| A | B |
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| George C. Marshall | A military leader who created an economic plan to ensure world peace. |
| Woodrow Wilson | A U.S. president who at the end of World War I wrote a plan that he hoped would achieve world peace. |
| A. Linwood Holton | governor of Virginia from 1970-1974;promoted racial equality, appointing more African Americans to positions in the state government. |
| L. Douglas Wilder | the first African American to be elected state governor |
| Arthur R. Ashe, Jr. | a great African American tennis player;a supporter of equal rights and social change (improving society) |
| Maggie L. Walker | the first African American woman in the U.S. to to become a bank president |
| Harry F. Byrd, Sr. | Virginia Senator who led the Massive Resistance Movement against the integration of Public Schools. |
| Massive Resistance Movement | movement to stop school integration |
| Laws passed during the Civil Rights Movement | made racial discrimination illegal |
| Brown vs. Board of Education | Supreme Court ruling that "separate but equal" schools were unconstitutional. |
| Federal Jobs | brought growth to Northern Virginia |
| Segregation | seperation of people, usually based on race or religion |
| Desegregation | abolishment (ending) of segregation (separation of races) |
| Integration | full equality of all races in the use of public facilities |
| 20th Century Agriculture | old systems were no longer effective; low crop prices |
| Growth of American Cities | people moved from rural to urban for economic oportunities; Technological developments like roads, railroads, and streetcars helped cities grow;Coal Mining grew Virginia towns and cities. |
| Computer Technology | Caused growth in Northern Virginia and the Coast Plain (Tidewater) region of Virginia |
| Discrimination | treating people unfairly because they are different. |
