Virginia History SOL Review

Question 1

Who was a military leader who created an economic plan to ensure world peace?

Accepted Answer

George C. Marshall

Question 2

What was the primary source of wealth for the VA colony?

Accepted Answer

agriculture

Question 3

Which directions in the U.S. did Virginians migrate after the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

western, southern

Question 4

What were effects of The King of England granting charters to the VA Co. of London?

Accepted Answer

the settlers had rights as citizens, Establish a settlement in North America

Question 5

Technological developments in transportation (roads, railroads, andstreetcars) did what?

Accepted Answer

helped cities grow

Question 6

What was the effect of the Bride Ship bringing women to the settlement in 1620?

Accepted Answer

A more permanent settlement due to new families.

Question 7

Who was known for their political leadership as VA governor and wanted freedom from England?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 8

The colonists contracted malaria where? Where did they move the capital because of it?

Accepted Answer

Jamestown, Williamsburg

Question 9

What people may have helped fight in the Civil War with people who kept them in bondage?

Accepted Answer

Freed African Americans

Question 10

Why did tobacco became the most profitable agricultural product?

Accepted Answer

It was sold in England

Question 11

Which events happened after John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry, VA?

Accepted Answer

The southern states seceded from the union, Lincoln became president of the US

Question 12

What would be a good title?The population was moving, more central location, safe from British

Accepted Answer

Moving the capital from Williamsburg to Richmond

Question 13

Which system allowed freedmen & poor white farmers land to rent and return crops?

Accepted Answer

sharecropping

Question 14

Which current state-recognized tribe is located in the Piedmont Region?

Accepted Answer

Monacan

Question 15

How was the diet of a colonist different from today's Virginia residents/citizens?

Accepted Answer

less food choices

Question 16

When and where did the Civil War end?

Accepted Answer

April 1865 at Appomattox Court House

Question 17

What would be a good title? contaminated water, unhealthy living conditions, frequent fires

Accepted Answer

Reasons to move the capital from Jamestown to Williamsburg

Question 18

Which is a fact about James Lafayette?

Accepted Answer

He served in the Continental Army during the war.

Question 19

Why did the colonists choose Jamestown as their site for settlement?

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 20

The term geography pertains to what?

Accepted Answer

land

Question 21

What were the two main foods did the colonists consume?

Accepted Answer

meat, produce- plant food

Question 22

Who surrendered to Ulysses Grant to end the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Robert E. Lee

Question 23

English settlers mainly traded what with the First Americans?

Accepted Answer

food

Question 24

What was the first land battle of the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Great Bridge

Question 25

How did Captain John Smith save the settlers from starvation?

Accepted Answer

forced work program

Question 26

What would a Colonial farmer do if he didn't have money for his agricultural supplies?

Accepted Answer

purchase using credit

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