Virginia Studies SOL Review 2

British Parliament believed it

had the right to _____ the

colonies.

• help

• tax

• defend

• fight

The purpose of the

Underground Railroad was

to—

• help settlers cross the

  Cumberland Gap

• help trade with the

  Powhatan

• sell tobacco to the

  North

• sneak slaves to freedom

Which Virginian is known as

the “Father of the

Constitution”?

• Jack Jouett

• George Washington

• James Madison

• George Mason

Which of the following is a

reason the capital of Virginia

was moved from

Williamsburg to Richmond?

• the population was

  moving westward.

• fires destroyed buildings.

• contaminated drinking

  water

• unhealthy living

  conditions

Which of the following is

NOT considered a cultural

landscape?

• barns

• homes

• churches

• roads

In Jamestown, the site the

settlers chose to live on was

marshy, so it made—

• the water safe to drink.

• the amount of animals for

  hunting smaller.

• planting crops difficult.

• colonists give up and go

  back to England.

The conflict between the

eastern and western

counties of Virginia over

slavery resulted in:

• the Declaration of

  Independence

• creation of West

  Virginia

• the capture of John

  Brown

Which Confederate general

played a major role at the

first battle of Bull Run?

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Thomas “Stonewall”

  Jackson

• George Washington

Which Civil War general

surrendered at Appomattox

Court House in April 1865?

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• George Washington

• Lord Cornwallis

During the Civil War, most

free African Americans

supported the ________

because they felt their

limited rights would be best

supported.

• Union

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• Confederacy