WorksheetsVA 20th Century Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
____ means an agricultural community, usually out in the countryside.
Urban
Industrialized
Mechanized
Rural
_________ means a busy city, where people live close to each other.
Urban
Industrialized
Mechanized
Rural
20th Century Virginia shifted from a ________ to a _________ economy.
Urban, rural
Rural, urban
Agricultural, industrialized
Industrialized, agricultural
__________________ lead to improvements in farming, such as the tractor.
Jim Crow laws
Mechanization
Railroads
Urban communities
Which of the following is a reason someone would move from a rural community to an urban community in 20th century Virginia? (You may choose more than one)
Job opportunities
Technological developments
Railroads
Low crop prices
Which transportation development completely changed the economy of 20th century Virginia?
Tractors
Factories
Streetcars
Railroads
Northern Virginia experienced job growth in which area?
Computer technology
Federal or government jobs
Farming
Factory work
Which industry in the Tidewater region expanded greatly in the 20th century?
Federal or government jobs
Wildlife exploration
Computer technology
Coal mining
In 1920, the United States Constitution was amended for what reason?
Abolishing slavery
Giving Black men the right to vote
Giving women the right to vote
Making freed African Americans legal United States citizens
________ _________ was a famous Virginian who promoted women's suffrage.
Susan B Anthony
Ida B. Wells
Belva Lockwood
Maggie L. Walker
The ________ _________ was a huge economic depression lasting from 1929-1939.
New Deal
Great Improvement
Civil Rights Movement
Great Depression
During the Great Depression, many Virginians lost their..... (you may choose more than one!)
Homes
Jobs
Farms
Businesses
Franklin D. Roosevelt established the ______ _______ to help bring the country out of the Great Depression.
Civil Rights Movement
United Nations
New Deal
22nd Amendment
The New Deal provided _____ and ______ to help the economy recover from the Great Depression.
jobs, programs
employment, money
education, housing
medicine, shelter
Which of these words means the full equality of people of all races in public facilities?
Segregation
Discrimination
Integration
Desegregation
Which of these words means the legal end of racial segregation?
Discrimination
Desegregation
Integration
Industrialization
Barbara Johns' student walkout in Farmville, Virginia, lead to which court case?
Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson
Davis v. Prince Edward
Loving v. Virginia
The United States Supreme Court ruled in 1954 in the case Brown v. Board of Education that....
African Americans had the legal right to be United States citizens
It was unconstitutional for public schools to be segregated
Segregation in public places like restaurants was illegal
Women had the right to vote
Harry F. Byrd led a policy of _______ _______ against the desegregation of Virginia public schools.
Civil Rights
Separate but Equal
integration
Massive Resistance
In order to avoid desegregation, some schools....
Closed
Built separate schools for African Americans
Stayed open
Sued the Supreme Court
Which of the following Virginians was a lawyer who argued in Brown v. Board of Education?
Maggie L. Walker
Oliver W. Hill
A. Linwood Holton
Arthur Ashe
Which of the following Virginians was the first African American to be elected as a state governor?
Oliver W. Hill
A. Linwood Holton
Harry F. Byrd
L. Douglas Wilder
Which of the following Virginians was a spokesperson for social change, and the first African American to win a men's tennis championship?
Arthur Ashe
A. Linwood Holton
L. Douglas Wilder
Woodrow Wilson
A. Linwood Holton was known for:
A "Pay as You Go" policy to develop Virginia's roads
Being the first African American elected to a state governor position
promoting racial equality and appointing African Americans and women to state government positions
Arguing as a lawyer in Brown v. Board of Education
Who was the first African American woman to open and become president of a bank?
Harriet Tubman
Mary Bowser
Maggie L. Walker
Clara Barton
