VS 9

As governor of Virginia from 1970-1974, A. Linwood Holton - 

• supported Senator Harry Byrd's policy of Massive Resistance
• promoted racial equality
• appointing more African Americans and women to positions in the state government
• was the first African American to be elected a state governor

As a result of the Civil Rights Movement, laws were passed that: 
 

• made racial discrimination illegal 
• made integration illegal 
• made it legal to have separate schools for African Americans, as long as they were just as good as the white schools

What was "Massive Resistance" intended to do? 
 

• Stop school segregation
• Stop school integration 
• Stop discrimination

The Massive Resistance Movement against the integration of public schools was led by 
 

• Virginia Senator Harry F. Byrd, Sr.
• Virginia Governor A. Linwood Holton, Jr.
• Bank President Maggie L. Walker 
• Virginia Governor L. Douglas Wilder

What policy fought to "resist" the integration of public schools?

• Civil Rights Movement
• Integration
• Massive Resistance
• 14 Points

Virginia economy changed from -

• agricultural to industrial
• urban to rural
• industrial to agricultural
• coal to farming

Virginia changed into an industrial society because...

• crop prices were low
• crop prices were high
• it changed from rural to urban
• federal jobs

Following the Civil War, Virginians needed to build better ________ due to the growth of cities and industries.

• trains
• railroads
• cars
• roads

What is the abolishment of racial segregation?

• integration
• segregation
• discrimination
• desegregation 

Who led the Massive Resistance Movement against the integration of public schools?

• George Marshall
• Harry F. Byrd
• Woodrow Wilson
• Linwood Holton