20th Century Virginia (VS 9a-c)

Virginia changed from a ____________, agricultural society to a more urban, industrial society.

• rural

• farming

• recreational

• country

Improvements in transportation changed farming, and crop prices were _________.

• high

• low

• the same

• increasing

People moved to urban areas for more ________________ opportunities

• shipbuilding

• expensive

• economic

• advanced

Changes in transportation, including roads, streetcars, and ______________ helped cities grow.

• railroads

• buses

• trucks

• airplanes

_________ ______________ also helped towns and cities grow. This was discovered in Tazewell County.

• Hunting animals

• dairy farms

• Ice fishing

• Coal mining

The number of federal jobs helped _________________ Virginia grow.

• Northern

• Southern

• Eastern

• Western

Computer technology has helped northern Virginia and the _______________ ______________ region grow.

• Piedmont

• Appalachian Plateau

• Blue Ridge

• Coastal Plain

Who was a 20th century president that wrote a plan to achieve world peace?

• Ulysses Grant

• Abraham Lincoln

• Woodrow Wilson

• Franklin Roosevelt

Who was a military leader that created an economic plan to help restore Europe after World War II?

• Robert E. Lee

• George Marshall

• Ben Franklin

• Thomas Jackson

The separation of people, usually based on race or religion is called:

• desegregation

• discrimination

• segregation

• integration