Modern Virginia

Who was the lawyer who assisted in the Brown v Board of Education court case?

• Woodrow Wilson
• Oliver W. Hill
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• A. Linwood Holton

Who was the first African American to win a major men's tennis tournament?

• Oliver W. Hill
• L. Douglas Wilder
• James Lafayette
• Arthur Ashe

Who was a military leader during World War II?

• George Mason
• Robert E. Lee
• George C. Marshall
• L. Douglas Wilder

Who created a plan for world peace after World War I?

• Woodrow Wilson
• George C. Marshall
• A. Linwood Holton
• L. Douglas Wilder

Who created an economic plan to help Europe after World War II?

• James Madison
• George C. Marshall
• A. Linwood Holton
• Robert E. Lee

Which governor of Virginia appointed many African Americans to important government positions?

• Woodrow Wilson
• A. Linwood Holton
• Harry F. Byrd, Sr.
• George Mason

Who was the first African American governor of Virginia?

• A. Linwood Holton
• James Lafayette
• George C. Marshall
• L. Douglas Wilder

Who was a spokesperson for social change after he experienced segregation on the tennis courts in Richmond?

• A. Linwood Holton
• Robert E. Lee
• Arthur Ashe
• Oliver W. Hill

Who helped modernize Virginia state government while he was Governor of Virginia?

• Oliver W. Hill
• A. Linwood Holton
• Harry F. Byrd, Sr.
• Arthur Ashe

Who was the first African American woman to be a bank president?

• Harriet Tubman
• Maggie L. Walker
• Dolley Madison
• Susan B. Anthony