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VS.9 Modern Virginia Review
VS.9 Modern Virginia Review
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1
Which civil rights lawyer played a key role in the
Brown v. Board of Education
court case?
L. Douglas Wilder
Maggie L. Walker
Oliver W. Hill
A. Linwood Holton
2
Which 16-year-old Virginian led a student strike against segregation in 1951?
Barbara Johns
Harriet Tubman
Maggie Walker
Eleanor Roosevelt
3
Which African American leader from Virginia supported equal rights for women?
Maggie Walker
Nat Turner
Harry F. Byrd, Sr.
James Lafayette
4
Who was known as the "pay-as-you-go" governor and was responsible for improving roads in Va.?
Harry F. Byrd, Sr.
L. Douglas Wilder
Patrick Henry
A. Linwood Holton
5
Who was the first African American to win a major men's tennis championship?
Arthur R. Ashe, Jr.
James Lafayette
Nat Turner
L. Douglas Wilder
6
What was the Virginia government policy that prevented the integration of schools?
Jim Crow
Massive Resistance
Abolition
Desegregation
7
What did the U.S. Supreme Court rule in the Brown v. Board of Education case in 1954?
The Board of Education won.
People deserve life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
All schools would close.
Separate but equal public schools are unconstitutional.
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Who led a Massive Resistance movement against the integration of schools?
Woodrow Wilson
Harry F. Byrd, Sr.
L. Douglas Wilder
Arthur R. Ashe, Jr.
9
Which parts of Virginia grew in the l990s through today due to computer technology?
Appalachian Plateau and Blue Ridge Mountains
Northern Virginia and Appalachian Plateau
Tidewater and Northern Virginia
Valley and Ridge and Blue Ridge Mountains
10
What part of Virginia grew economically after World War II due to increases in federal jobs?
Northern Virginia
Eastern Shore
Blue Ridge Mountains
Appalachian Plateau
11
What is the
abolishment
of racial segregation?
desegregation
representation
Massive Resistance
integration
12
Who was the first African American elected governor in the U.S.?
Harriet Tubman
Arthur R. Ashe, Jr.
Nat Turner
L. Douglas Wilder
13
Which term describes the
full equality
of all races in use of public facilities?
segregation
integration
representation
desegregation
14
Which 20th century Virginia governor promoted more blacks and women to state government jobs?
A. Linwood Holton
L. Douglas Wilder
Oliver W. Hill
Harry F. Byrd, Sr.
15
What job did Maggie L. Walker hold?
delegate to the Virginia General Assembly
teacher
governor
bank president
16
What was the name of the programs Franklin Roosevelt designed to help end the Great Depression?
New Deal
Fair Deal
U. S. Constitution
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