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WorksheetsUltimate VA Studies Review Part 2
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who stood firm at the First Battle of Bull Run even though his army was weakening?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
2.
Who gave Northerners the strength to fight with his speeches?
a)
George Washington
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Abraham Lincoln
3.
Who had no rights and fled to the Union army for help?
a)
Enslaved African Americans
b)
White Virginians
c)
American Indians
4.
Which ironclad ship won the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack?
a)
Monitor
b)
Merrimack
c)
It was fought to a DRAW
5.
Who was the Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia?
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Robert E. Lee
6.
Who felt their limited rights could best be protected by supporting the Confederacy?
a)
Free African Americans
b)
Enslaved African Americans
7.
What is labeled #5 on the Map?
a)
Burning of Richmond
b)
Surrender at Appomattox Court House
c)
Battle of Fredericksburg
8.
The first battle of the Civil War (#1) was ......
a)
Battle of Fredericksburg
b)
Battle of the Iron Clads
c)
Battle of Bull Run Manassas
9.
Which Union general captured Richmond near the end of the war?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
10.
Which general defeated an army twice his size at Fredericksburg?
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
c)
Robert E. Lee
11.
Who did Robert E. Lee surrender his army to at the end of the war (Appomattox Court House)?
a)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
12.
What do you call the government agency that provided food, schools, and medical care for freed African Americans and others in Virginia?
a)
Sharecropping
b)
Freedmen's Bureau
13.
What was the system common in Virginia after the war in which freedmen and poor white farmers rented land from a landowner by promising to pay the owner with a share of the crop?
a)
Sharecropping
b)
Freedmen's Bureau
14.
__________________ is the separation of people usually based on race or religion.
a)
Combination
b)
Discrimination
c)
Segregation
15.
The period following the Civil War in which Congress passed laws designed to rebuild the country and bring the southern states back into the Union is know as __________________________________.
a)
Construction
b)
Destruction
c)
Reconstruction
16.
Which laws established segregation by race in all public places?
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Joe Crow Laws
c)
Joe Bird Laws
d)
Jim Joe Laws
17.
Coal deposits were discovered in which county?
a)
Louisa County
b)
Roanoke
c)
Richmond
d)
Tazewell County
18.
What helped to facilitate the growth of small towns into cities?
a)
Tobacco
b)
Railroads
c)
Airplanes
d)
Boats
19.
This image is an example of __________________________?
a)
Desegregation
b)
Segregation
20.
People moved from rural to urban areas for _______________________ opportunities.
a)
Economic
b)
Segregated
c)
Jobs in Farming
21.
During the early 20th century, agriculture began to change because ___________________________ were low.
a)
Crop Prices
b)
Rainfall Totals
22.
Who was the 20th century president who wrote a plan to achieve for world peace?
a)
George C. Marshall
b)
Woodrow Wilson
23.
Who was a military leader who created an economic plan to ensure world peace.
a)
George C. Marshall
b)
Woodrow Wilson
24.
Which movement fought to end Jim Crow laws and make racial discrimination illegal?
a)
Civil Rights Movement
b)
Reconstruction
25.
What is the full equality of all races in the use of public facilities?
a)
Integration
b)
Segregation
c)
Reconstruction
26.
What is the abolishment of racial segregation?
a)
Segregation
b)
Desegregation
27.
What policy fought to "resist" the integration of public schools? (Harry F. (Big) Byrd)
a)
Little Resistance
b)
A Lot of Resistance
c)
Massive Resistance
d)
No Resistance
28.
Who is known for starting a "Pay as You Go" policy for road improvement?
a)
A. Linwood Holton
b)
Harry F. Byrd
c)
Arthur Ashe Jr.
d)
Maggie L. Walker
29.
Which Virginia governor promoted racial equality by appointing African Americans and women to state government positions?
a)
Arthur Ashe Jr.
b)
Harry F. Byrd
c)
A. Linwood Holton
d)
Oliver W. Hill
30.
Which African America lawyer played a key role in the "Brown v. Board of Education" decision?
a)
Oliver W. Hill
b)
Maggie L. Walker
c)
L. Douglas Wilder
31.
Who was the first African American to be elected a state governor in the United States?
a)
Maggie L. Walker
b)
A. Linwood Holton
c)
L. Douglas Wilder
d)
Oliver W. Hill
32.
Which branch of government decides whether or not a law agrees with Virginia's Constitution (Constitutional)?
a)
Legislative
b)
Executive
c)
Judicial
33.
Which branch of government makes state laws?
a)
Legislative
b)
Executive
c)
Judicial
34.
Virginia's executive branch is headed by the...
a)
Commander in Chief
b)
President
c)
Governor
35.
Which region would you find shipbuilding, tourism, seafood, and peanuts?
a)
Coastal Plain
b)
Piedmont
c)
Blue Ridge Mountains
d)
Valley and Ridge
36.
Which region would you find tobacco farming, horse industry, and state government?
a)
Coastal Plain
b)
Piedmont
c)
Blue Ridge Mountain
d)
Valley and Ridge
37.
Which product is found in the Valley and Ridge AND Blue Ridge Mountain regions?
a)
Apples
b)
Coal
c)
Seafood
d)
Peanuts
38.
Which abolitionist led a raid on the United States Armory (Arsenal) at Harpers Ferry, Virginia?
a)
Nat Turner
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
John Brown
39.
Which abolitionist led a revolt against plantation owners?
a)
Nat Turner
b)
John Brown
c)
Harriet Tubman
40.
Which abolitionist supported a secret route that escaped enslaved African Americans took (Underground Railroad)?
a)
Nat Turner
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
John Brown
41.
Disagreements between the eastern and western counties of Virginia about slavery, led to the formation of _________.
a)
North Carolina
b)
Kentucky
c)
Maryland
d)
West Virginia
42.
The economy in the Northern part of the United States was _______________, while in the Southern part it was ______________ and relied on slave labor.
a)
Agricultural; Industrialized
b)
Industrialized; Agricultural
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