VS.9c,d Desegregation & Massive Resistance

Many southern states including Virginia, passed laws to enforce segregation. Segregation is:

• a right given to all citizens

• the separation of people, based on race or religion

• full equality of races and religion

• an unfair difference in the treatment of people

Many people wanted to abolish or end segregation. This is called:

• integration

• separation

• desegregation

• discrimination

The court case Brown v. Board of Education made segregation in schools unconstitutional. This forced schools to:

• integrate

• repopulate

• relocate

• segregate

Equal rights given to all citizens by the United States Constitution are called:

• legal rights

• human rights

• unalienable rights

• civil rights

Virginia's government established a policy of Massive Resistance. This fought to:

• resist integration

• resist segregation

• resist conflict

• resist separation

The Massive Resistance Movement was led by:

• Oliver W. Hill, Sr.

• Harry F. Byrd, Sr.

• A. Linwood Holton, Jr.

• Arthur R. Ashe, Jr.

Oliver W. Hill, Sr. was a lawyer and a civil rights leader that fought for:

• massive resistance

• the "pay as you go" policy

• equal rights for African Americans

• a plan for peace

Arthur R. Ashe, Jr. was the first African American winner of:

• a major men's tennis singles championship

• an Olympic gold medal

• a major league baseball winning

• a NCAA championship

Over time, African Americans regained many civil rights and were elected to public offices. L. Douglas Wilder became the first:

• African American president of the United States

• African American golfer

• African American millionaire

• African American governor in the United States

Linwood Holton, Jr. supported school integration, and appointed more African Americans and women to:

• jobs in America

• places of power

• factory businesses

• positions in state government