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| early 20th century agriculture |
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| old systems no longer effective and crop prices low |
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| having to do with the country |
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| having to do with the city |
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| the reason people moved from rural to urban areas to make money |
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| technological developments in roads, railroads, and streetcars helped cities grow |
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| encouraged the growth of towns and cities |
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| having to do with the United States |
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| experienced growth due to an increase in the number of federal government jobs |
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| the reason Northern Virginia and the Coastal Plain region have grown during the late 20th and early 21st centuries |
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| reasons people moved to Virginia |
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| jobs, freedoms, beauty, and quality of life |
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| U.S. president who wrote a plan for world peace |
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| military leader who created an economic plan to ensure world peace |
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| end of racial segregation |
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| full equality of people of all races in the use of public facilities and services |
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| Brown v. Board of Education |
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| 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that declared "separate but equal" public schools were unconstituional |
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| ordered to desegregate; some schools closed to avoid integration |
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| movement in which VA's government fought to resist the integration of public schools; policy failed and public schools were finally integerated |
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| governor of VA who modernized the state government; leader of the Massive Resistance; created "Pay As You Go" road improvement policy |
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| first African American woman in the U.S. to establish a bank and become a bank president |
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| lawyer and civil rights leader who worked for equal rights of African Americans; played a key role in the Brown v. Board of Education decision |
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| first African American winner of a major men's tennis singles championship; author and spokesperson for social change |
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| change in a way of living (society) |
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| governor of VA who promoted racial equality and appointed more African Americans and women to positions in state government than previous governors |
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| first African American state governor in the U.S. |
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