Famous Virginians

Question 1

First African American to be elected a state senator.

Accepted Answer

L. Douglas Wilder

Question 2

Lawyer who helped win Brown v. Board of Education which made separate but equal unconstitutiona

Accepted Answer

Oliver Hill

Question 3

Governor of VA that appointed many black Virginians and women to government positions

Accepted Answer

A. Linwood Holton

Question 4

Led a revolt against plantation owners fighting for his freedom.

Accepted Answer

Nat Turner

Question 5

Confederate general who helped defeat the Union troops at the First Battle of Manassas.

Accepted Answer

Stonewall Jackson

Question 6

Virginia governor and US Senator that started "Massive Resistance" and "Pay as you Go" program

Accepted Answer

Harry F. Byrd

Question 7

Father of the Constitution and a skilled compromiser.

Accepted Answer

James Madison

Question 8

Spoke all over the world for racial equality and won several major men's tennis championships

Accepted Answer

Arthur Ashe

Question 9

He was a famous leader during and after WWII and helped keep Europe out of debt.

Accepted Answer

George C. Marshall

Question 10

Saved Thomas Jefferson and General Assembly members from the British.

Accepted Answer

Jack Jouett

Question 11

Slave that spied on the British for the Continental Army and earned his freedom

Accepted Answer

James Armistead Lafayette

Question 12

WWI President and created the League of Nations

Accepted Answer

Woodrow Wilson

Question 13

First African American bank president. Opened St. Luke's Penny Saving Bank.

Accepted Answer

Maggie Walker

Question 14

Led a raid on the US Armory at Harpers Ferry in hopes of starting a rebellion against slavery.

Accepted Answer

John Brown

Question 15

Initiated trading with the Powhatan and the forced work program in the Jamestown colony.

Accepted Answer

John Smith

Question 16

Wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights and would not sign the Constitution because of slavery

Accepted Answer

George Mason

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