VA Studies SOL Review 7

Which of the following people had the nickname "Father of the Constitution?"

• James Madison

• George Washington

• George Mason

• Patrick Henry

Which statement is a true difference between the General Assembly in the 1600s and that of today?

• Burgesses were appointed, not elected.

• Children age 12 and older could be elected.

• Only certain free adult men had a right to take part.

• There were three legislative bodies, not two.

Who was Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, and defeated the Union troops in a battle at Fredericksburg?

• Stonewall Jackson

• Robert E. Lee

• General Grant

• Abe Lincoln

When did African Americans first begin to have power in state government and gain the right to vote?

• when they first arrived in Jamestown

• when Abe Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclomation

• during the Reconstruction after the Civil War

• just after the American Revolution

Who was an important Virginia general who played a major role in the first Battle of Bull Run?

• J.E.B. Stuart

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jeff Davis

• Thomas Stonewall Jackson

Many battles were fought to protect Richmond. Near the end of the war, it fell to the North and was burned. What Union general accomplished this Southern defeat?

• Robert E. Lee

• Stonewall Jackson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Abraham Lincoln

Where was the migration route for the German and Scots-Irish settlers?

• Fall Line

• Shenandoah Valley

• James River

• Interstate Highway 956

After the Civil War, farm owners no longer had slaves or money to pay workers. They rented land to freedman and poor white farmers. Their "rent" was paid through a share of the crops they grew. What is this system of farming called?

• sharecropping

• crop rotation

• land reform

• share profiting

An important sea battle between two iron-clad ships, the Monitor (Union) and the Merrimack (Confederate) took place because---

• Lincoln needed more iron.

• sailors from both sides wanted to help in the fight

• the South needed supplies, but Lincoln used the navy to blockade their seaports

• the South had captured most of the North's sailors.

What does CLIMATE mean?

• physical surroundings

• weather an area has over a long period of time

• having four distinct seasons

• location