Module 8

People moved from rural to ________ areas for economic opportunities during the late twentieth century.

• urban

• riverside

• beachfront

• mountainous

Northern Virginia experienced growth due to____________. 

• Shipbuilding

• Tourism

• Government Jobs

• farming

In 1920, an amendment to the Constitution gave __________ the right to vote. 

• men

• women

• African Americans

• American Indians

Maggie L. Walker was an African American leader from Virginia who supported equal rights for women.

• True

• False

The court case Brown v. Board of Education made segregation in schools unconstitutional. This forced schools to___________.

• desegregate

• segregate

• relocate

• close

Virginia's government under Harry F. Byrd established a policy of Massive Resistance. This fought to_____________

• resist desegregation

• resist segregation

• resist relocation

• resist closing schools

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1954 (Brown v. Board of Education) that “separate but equal” public schools were____________.

Responses

• 
  

• constitutional

• unconstitutional

• legal

Arthur R. Ashe, Jr., was the first African American winner of_______________.

• major tennis championship

• olympic games

As governor of Virginia from 1970-1974, A. Linwood Holton______________.

• promoted racial equality, appointing more African Americans to positions in the state government

• was the first African American to be elected a state governor.

• supported Senator Harry Byrd's policy of Massive Resistance

L. Douglas Wilder was the first African American ______________. 

• elected president in the United States

• elected mayor in the United States

• elected governor in the United States