Modern Virginia

What caused Northern Virginia to experience growth in cities and towns?

• ports in Northern Virginia allowed people to ship goods overseas

• it was a railroad hub

• increase in federal government jobs

• shipbuilding became a large industry

What policy was created by Virginia's government to stop the desegregation of schools?

• Doctrine of Private Schools

• Pay As You Go

• Civil Rights Movement

• Massive Resistance

Equality of all races in the use of public facilities

• prejudice

• desegregation

• black codes

• racism

separation of people based on race

• desegregation

• segregation

• discrimination

• togetherness

Who was the leader of the Massive Resistance movement?

• Harry F. Byrd, Sr.

• L. Douglas Wilder

• Harry L. Lee

• Jim Crow

The U.S Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education ruled -

• all schools should be separated by race

• states had the right to separate their schools

• "separate but equal" was unconstitutional

• states could choose who was allowed to go to school

Who was the first African American to be elected the state governor?

• Linwood Holton, Jr.

• Harry F. Byrd, Sr.

• L. Douglas Wilder

• Oliver Hill

Arthur Ashe, Jr was -

• the first African American to win a men's tennis championship

• the first African American to run for senate

• the first African American to participate in the olympics

• the first African American that joined the Massive Resistance movement

Maggie L. Walker was famous for -

• being the first African American to be elected mayor of Virginia Beach

• becoming the first African American woman bank president

• being a civil rights leader

• being the first African American school teacher to get married

Which 20th century president created a plan for world peace?

• George W. Bush

• Woodrow Wilson

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Ronald Reagan