Virginia Studies Review: Reconstruction & 20th Century

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Question Board

Question A The separation of people based on race or religion is called: • Segregation • Discrimination • Integration • Prejudice Answer

Answer A The separation of people based on race or religion is called SEGREGATION (A). ZONK!

Question B The period following the Civil War when the north and the south had to come back together is called: • Revolution • Desegregation • Reconstruction • Massive Resistance Answer

Answer B The period following the Civil War when the north and the south had to come back together is called RECONSTRUCTION (C). ZONK!

Question C The practice where poor white farmers and freedman rented farmland from the landowner in exchange for a “share” of the harvest is called: • Urban • Sharecropping • Rural • Tobacco Answer

Answer C The practice where poor white farmers and freedman rented farmland from the landowner in exchange for a “share” of the harvest is called: • Sharecropping ZONK!

Question D The government agency that provided food, schools, and medical care for freed slaves in the south: • Senate • House of Representatives • Freedman’s Bureau • General Assembly Answer

Answer D The government agency that provided food, schools, and medical care for freed slaves in the south was called the FREEDMAN’S BUREAU (C). ZONK!

Question E Laws passed in the south to segregate African-Americans from whites: • Harry Byrd Laws • Poll tax • Soulja Boy • Jim Crow Laws Answer

Answer E Laws passed in the south to segregate African-Americans from whites were called JIM CROW LAWS (D). ZONK!

Question F A tax that had to be paid prior to a person voting: • Income tax • Sales tax • Poll tax • Property tax Answer

Answer F A tax that had to be paid prior to a person voting was called a POLL TAX (C). ZONK!

Question G THIS means that all races can use public facilities equally and there is no more segregation: • Segregation • Desegregation • Population • Integration Answer

Answer G THIS means that all races can use public facilities equally and there is no more segregation – INTEGRATION (D). ZONK!

Question H The movement that took place which called for all Virginians to fight against Integration of public schools: • The Massive Resistance • Jim Crow Laws • Civil Rights Movement • The Westward Movement Answer

Answer H The movement that took place which called for all Virginians to fight against Integration of public schools was called THE MASSIVE RESISTANCE (A). ZONK!

Question I An unfair difference in the treatment of people is called: • Prejudice • Discrimination • Segregation • Salutation Answer

Answer I An unfair difference in the treatment of people is called DISCRIMINATION (B). ZONK!

Question J The abolishment or ending of racial Segregation: • Integration • Prejudice • Desegregation • Manipulation Answer

Answer J The abolishment or ending of racial Segregation is called DESEGREGATION (C). ZONK!

Question K The first African American to be elected a state governor in the United States: • L. Douglas Wilder • Barack Obama • Harry F. Byrd, Sr. • Nat Turner Answer

Answer K The first African American to be elected a state governor in the United States was L. DOUGLAS WILDER (A). ZONK!

Question L She was the first African American woman to become a bank president in the United States: • Maggie Sylvester • Maggie Michaels • Maggie Moo • Maggie L. Walker Answer

Answer L She was the first African American woman to become a bank president in the United States – MAGGIE L. WALKER (D). ZONK!

Question M He was the 1st African American winner of a major men’s tennis championship: • Arthur Ashe • L. Douglas Wilder • Harry F. Byrd • James Lafayette Answer

Answer M ARTHUR ASHE (A) was the 1st African American winner of a major men’s tennis championship. ZONK!

Question N Governor of Virginia known for his “Pay As You Go” policy for road improvements: • Douglas L. Wilder • Arthur Ashe • Jim Crow • Harry F. Byrd Answer

Answer N The governor of Virginia known for his “Pay As You Go” policy for road improvements was HARRY F. BYRD (D). ZONK!

Question O After Reconstruction, Jim Crow laws were passed mainly in: • eastern states • western states • northern states • southern states Answer

Answer O After Reconstruction, Jim Crow laws were passed mainly in SOUTHERN STATES (D). ZONK!

Question P Who led Virginia’s Massive Resistance movement against the integration of public schools? • Harry F. Byrd, Sr. • Maggie L. Walker • Arthur R. Ashe, Jr. • L. Douglas Wilder Answer

Answer P HARRY F. BYRD, SR. • led Virginia’s Massive Resistance movement against the integration of public schools. ZONK!

Question Q After Reconstruction, many African Americans were stopped from voting by: • colonial rules • church laws • age limits • poll taxes Answer

Answer Q After Reconstruction, many African Americans were stopped from voting by POLL TAXES (D). ZONK!

Question R After Reconstruction, which industry most encouraged the growth of towns and cities throughout Virginia? • Shipbuilding • Railroad • Lumber • Steel Answer

Answer R After Reconstruction, the industry that most encouraged the growth of towns and cities throughout Virginia was RAILROADS (C). ZONK!

Question S In the 20th century, many farmers took jobs in industry because — • land prices dropped • weather conditions changed • insects ruined crops • crop prices dropped Answer

Answer S In the 20th century, many farmers took jobs in industry because CROP PRICES DROPPED (D). ZONK!

Question T What was the job of the Freedmen’s Bureau? • To give land to immigrants • To rebuild cities destroyed in the war • To provide food and medicine for former slaves D. To provide jobs and housing for Confederate soldiers Answer

Answer T The job of the Freedmen’s Bureau was TO PROVIDE FOOD AND MEDICINE TO FORMER SLAVES (C). ZONK!

Question U The case of Brown vs. Board of Education said: • All school would close • People are entitled to “life, liberty , and the pursuit of happiness • “Separate but equal” public schools are unconstitutional • The Board of Education won Answer

Answer U The case of Brown vs. Board of Education said: “SEPARATE BUT EQUAL” SCHOOLS ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL (C). ZONK!

Question V Many freedman had problems after the Civil War because: • Tobacco farming had ruined the soil • Indians were attacking them • They did not know how to read or write and could not find jobs • Sharecropping Answer

Answer V Many freedman had problems after the Civil War because THEY DID NOT KNOW HOW TO READ OR WRITE AND COULD NOT FIND JOBS (C). ZONK!

Question W African Americans gained power in Virginia’s government when: • Abraham Lincoln became president • African American men could vote • The schools were integrated • They worked on the railroads Answer

Answer W African Americans gained power in Virginia’s government when: AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN COULD VOTE (B). ZONK!

Question X Jim Crows laws segregated African Americans and whites in all of the following ways EXCEPT: • They had to pay a tax on newspaper, cards, and other printed materials • Poll taxes kept African Americans from voting • African American children and white children had to attend separate schools • African Americans were forced to use to eat in separate restaurants Answer

Virginia Studies Review: Reconstruction & 20th Century