Virginia Studies Review

The General Assembly is made up of 2 parts, the Senate and ______________________?

• The House of Commons
• The House of Delegates
• The House of Lawmakers
• The House of Legislators

Why was Oliver Hill, Sr. important? 

• He was a governor.
• He was a tennis player.
• He was a Civil Rights lawyer.

Who was the governor known for the "pay-as-you-go" policy?

• Linwood Holton
• Harry F. Byrd, Sr. 
• Oliver Hill
• George C. Marshall

L. Douglas Wilder is famous for - 

• being the 1st African-American bank president
• creating a "pay-as-you-go" policy
• being the 1st African-American Governor in the US
• the "I have a dream" speech

Who led the Massive Resistance movement in VA?

• L. Douglas Wilder
• Harry F. Byrd, Sr.
• Maggie Walker
• Arthur Ashe, Jr.

Who was a 20th century President who created a plan for world peace?

• George C. Marshall
• Woodrow Wilson
• Linwood Holton
• Franklin Roosevelt

Which laws established segregation by race in all public places?

• Black Codes
• Discrimination Rules
• Jim Crow

The capital of the Confederacy was ____.

• Washington
• Williamsburg
• Richmond

Conflicts grew between the _____ counties of Virginia that relied on slavery and _____ counties that favored the abolition of slavery.

• northern, western
• eastern, western
• northern, southern

The Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia who defeated Union troops in a battle at Fredericksburg, Virginia in 1862 was General ________.

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Stonewall Jackson

• Robert E. Lee