Civil Rights, 20th Century and 21st Century Race #6

Question 1

As a result of the Civil Rights Movement, laws were passed that made what illegal?

Accepted Answer

Racial Discrimination

Question 2

Due to low crop prices and ineffective systems of farming, VA changed from......

Accepted Answer

an agricultural to an industrial society

Question 3

What is the unfair difference in the treatment of people called?

Accepted Answer

discrimination

Question 4

After World War II, African Americans demanded equal treatment and rights as what?

Accepted Answer

American citizens

Question 5

Jim Crow laws negatively affected African Americans and who?

Accepted Answer

Native Americans

Question 6

Who is known as the governor that created the "pay as you go" policy for road improvements?

Accepted Answer

Harry F. Byrd

Question 7

After the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Ed. ruling, schools had to....

Accepted Answer

desegregate

Question 8

VA governor that promoted racial equality by appointing women and A. Americans to state jobs?

Accepted Answer

A. Linwood Holton

Question 9

Techological developments helped cities grow and people moved from rural to urban areas for?

Accepted Answer

Economic Opportunities

Question 10

Who was the first African American winner of a major tennis singles championship?

Accepted Answer

Arthur Ashe

Question 11

What is the separation of people, usually based on race or religion called?

Accepted Answer

Segregation

Question 12

Harry F. Byrd's policy to resist the integration of public schools was called....

Accepted Answer

Massive Resistance

Question 13

What is the full equality of all races in the use of public facilities called?

Accepted Answer

integration

Question 14

Lawyer who worked for equal rights and played a role in Brown vs. Board of Ed?

Accepted Answer

Oliver W. Hill, Sr.

Question 15

What caused Northern VA and the Tidewater Region to grow?

Accepted Answer

computer technology

Question 16

Some schools closed to avoid integration, but the Massive Resistance policy eventally did what?

Accepted Answer

failed

Question 17

What did they do to drinking fountains, restrooms, restaurants, and schools?

Accepted Answer

separated African Americans and Whites

Question 18

1954 Supreme Court case that ruled "separate, but equal" public schools were illegal was ...

Accepted Answer

Brown vs. the Board of Education

Question 19

What does VA use to move raw materials to factories and finished products to markets?

Accepted Answer

VA's transportation systems

Question 20

What Appalachian Plateau industry spurred the growth of VA towns and cities?

Accepted Answer

Coal

Question 21

What two things made it difficult for African Americans to vote or hold office?

Accepted Answer

Poll Tax and Literacy Test

Question 22

What is the abolishment of racial segregation called?

Accepted Answer

desegregation

Question 23

Virginia has a large number of what two industries?

Accepted Answer

communication and technology

Question 24

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

Accepted Answer

L. Douglas Wilder

Question 25

Who was the military leader who created an economic plan to ensure world peace?

Accepted Answer

George C. Marshall

Question 26

Who was a 20th century President who wrote a peace plan for world peace?

Accepted Answer

Woodrow Wilson

Question 27

Who was the first African American women to established and become a bank President?

Accepted Answer

Maggie Lena Walker

Question 28

What are the laws called that established segregation or the separation of the races ?

Accepted Answer

Jim Crow Laws

Question 29

During Reconstruction, A. Americans began to have power in VA's government; who could vote?

Accepted Answer

Men of All Races

Civil Rights, 20th Century and 21st Century Race #6

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