VS 9a-d/20th Century/Civil Rights

What was the reason that these two dark gray regions saw economic growth?

• computer technology

• coal mining

• agriculture

• logging

This photograph best represents a ___________ environment.

• suburban

• rural

• urban

• industrial

Many Virginians in the twentieth century moved from —

• apartments to houses

• suburban to urban

• urban to rural

• rural to urban

Technological developments in the following forms of transportation impacted the growth of Virginia cities EXCEPT —

• railroads

• streetcars

• airplanes

• roadways

An example of Desegregation is..

• when all students were allowed to go to school together

• when black and white children had to attend separate schools

• when someone thinks they are better because of their race

• being treated unfairly because of your race

After Virginia was ordered to integrate their schools in 1959, Virginia’s government resisted the integration. This was called —

• Reconstruction

• Jim Crow Laws

• Civil Rights

• Massive Resistance

This man is best know for...(Harry Byrd)

• being a bad president

• Supporting desegregation

• Leading the Massive Resistance movement

• integrating schools quickly

As a result of the Brown Vs. Board of Education Court case, Virginia public schools were required to —

• integrate

• segregate

• close

• discriminate

Chelsea, an African American woman, is looking for a government job.

Under which Virginia governor would she have had the best chance of being hired?

• Harry Byrd

• Thomas Jefferson

• Arthur Ashe

• Linwood Holton

All of the following WERE Virginia governors EXCEPT:

• Linwood Holton

• Douglas Wilder

• Oliver Hill

• Harry Byrd