Worksheets4th Grade Social Studies People
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who inspired patriots from other colonies when he spoke out against the unfair British tax laws?
a)
George Washington
b)
Patrick Henry
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
James Madison
2.
Who took on more responsibility during the Revolutionary War?
a)
Women
b)
Men
c)
Soldiers
d)
King George III
3.
Who provided military leadership by serving as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
George Washington
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
4.
Who provided political leadership by expressing the reasons for colonial independence from England in the Declaration of Independence?
a)
George Mason
b)
James Madison
c)
Patrick Henry
d)
Thomas Jefferson
5.
What group was divided about the war? Some of these people fought for the English because they were promised freedom.
a)
African Americans
b)
Soldiers
c)
Women
d)
Dogs
6.
Who was an enslaved African American from Virginia who served in the Continental Army and successfully requested his freedom after the war?
a)
John Lafayette
b)
James Lafayette
c)
James Madison
d)
Harriet Tubman
7.
Who believed that their local assemblies had legal authority?
a)
Colonists
b)
British People
c)
Parliament
d)
George Washington
8.
Who believed they had the right to tax the colonies even though they were not represented?
a)
Colonists
b)
Parliament
c)
Slaves
d)
Women
9.
Who believed they should not be taxed because they had no representation in Parliament?
a)
Spanish
b)
Slaves
c)
Colonists
d)
Parliament
10.
Who believed it had legal authority in the colonies, while the colonists believed their local assemblies had legal authority?
a)
Parliament
b)
Spanish
c)
French
d)
Colonists
11.
Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
a)
James Madison
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
George Mason
12.
Who supported a secret route that escaped enslaved African Americans took? It became known as the "Underground Railroad."
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Phyllis Wheatley
c)
James Lafayette
d)
Martin Luther King Jr.
13.
Who lead a revolt against plantation owners in Virginia?
a)
Nat Turner
b)
Mat Turner
c)
James Lafayette
d)
George Washington
14.
What group of people campaigned to end slavery?
a)
Abolitionists
b)
Suffragists
c)
Colonists
15.
Who led a raid on the United States Armory at Harpers Ferry, VA, trying to start a slave rebellion? He was captured and hanged.
a)
John Brown
b)
John Adams
c)
Nat Turner
d)
Harriet Tubman
16.
Which Confederate General played a major role in the first Battle of Bull Run?
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
c)
John Brown
d)
Nat Turner
17.
Who was the Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
d)
Abraham Lincoln
18.
Who did General Robert E. Lee surrender his army to?
a)
James Lafayette
b)
General Ulysses S. Grant
c)
George Washington
d)
Lord Cornwallis
19.
Who was the Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia and defeated the Union troops at Fredricksburg, Virginia?
a)
General Robert E. Lee
b)
Ulysses Grant
20.
Who led a Massive Resistance movement against the integration of public schools?
a)
Harry F. Byrd, Sr.
b)
Arthur R. Ashes, Jr.
c)
Maggie L. Walker
d)
L. Douglas Wilder
21.
Who was the first African American winner of a major men's tennis single championship? He was also an author and eloquent spokesperson for social change.
a)
Harry F. Byrd, Sr.
b)
Arthur R. Ashe, Jr.
c)
L. Douglas Wilder
22.
Who was the first African American woman to become a bank president in the United States? She was also the first woman to become a bank president.
a)
Phyllis Wheatley
b)
Abigail Adams
c)
Maggie L. Walker
d)
Harriet Tubman
23.
Which former governor was the first African American to be elected a state governor in the United States?
a)
Harry F. Byrd, Sr.
b)
George Washington
c)
L. Douglas Wilder
d)
Arthur Ashe, Jr.
24.
Who was a twentieth-century president who wrote a plan for world peace?
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Harry F. Byrd, Sr.
c)
Arthur Ashe, Jr.
d)
L. Douglas Wilder
25.
Who was a military leader who created an economic plan to ensure world peace?
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
George C. Marshall
26.
Who was a lawyer and civil rights leader who worked for equal rights of African Americans? He played a key role in the Brown v. Board of Education decision.
a)
L. Douglas Wilder
b)
Oliver W. Hill
27.
Who was a governor of Virginia who promoted racial equality and appointed more African Americans and women to positions in state government than previous governors?
a)
A. Linwood Holton, Jr.
b)
George C. Marshall
c)
Oliver W. Hill
d)
L. Douglas Wilder
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