20th Century VA Studies

Northern Virginia and the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) region have grown due to ______.

• coal production

• tobacco farming

• computer technology

• fabric manufacturing

During the twentieth century and beyond, Virginia changed from a rural and agricultural society to a more ______ society.

• urban and industrialized

• farming and country

• hunting and gathering

• gardening and ranching

What was a solution to the hardships Virginians faced during the Great Depression?

• Massive Resistance

• Women's Suffrage

• New Deal programs

• Brown v Board of Education

What was the period of harsh economic conditions worldwide during the 1930s called?

• New Deal

• Massive Resistance

• Great Depression

• Civil Rights Movement

Who is described in the list?

• Oliver W. Hill, Sr.

• Harry F. Byrd, Sr.

• L. Linwood Holton, Jr.

• L. Douglas Wilder

Virginia's lawmakers fought against integration by closing schools. This policy was called ______.

• desegregation

• the Civil Rights Movement

• equality

• Massive Resistance

What statements replace the question marks to complete the graphic organizer?

• Shortage of mechanization for farming

• Technological developments in transportation

• High crop prices

• Coal mining

Who was the first African American to be elected a state governor in the United States?

• Thurgood Marshall

• L. Douglas Wilder

• Arthur R. Ashe, Jr.

• A. Linwood Holton, Jr.

In Brown v. Board of Education, the United States Supreme Court ruled that "separate but equal schools" were ______.

• legal

• constitutional

• unconstitutional

• able to be determined by states

Which African American author, tennis player, and spokesperson for social change is represented in the monument above?

• Oliver W. Hill, Sr.

• Maggie L. Walker

• L. Douglas Wilder

• Arthur R. Ashe, Jr.