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