Virginia History

Mrs. Castleberry & Mrs. Seger

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  1. The first permanent English settlement in America was Jamestown, founded in 1607 as a(n)_____.

    2. Your answer:
    country
    economic venture
    Royal colony
    state

  2. The Virginia colony was subject to the laws of what country?

    3. Your answer:
    Germany
    England
    France
    Spain

  3. Where did the (financing) money come from to set up the colony of Jamestown?

    4. Your answer:
    stockholders of the Virginia Company of London
    settlers that founded Jamestown
    John Smith
    the King of England

  4. The English colonists faced many hardships in Jamestown. The land was marshy, the drinking water was not fresh, and the settlers _____.

    5. Your answer:
    ran out of trinkets to trade with the Indians
    had little time to write home to loved ones
    were afraid of attack by the Spanish
    did not have the skills they needed to take care of themselves

  5. What helped the settlers survive at Jamestown?

    6. Your answer:
    They bought horses from the Indians.
    The forced work program and strong leadership of John Smith.
    The Spanish sent supply ships.
    The found gold.

  6. The Powhatan people traded food, furs, and leather with the English in exchange for ____.

    7. Your answer:
    tools, pots, guns, and other goods
    pots, guns, and tobacco seeds
    tools, pots, and silver
    guns, pots, and trinkets

  7. The Powhatans introduced new crops to the English, including _____.

    8. Your answer:
    potatos and tobacco
    corn and tobacco
    tobacco and pumpkins
    corn and tomatoes

  8. The western farmers' rebellion against the colonial governor in 1676 was called ______.

    9. Your answer:
    Bacon's Rebellion
    Nat Turner's Rebellion
    Revolutionary War
    French and Indian War (Seven Years War)

  9. Who said, "Give me liberty or give me death.....?"

    10. Your answer:
    Thomas Jefferson
    Patrick Henry
    George Washington
    George Mason

  10. Who was the Commander-in-Chief of the First Continental Army and the first President of the United States?

    11. Your answer:
    George Washington
    George Washington Carver
    George Mason
    George Wythe

  11. Patriots fought for independence while ____ remained loyal to England.

    12. Your answer:
    independents
    women
    loyalists
    Burgesses

  12. Who kept detailed notes during the Constitutional Convention and was known as the "Father of the Constitution?"

    13. Your answer:
    James Madison
    Thomas Jefferson
    George Mason
    James Monroe

  13. ______ was a slave from Virginia who served in the Continental Army as a spy and was given his freedom after the Revolutionary War.

    14. Your answer:
    James Armistead Lafayette
    Nat Turner
    Benjamin Banneker
    George Wythe

  14. The last major battle of the Revolutionary War was fought at ____.

    15. Your answer:
    Yorktown
    Richmond
    Petersburg
    Charlottesville

  15. ______ provided strong leadership needed to help America thrive and provided a model of leadership for future presidents. He is called the "Father of Our Country."

    16. Your answer:
    James Madison
    George Washington
    Thomas Jeferson
    George Madison

  16. Economic differences between the North and the South led to conflicts which caused the South to _____ from the United States.

    17. Your answer:
    secede
    declare no taxation wthout representation
    send delegates to France
    petition for large grants of land

  17. While the economy of the South was agricultural and relied on slave labor, the North's economy was ____.

    18. Your answer:
    cotton
    coal mining
    tobacco
    industrialized

  18. People who opposed slavery were called ____.

    19. Your answer:
    abolitionists
    patriots
    traditionalists
    conformists

  19. _____ led a revolt against plantation owners in Virginia.

    20. Your answer:
    George Washinton
    John Brown
    James Bacon
    Nat Turner

  20. ______ established a secret route that escaped slaves took which became known as the "Underground Railroad."

    21. Your answer:
    Harriet Tubman
    Henry Lee Jackson
    John Brown
    Nat Turner

  21. _____, an abolitionist, let the raid on the federal arsental at Harper's Ferry in 1859. He was trying to start a slave rebellion.

    22. Your answer:
    John Brown
    James Bacon
    Stonewall Jackson
    Nat Turner

  22. Conflict grew between the eastern counties of Virginia that relied on slavery and the western counties that favored the abolition of slavery leading to the formation of ____.

    23. Your answer:
    The "Underground Railroad"
    The Confederate States of America
    West Virginia
    a new country

  23. The North wanted all new states to be free states while the South wanted all new states to be _____.

    24. Your answer:
    part of the Union
    in the Confederacy
    slave states
    free states

  24. What Virginia city became the "Capital of the Confederacy?"

    25. Your answer:
    Petersburg
    Richmond
    Roanoke
    Lynchburg

  25. The first battle of the Civil War fought in Virginia was known as _____.

    26. Your answer:
    Gettysburg
    Manassas (Bull Run)
    Siege of Petersburg
    Shiloh

  26. Who commanded the Confederate forces?

    27. Your answer:
    Stonewall Jackson
    Ulysses S. Grant
    George Washington
    Robert E. Lee

  27. What Confederate general earned his nickname at the Battle of Bull Run?

    28. Your answer:
    Jackson
    Grant
    Meade
    Lee

  28. The Civil War ended at _______, Virginia where (Confederate) General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to (Union) General Ulysses S. Grant in April, 1865.

    29. Your answer:
    Manassas Court House
    Appomattox Court House
    Richmond
    Petersburg

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