VS 9 - 20th and 21st Century

This high school student led a student strike against segregation.

• Maggie L. Walker

• Oliver W. Hill, Sr.

• Barbara Johns

• L. Douglas Wilder

During the early twenty-first century, the Tidewater region grew due to computer technology.

• True

• False

The first African American winner of a men's tennis singles championship was...

• Oliver Hill

• Arthur Ashe

• L. Douglas Wilder

• Barbara Johns

This person was known for his "pay as you go" policy.

• Oliver Hill

• A. Linwood Holton

• Maggie Walker

• Harry F Byrd Sr.

L. Douglas Wilder was the first African American to be elected a state governor in the US.

• True

• False

Who played a key role in the Brown v. Board of Education decision?

• Arthur Ashe

• Oliver Hill

• Linwood Holton

• Maggie Walker

First African American woman in the US to start a bank...

• Maggie Walker

• Barbara Johns

Linwood Holton gave more women and African Americans state government jobs than any prior governor.

• False

• True

In an urban area, you would likely see...

• people farming

• streets lined with factories

• cattle in fields

• open land with houses spaced far apart

The 19th amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920.

• True

• False