20th & 21st century Flashcards
20th & 21st Century Unit (Vocab)
- What does desegregation mean?
To get rid of racial segregation (get rid of the separation)
20th & 21st Century Unit (Vocab)
- What does integration mean?
All races being fully equal and having use of all public facilities (like bathrooms, water fountains, ect…)
20th & 21st Century Unit (Vocab)
- What does discrimination mean?
An unfair difference in the treatment of people
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- What does unconstitutional mean?
Not following the rules of the constitution
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- What is Massive Resistance?
A group of people who are against integration (mixing all races)
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- What does transition mean?
To change
20th & 21st Century Unit (Vocab)
- What does effective mean?
useful
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- What does rural mean?
Country; not a lot of people
20th & 21st Century Unit (Vocab)
- What does urban mean?
City; a lot of people
20th & 21st Century Unit (Vocab)
- What does technological mean?
Using machinery and electronics
20th & 21st Century Unit (Vocab)
- What are streetcars?
A “train” that runs inside a city; it only has one part and runs on a track
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- What are economic opportunities?
Ways to make money; jobs
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- What are contributions?
Things you do that help others
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- What is a policy?
Like a law
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- What does modernized mean?
Made something into a new style or used a new way of thinking
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- What does eloquent mean?
Speaks well, uses many words with a lot of difficult vocabulary words
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- What are social changes?
Changes made in a community, state or country
20th & 21st Century Unit (Vocab)
- What does “Pay as You Go” mean?
Don’t borrow money, only build as much as you can pay for at that time
20th & 21st Century Unit
- Why did agriculture begin to change during the early 20th century?
Old systems of farming were no longer effective
Crop prices were low
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- Why did people move from rural to urban cities?
To find economic opportunities
20th & 21st Century Unit
- What caused Virginia’s cities to grow?
People moved from rural to urban areas
Technological developments in transportation (roads, railroads, streetcars)
Coal mining caused people to move to cities to find jobs