VS.9 20th & 21st Century Virginia

Jim Crow laws established __________ by race in all public places.

• integration
• segregation
• desegregation

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

• A. Linwood Holton
• L. Douglas Wilder
• Harry F. Byrd
• Oliver W. Hill

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

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

• railroads

• buses

• trucks

• airplanes

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

Full equality of all races in the use of public facilities (bring everyone together) is known as:

• integration

• discrimination

• congregation

• none of the above

In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court (Brown vs. Board of Education) ruled that "separate but equal" schools were _________________________.

• crowded

• dirty

• unconstitutional

• only in southern states

The policy of Massive Resistance ________________, and all schools were ordered to integrate.

• passed

• stayed the same

• decreased

• failed