Virginia Studies Review

After VA seceded, conflict between the Eastern and Western counties resulted in what new state?

Which geographic region is near the Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay?

The economy of Jamestown relied on ____ as the primary source of wealth.

Which part of the United States had an industrialized economy?

Name the person who inspired patriots when he said, "Give me liberty or give me death."

What is the period after the Civil War when laws were made to help rebuild the country called?

What language is primarily spoken in the coastal plain/tidewater region?

African men and women were captured by _____ from present day Angola and brought to Virginia.

Which geographic region has old, rounded mountains?

The General Assembly is Virginia's Judicial branch.

Who rode on horseback to warn Thomas Jefferson & General Assembly the British were coming.

Maggie Walker lead slaves on a secret escape route called the Underground Railroad.

Which document gave reasons for the colonies' independence and ideas for self government.

During Reconstruction, who began to have power in Virginia's government?

Who was elected president in 1860 which caused southern states to succeed?

Virginia's ____ branch decides whether or not a law agrees with Virginia's Constitution.

Which document states that all people should be free to worship as they please?

What helped expand businesses, agriculture, and industry during Reconstruction?

Who was the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army?

The governor is head of the _____ branch

Which geographic region has rolling hills?

What slave from Virginia served in the Continental Army and was then granted his freedom?

The arrival of Africans made it possible to expand which economy?

Who was a 20th century president who had a plan for world peace?

Which city name reflects the American Indian culture?

Parliament believed that the colonies should govern themselves when they settled in America.

In which two regions did the English primarily settle?

What crop was hard on the soil?

The movement against desegregation was called _______.

What did they call Virginians who remained devoted to Great Britain?

The separation of people usually based on race or religion is _____.

Who is the Father of the Constitution?

Large numbers of Virginians moved ____ and ____ to find better farmland.

2. What is the natural border between the Coastal Plain & Piedmont Regions? Hide answers

Laws that enforced separation of the races & reinforced prejudices held by whites were _____.

Virginia's legislative branch is called the _____.

Who created the "Pay As You Go" Policy and modernized Virginia's government?

Who felt their limited rights could best be protected by supporting the confederacy?

Who needed housing, education, clothing, food, and jobs, during Reconstruction?

All Virginians supported the Revolutionary War.

Virginia's _______ branch is responsible for making state laws.

Who was allowed to vote during Reconstruction?

England wanted to establish an American colony to increase their _______ and _______.

Which geographic region is the source of many rivers?

Virginia's _____ branch is responsible for making sure state laws are carried out.

What government agency provided food, education, and medical care to freed African Americans?

Which part of the United States had an agricultural economy?

He believed in have a constitution and kept detailed notes during the Constitutional Convention

_____ was the first elected legislative body in Virginia.

What are people who campaigned to end slavery called?

What did they call Virginians who did not take sides during the Revolutionary War?

African American and white children attended the same schools.

Th place name Richmond reflects which culture?

What was the first battle fought in Virginia during the American Revolution?

The _______ were members of the Algonquian language group.

During the Revolutionary War who took on more responsibility?

Some slaves fought for Britain because they were promised what?

Jamestown was located on a peninsula surrounded on three sides by the ____.

Africans volunteered to come to Jamestown and work.

Buying a good or service now and paying for it later is ____.

Who initiated trading relationships with the Powhatans?

Where was the Capitol of the Confederacy?

Who was the Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia and won the Battle of Fredericksburg?

____ is the trading of good and services without the use of money.

____ made it hard for African Americans to vote or hold office.

The two parts of the legislative branch are The Senate and the House of Delegates

What part of Virginia grew when they found coal deposits there?

What did they call citizens sent to the Virginia Assembly?

Who served in the Continental Army against the British?

Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights?

Which document became the basis for the Bill of Rights and the U.S. Constitution?

During reconstruction ____ had no value

During the 20th & 21st centuries, Northern VA has experienced growth due to the increase of ___

A good or service owed to another is _____.

Virginia's government is broken into ___ branches.

Who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?

The states that seceded from the country formed the ___.

Who was the first African American to be elected governor in the U.S.

Who led escaped slaves on a secret route called the Underground Railroad?

What body of water separates the Eastern Shore from the mainland of Virginia?

Who did the Confederacy rely on to raise crops and provide labor for the army?

Who led the revolt against plantation owners in Virginia?

Where did the British surrender, ending the Revolutionary War?

Which city has NOT been a capitol of Virginia?

What was the first major battle of the Civil War?

Where did the sea battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack take place?

The English did NOT trade ____ with the Powhatans in exchange for food, fur, and leather?

Which part of the United States wanted the western territories to be "free states"?

Fredericksburg is located along this river.

The Massive Resistance movement failed and Virginia public schools were integrated.

Some schools closed to avoid segregation.

What was a system of farming where freed men/poor white farmers rented land & paid with crops?

Who financed the Jamestown settlement?

1 reason Jamestown was chosen was the location could be easily defended by attacks from the ___

4. What may be described using terms that show connections between two places such as "Next To?

The site settlers chose to live on was _____ and lacked _____.

Where was the end of the Civil War in 1865?

Virginia's _____ branch makes decisions about people who break the law.

What is a crop grown to sell for money?

Who was a lawyer and civil rights leader who played a major role in Brown V. Board of Education