VS.1 - Virginia Studies Skills

VS.1a/6b - The idea that all people should be able to worship as they please was expressed by Thomas Jefferson in the -

• Virginia Declaration of RIghts

• Constitution of the United States of America

• Declaration of Independence

• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom

VS.1h/9c - The Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case ruled that "separate, but equal" public schools were illegal. As a result, the public schools of Virginia were required to -

• segregate

• discriminate

• close

• integrate

VS.1b - What was were the results of the American victory at Yorktown?

• the British fled to the city of Norfolk

• the British army surrendered

• the battle marked the end of the war

• slaves in America gained their freedom

VS.1d/8a - Based on the diagram of economic activity above, what would most likely happen if a farmer were to grow less crops than expected?

• the land owner would decrease the amount of crops to be shared with them

• the farmer would not be able to pay off debts for that year

• the farmer would be able to make enough money to cover the loss of crops

• the land owner would pay off the farmer's debts

VS.1b/3g - Which of the following best completes the diagram?

• the British lower taxes

• the American Revolution begins

• conflict increases between English settlers and Native peoples

• public schools are built

VS.1i - According to this map, which of the following was the northernmost event to take place in Confederate territory?

• Anteitam

• Monitor & Merrimack

• Second Battle of Bull Run

• Battle at Chancellorsville

• Seven Days Battle

VS.1c/7a - West Virginia separated from Virginia because of a different opinion over -

• slavery

• religious beliefs

• coal mining

• trade

VS.1d/7a - Which picture best represents the economy of the southern states before and during the Civil War?

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VS.1f - Put these people in order, from earliest to most recent, based on their contributions to Virginia's history.

• 4,1,3,2

• 2,4,1,3

• 1,2,3,4

• 2,3,4,1

VS.1c/5a - Which statements below best apply to the shaded part of the diagram above?

• authority to govern belongs to the King

• have the right to tax colonists

• no taxation without representation

• authority to govern belongs to the people