Virginia Studies Review

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

A good or service owed to another is _____.

During reconstruction ____ had no value

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

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

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

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

Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights?

Who was the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army?

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

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

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

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

_____ was the first elected legislative body in Virginia.

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

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

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

Which city name reflects the American Indian culture?

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

What is a crop grown to sell for money?

Who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Virginia's legislative branch is called the _____.

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

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

African American and white children attended the same schools.

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

Where was the Capitol of the Confederacy?

Which geographic region has old, rounded mountains?

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

Th place name Richmond reflects which culture?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Which geographic region has rolling hills?

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

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

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

Who is the Father of the Constitution?

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

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

What did they call citizens sent to the Virginia Assembly?

Who was allowed to vote during Reconstruction?

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

Africans volunteered to come to Jamestown and work.

Fredericksburg is located along this river.

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

The movement against desegregation was called _______.

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

Which part of the United States had an industrialized economy?

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

The states that seceded from the country formed the ___.

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

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

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

Some slaves fought for Britain because they were promised what?

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

Virginia's government is broken into ___ branches.

Which part of the United States had an agricultural economy?

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

What are people who campaigned to end slavery called?

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

In which two regions did the English primarily settle?

The General Assembly is Virginia's Judicial branch.

Who initiated trading relationships with the Powhatans?

The _______ were members of the Algonquian language group.

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

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

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

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

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

The governor is head of the _____ branch

What crop was hard on the soil?

What was the first major battle of the Civil War?

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

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

Who financed the Jamestown settlement?

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

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

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

Which geographic region is the source of many rivers?

During the Revolutionary War who took on more responsibility?

Some schools closed to avoid segregation.

Who served in the Continental Army against the British?

Who led the revolt against plantation owners in Virginia?

Which city has NOT been a capitol of Virginia?

Where was the end of the Civil War in 1865?

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

Where did the British surrender, ending the Revolutionary War?

All Virginians supported the Revolutionary War.

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