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| discrimination | The unfair difference in the treatment of people. |
| poll tax | A fee that voters must pay to vote. |
| segregation | eparation of blacks and whites |
| Jim Crow laws | Laws passed in the early 1900s that discriminated against African-Americans. |
| boycott | To refuse to buy, sell or use any goods as a protest. |
| Maggie Lena Walker | A woman who helped the African-American community. She was the first woman bank president in America. |
| Big Lick | The town in southwestern Virginia that became the city of Roanoke. Named for the large blocks of salt there that attracted deert to the area. |
| population map | A map that shows the number of people that live in different areas. |
| precipitation map | A map that shows the average amount of rain, snow and hail that falls in an area. |
| land-use map | A map that shows how people use the land to make their living. |
| World War I | The war fought between 1914 and 1918 in Europe. The United States joined Great Britain, France, Russia and others in fighting Germany, Austro-Hungary, Turkey and others. |
| Woodrow Wilson | President of the United States who asked congress to declare war after German submarines attacked American ships in 1917. |
| Great Depression | It happened in 1929 and lasted 10 years. Many people lost their jobs and were very poor. |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt | Elected President in 1932 he created a plan that helped to end the Great Depression. |
| the New Deal | President Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan that helped end the Great Depression. It was a plan to get businesses started again. It created jobs for people. |
| World War II | The war fought between 1939 and 1945. The United States joined Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union and others in fighting Germany, Japan, Italy and other countries. |
| integration | The bringing together of different people. The elimination of segregation. |
| prejudice | An unfair opinion that is formed without careful thought. |
| Harry Byrd | A United States Senator from Virginia who led the movement against integration |
| massive resistance | A large group of people working against something they think is wrong. |
| civil rights | The rights of all people to be treated equally under the law. |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. | Major civil rights leader of the 1950s and 1960s. |
| L. Douglas Wilder | Elected governor of Virginia in 1989. The first African-American governor of any state. |
