Virginia Studies Review

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

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

African American and white children attended the same schools.

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

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

Virginia's legislative branch is called the _____.

What did they call citizens sent to the Virginia Assembly?

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

What is a crop grown to sell for money?

What was the first major battle of the Civil War?

Which city name reflects the American Indian culture?

Which part of the United States had an agricultural economy?

Who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?

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

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

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

Who was the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army?

Which part of the United States had an industrialized economy?

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

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

All Virginians supported the Revolutionary War.

Where was the end of the Civil War in 1865?

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

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

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

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

Africans volunteered to come to Jamestown and work.

The General Assembly is Virginia's Judicial branch.

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

Who initiated trading relationships with the Powhatans?

Who served in the Continental Army against the British?

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

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

Fredericksburg is located along this river.

Which geographic region has old, rounded mountains?

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?

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

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

The states that seceded from the country formed the ___.

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

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

Which geographic region is the source of many rivers?

Who is the Father of the Constitution?

Which geographic region has rolling hills?

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

Where did the British surrender, ending the Revolutionary War?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Which city has NOT been a capitol of Virginia?

Some slaves fought for Britain because they were promised what?

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

The _______ were members of the Algonquian language group.

Some schools closed to avoid segregation.

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

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

During the Revolutionary War who took on more responsibility?

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

Where was the Capitol of the Confederacy?

Th place name Richmond reflects which culture?

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

What crop was hard on the soil?

The movement against desegregation was called _______.

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

_____ was the first elected legislative body in Virginia.

Who financed the Jamestown settlement?

A good or service owed to another is _____.

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

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

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

In which two regions did the English primarily settle?

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

During reconstruction ____ had no value

Who led the revolt against plantation owners in Virginia?

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

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

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

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

Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights?

What are people who campaigned to end slavery called?

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

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

Virginia's government is broken into ___ branches.

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

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

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

The governor is head of the _____ branch

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

Who was allowed to vote during Reconstruction?

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

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

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