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1
Which famous Virginian earned the title "Father of the Constitution?
James Madison
George Washington
George Mason
Thomas Jefferson
2
John Brown led a raid on the United States Armory at-
Yorktown
Manassas
Cumberland Gap
Harper's Ferry
3
What was the most profitable cash crop the colonists exported to England?
wheat
lumber
corn
tobacco
4
A sign was hanging up that read "HELP WANTED: WHITE ONLY" this is an example of-
integration
discrimination
equality
Constitutional law
5
What is sharecropping?
Families grow crops together
Each person that worked the fields gets a share of the crop
Farmers pay rent with a share of the crops
Farmers split the money from the sale of cash crops
6
What was the key to the expansion of business and the growth of cities after Reconstruction?
shipping industry
railroads
tobacco farming
sharecropping
7
What region of VA is a source for many rivers?
Piedmont
Appalachian Plateau
Blue Ridge Mountains
Coastal Plain (Tidewater)
8
The government of Virginia is divided into how many branches?
3
2
5
4
9
The eastern and western counties of Virginia disagreed over-
the location of the capital
the issue of slavery
selling goods to Northern factories
a non-Virginian as President
10
Trading or exchanging of goods and services without the use of money is called-
barter
debt
swapping
saving
11
What lawyer and civil rights leader played an important role in the Brown v. Board of Edu?
Martin Luther King Jr
Oliver Hill
Arthur Ashe
L. Douglas Wilder
12
Slavery was not popular in the northern part of the US because-
Northerners preferred to use indentured servants
it was too cold to grow tobacco
Northern farms were very small
it was mostly filled with factories and small businesses
13
Maggie L. Walker was the fist African American woman to become a-
governor
bank president
tennis champion
doctor
14
John Smith began a forced work program of?
tobacco farming
road building
ship building
agriculture
15
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson played an important role at what early Civil War battle?
First Bull Run
Richmond
Fredericksburg
Hampton Roads
16
One reason the settlers chose the site of Jamestown to build their settlement was-
there was already a fort and settlement established
the water along the shore was deep enough for ships to dock
they followed the king's strict orders on where to build
the native peoples were friendly
17
What area of the Coastal Plain was explored and surveyed by George Washington?
Virginia Beach
Assateague Island
Dismal Swamp
Eastern Shore
18
After the Revolution, why did so many Virginia farmers move west and to the deep South?
Tobacco farming ruined much of the soil
The weather was much cooler there
Slavery was still legal in the South
There were more factory jobs available
19
What were Patrick Henry's inspiring and famous words that rallied people towards independence?
"Join or die!"
"Sic sempter tyrannis!"
"...give me liberty or give me death?"
"Separate we fall, together we stand"
20
What is one reason why Jamestown settlers died of starvation and disease?
The American Indians refused to help the settlers in any way
Many new diseases were introduced to the settlers by the AI
England refused to send any medical supplies to the settlers
The settlers did not have the skills necessary to provide
21
Virginia's American Indians are referred to as-
Mid-Atlantic Indians
Virginia Tree Indians
Eastern Woodland Indians
Southern Forest Indians
22
What American Indian language was primarily spoken by the Monacan?
Powhatan
Algonquian
Siouan
Iroquoian
23
The Rappahannock River is which river down from the north?
2nd
3rd
4th
1st
24
Virginia has had three capitals, Jamestown, Williamsburg, and -
Yorktown
Manassas
Richmond
Alexandria
25
England hoped that an American colony would-
provide American Indian slaves
increase its wealth and power
quickly gain their independence
provide it with a bigger army
26
Who was the first elected African American governor in the United States?
Arthur Ashe
L. Douglas Wilder
Harry F. Byrd
A. Linwood Holton
27
What large Indian town was the headquarters for Powhatan in 1607?
Roanoke
Werowocomoco
Chickahominy Falls
Massanutten
28
Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy, was captured by-
Robert E. Lee
"Stonewall" Jackson
Ulysses S. Grant
Confederate soldiers
29
The Civil War ended at-
Appomattox Court House
Harper's Ferry
Williamsburg
Yorktown
30
What large body of water borders the Eastern Shore to the east?
James River
Atlantic Ocean
Chesapeake Bay
Pacific Ocean
31
In which region did the Germans and Scots-Irish primarily settle?
Piedmont
Valley and Ridge
Appalachian plateau
Blue Ridge Mountains
32
What battle brought an end to the American Revolution?
Bull Run
Great Bridge
Yorktown
Fredericksburg
33
The Valley and Ridge Region includes the-
capital of Virginia
Mountain Plateau
Great Valley of Virginia
Eastern Shore
34
The first elected legislative body in the English America was the-
Parliament
House of Representatives
General Assembly
House of Burgesses
35
What did U.S. Supreme Court rule in the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education?
All private schools had to integrate
Boys and girls were not allowed to attend the same schools
"Jim Crow" laws were constitutional
"Separate but equal" public schools were unconstitutional