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The separation of races.
Segregation
Abolishment of racial segregation
Desegregation
Full equality of all races in the use of public facilities
Integration
What areas of Virginia experienced growth due to advancements in computer technology?
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.
Oliver W. Hill
This president had a plan for world peace after WW1 that created the League of Nations.
Woodrow Wilson
Period of harsh times in our country during the 1930's.
The Great Depression?
What military leader created a plan for world peace after WWll?
George C. Marshall
What industry spurred the growth of cities and towns in Southwest Virginia?
Coal Mining
Virginia governor who developed the "pay as you go program" and modernized state government.
Harry F. Byrd Sr.
During the 20th century Virginia change from being rural to being more _______________
Urban
The first African American woman to be a bank president
Maggie L. Walker
In what year did women gain the right to vote with the 19th amendment?
1920
A person's right to be treated fairly and say and write what they want.
Civil Rights
16 year old high school junior who led a strike against student segregation.
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.
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.
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.
A.Linwood Holton Jr.
An economic plan to ensure world peace written by George C. Marshall after WWll?
The Marshall Plan
This Virginia senator was a leader in the Massive Resistance movement.
Harry F. Byrd
These two jobs/industries spurred the growth of cities in Northern Virginia.
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.
Arthur Ashe?
First African American to be elected as a state governor in the United States.
L. Douglas Wilder
Government policy that fought the integration of public schools.
Massive Resistance