VA Studies: Quiz #7

After Reconstruction, what law were passed by southern states that established segregation and made it difficult for African Americans to vote?

• Bill of Rights

• Civil Rights

• Freedman's Laws

• Jim Crow Laws

What was the name of the government agency that provided food, schools, and medical care for free slaves and others in VA?

• Freedman's Bureau

• Jim Crow Laws

• Legislative Branch

• Reconstruction

What form of transportation was the key to the expansion of business, agriculture, and industry?

• cars

• horses

• planes

• railroads

What did the U.S. Supreme Court rule in the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education case?

• Separate but equal PRIVATE schools were constitutional.

• Separate but equal PRIVATE schools were unconstitutional.

• Separate but equal PUBLIC schools were constitutional.

• Separate but equal PUBLIC schools were unconstitutional.

In the 20th century, what caused Virginia's cities to grow?

• People moved from the north to the south.

• People moved from rural to urban areas.

• People moved from the south to the north.

• People moved from urban to rural areas.

Mining of coal became a source of livelihood for residents of southwest VA in what county?

• Richmond

• Tazewell

• Williamsburg

• Yorktown

What word is used to name an unfair difference in the treatment of people?

• Desegregation

• Discrimination

• Segregation

• Reconstruction

What was the system in which freedmen and poor white farmers rented land and promised to pay the landowner with a share of the crop?

• Farming

• Cropping

• Sharecropping

• Slavery

What word is used to name the separation of people, usually based on race or religion?

• Desegregation

• Discrimination

• Segregation

• Reconstruction

What is the term for equality of people of all races in the use of public facilities?

• Desegregation

• Discrimination

• Integration

• Segregation