Virginia Studies Review 2: Who am I?

I am a period of world-wide harsh economic times. What am I?

• Suffrage Movement

• Great Depression

• Reconstruction

• Massive Resistance

As a Virginia Senator, I led the “Massive Resistance” movement to resist integrating schools.  Who am I?

• Harry F. Byrd, Sr.

• A. Linwood Holton

• L. Douglas Wilder

• Arthur Ashe, Jr.

I am a region with flat land.  There are two names for me.  What are the two names am I called?

• Tidewater

• Coastal Water

• Piedmont

• Coastal Plain

I am the Native American language that was spoken in southwestern and southern Virginia near what today is North Carolina.  Which language am I?

• Siouan

• Iroquoian

• Algonquian

I was the war between the United States and the Confederate States.  Which war am I?

• American Revolution

• War of 1812

• American Civil War

• World War I

 I am the branch of Virginia’s government that enforces the laws.   Which branch am I?

• Judicial

• Legislative

• Executive

I am in charge of the Executive Branch of Virginia. Who am I?

• Judges/Court System

• Governor

• Legislators

TEI

During the Depression many Virginians lost these. What am I?

• homes

• jobs

• farms

• businesses

• schools

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I am the crop that needed a lot of labor.   I was also used as a form  of money. I am a cash crop.  What crop am I?

• corn

• cotton

• squash

• tobacco

I am where abolitionists tried to steal weapons to arm enslaved people in 1859. Where am I?

• Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

• Appomattox Courthouse

• Harpers Ferry, Virginia

• Battle of Manassas