools.
What is Massive Resistance?