Changing Virginia Review

How did agriculture begin to change in the early twentieth century?

• Families started growing their own food.

• Farming technology improved.

• Crops were imported from overseas.

• Crop prices increased by double.

Which of the following explains the growth of Virginia's cities in the twentieth century?

• People moved to the city for jobs.

• New developments in transportation

• Coal mining created jobs.

• All of the above.

Which of the following is a major product of the Appalachian Plateau region?

• Seafood

• Coal

• Tobacco

• Apples

What does rural mean?

• country

• city

• factories

• transportation

Coal became a source of livelihood for residents of-

• northeast VA

• northwest VA

• southwest VA

• southeast VA

How did Woodrow Wilson impact international events?

• He was elected president.

• He wrote a plan for world peace.

• He ended the war with Great Britain.

• He traveled all around the world.

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

• garden and ranching

The U.S. joined World War II after which event?

• Sinking of the Lusitania

• Battle of Paris

• Nazis invade France

• Attack on Pearl Harbor

Chose ways that Americans at home supported the war effort

• conserving and rationing resources

• working for the government

• victory gardens

• recycling scrap metal

• refusing to buy war bonds

One way that civilians in the homefront supported the war was by _______________, or buying small quantities of certain foods in order to conserve supplies.

• rationing

• War bonds

• Victory gardens

• Scrap metal drives