Virginia Studies SOL 9 Review

Who was governor of Virginia, promoted racial equality and appointed more African Americans and women to positions

• Maggie L. Walker

• Harry F. Byrd, Sr.

• Oliver W. Hill, Sr.

• Linwood Holton, Jr.

Who was governor of Virginia, was known for a “pay-as-you-go” policy for road improvements, and he modernized Virginia state government.

• Maggie L. Walker

• Harry F. Byrd, Sr.

• Oliver W. Hill, Sr.

• Linwood Holton, Jr.

Who was the first African American woman in the United States to establish a bank and become a bank president.

• Maggie L. Walker

• Harry F. Byrd, Sr.

• Oliver W. Hill, Sr.

• Rosa Parks

Who was the first African American winner of a major men’s tennis singles championship. He was also an author and eloquent spokesperson for social change.

• Maggie L. Walker

• Harry F. Byrd, Sr.

• Arthur R. Ashe, Jr.

• Rosa Parks

Who was a lawyer and civil rights leader who worked for equal rights of African Americans. He played a key role in the Brown v. Board of Education decision.

• Maggie L. Walker

• Harry F. Byrd, Sr.

• Oliver W. Hill, Sr.

• Linwood Holton, Jr.

As a result of the Civil Rights Movement laws were passed that--

• gave immigrants the right to work

• made racial discrimination illegal

• gave women the right to vote

• made child labor illegal

During the early 20th century, farmers would have most likely begun selling their farmland because--

• crop prices increased

• crop prices decreased

• methods of farming remained the same

• the demand for agriculture products were low

What was the New Deal?

• established in 1865 by Congress to help millions of former black slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the Civil War.

• an unwritten deal, informally arranged among U.S. Congressmen, that settled the intensely disputed 1876 presidential election.

• a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt

• a type of farming in which families rent small plots of land from a landowner in return for a portion of their crop, to be given to the landowner at the end of each year.