Virginia Studies Review

The _______ were members of the Algonquian language group.

In which two regions did the English primarily settle?

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

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

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

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

What was the first major battle of the Civil War?

Some schools closed to avoid segregation.

Who was allowed to vote during Reconstruction?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Who is the Father of the Constitution?

Virginia's legislative branch is called the _____.

A good or service owed to another is _____.

Who financed the Jamestown settlement?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

During the Revolutionary War who took on more responsibility?

What is a crop grown to sell for money?

Some slaves fought for Britain because they were promised what?

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

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

The governor is head of the _____ branch

Which part of the United States had an agricultural economy?

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

What are people who campaigned to end slavery called?

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

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

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

Who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?

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

The General Assembly is Virginia's Judicial branch.

Which part of the United States had an industrialized economy?

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

Where did the British surrender, ending the Revolutionary War?

Where was the Capitol of the Confederacy?

Which city has NOT been a capitol of Virginia?

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

Who led the revolt against plantation owners in Virginia?

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

Who served in the Continental Army against the British?

Africans volunteered to come to Jamestown and work.

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

Where was the end of the Civil War in 1865?

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

Fredericksburg is located along this river.

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

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

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

The movement against desegregation was called _______.

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

All Virginians supported the Revolutionary War.

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

What did they call citizens sent to the Virginia Assembly?

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

Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights?

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

Which city name reflects the American Indian culture?

Which geographic region has old, rounded mountains?

_____ was the first elected legislative body in Virginia.

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

Virginia's government is broken into ___ branches.

African American and white children attended the same schools.

Who was the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army?

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

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

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

What crop was hard on the soil?

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

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

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

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

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

The states that seceded from the country formed the ___.

Who initiated trading relationships with the Powhatans?

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

Which geographic region has rolling hills?

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

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

During reconstruction ____ had no value

Which geographic region is the source of many rivers?

Th place name Richmond reflects which culture?

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