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WorksheetsUltimate Famous Virginians SOL Review
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who served as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War?
a)
George Mason
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
George Washington
d)
James Madison
2.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
a)
George Washington
b)
James Madison
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
George Mason
3.
Who is often called "Father of Constitution"?
a)
James Madison
b)
George Washington
c)
George Mason
d)
Thomas Jefferson
4.
Who inspired patriots from other colonies when he spoke out against taxation without representation?
a)
James Armistead Lafayette
b)
Patrick Henry
c)
George Washington
d)
Abraham Lincoln
5.
Who believed in the importance of having a U.S. Constitution and kept detailed notes during the convention?
a)
George Washington
b)
George Mason
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
James Madison
6.
Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
a)
James Madison
b)
George Mason
c)
George Washington
d)
James Madison
7.
Who initiated trading relationships with the Powhatans and ensured the survival of Jamestown?
a)
George Washington
b)
Chief Powhatan
c)
Christopher Newport
d)
Captain John Smith
8.
Which slave served in the Continental Army and was given his freedom after the war?
a)
James Armistead Lafayette
b)
Nat Turner
c)
Maggie L Walker
d)
John Brown
9.
Who is often called "Father of Our Country"?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
George Mason
c)
James Madison
d)
George Washington
10.
Who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?
a)
George Mason
b)
James Madison
c)
George Washington
d)
Thomas Jefferson
11.
Who gave a famous speech where he stated "...give me liberty or give me death"?
a)
Patrick Henry
b)
Jack Jouett
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
George Washington
12.
Who believed the Jamestown settlers and American Indians could live in harmony?
a)
Chief Powhatan
b)
Pocahontas
c)
George Mason
d)
Oliver W. Hill
13.
Who provided the strong leadership needed to help the young country and provided a model of leadership for future presidents?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
James Madison
c)
George Washington
d)
George Mason
14.
During the _________, the colonists fought against the English to gain their freedom.
a)
Civil War
b)
Revolutionary War
15.
Who provided political leadership by expressing the reasons for colonial independence from England?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
James Madison
d)
George Mason
16.
Who called the people he found in the lands he discovered "Indians" because he thought he was in the Indies near China?
a)
Christopher Newport
b)
Ponce De Leon
c)
Jaques Cartier
d)
Christopher Columbus
17.
Who rode on horseback to Charlottesville to warn Thomas Jefferson that the British were coming?
a)
Jack Jouett
b)
Jack Trevilians
c)
Jack Jefferson
d)
Jack Moss-Nuckols
18.
After the Revolutionary War, who becomes our first President of the United States?
a)
George Washington
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Patrick Henry
d)
Abraham Lincoln
19.
Who is known for starting a "Pay as You Go" policy for road improvement?
a)
Oliver W. Hill
b)
Harry F. Byrd
c)
Arthur R. Ashe
d)
A. Linwood Holton
20.
Who was the first African American woman to become a bank president in the United States?
a)
Maggie L. Walker
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Pocahontas
21.
Who earned the nickname Stonewall at the First Battle of Bull Run?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Thomas Jackson
22.
Who led a Massive Resistance Movement against the integration of public school?
a)
Oliver W. Hill
b)
A. Linwood Holton
c)
Arthur Ashe Jr.
d)
Harry F. Byrd
23.
Who was the United States President during the Civil War?
a)
George Washington
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
James Madison
24.
The time period where African Americans fought to end Jim Crow laws was known as _______.
a)
Civil Rights Movement
b)
Reconstruction
c)
Modern VA
d)
Pre Civil War
25.
Who was an author and eloquent spokesperson for social change pictured above?
a)
L. Douglas Wilder
b)
Arthur Ashe Jr.
c)
Harry F. Byrd Sr.
d)
Oliver W. Hill
26.
Who did Robert E. Lee surrender his army to at the end of the war (Appomattox Courthouse)?
a)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
27.
Which African America lawyer played a key role in the "Brown v. Board of Education" decision?
a)
Oliver W. Hill
b)
Arthur Ashe Jr.
c)
Harry F. Byrd
d)
A. Linwood Holton
28.
Who was the Confederate President during the Civil War?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Mrs. Davis
29.
Which military leader created an economic plan to ensure world peace?
a)
George C. Marshall
b)
Woodrow Wilson
30.
Who gave Northerners the strength to fight with his speeches?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Abraham Lincoln
31.
Which United States President wrote a plan for world peace after World War I?
a)
George C. Marshall
b)
Woodrow Wilson
32.
Who was the first African American to be elected a state governor in the United States?
a)
Harry F. Byrd
b)
A. Linwood Holton
c)
L. Douglas Wilder
d)
Oliver W. Hill
33.
Which Virginia governor promoted racial equality by appointing African Americans and women to state government positions?
a)
A. Linwood Holton
b)
Harry F. Byrd
c)
L. Douglas Wilder
34.
Who was the Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia?
a)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Robert E. Lee
35.
The time period following the Civil War when Virginians needed to rebuild is known as...
a)
Pre Civil War
b)
Reconstruction
c)
Civil Rights Movement
36.
Which African American woman was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus?
a)
Rosa Parks
b)
Pocahontas
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
Maggie L. Walker
37.
Which Union general captured Richmond near the end of the war?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
38.
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
39.
During the ________, the Northern states fought to preserve the Union and end slavery.
a)
Civil War
b)
Revolutionary War
40.
Who was the first African American winner of a major men's tennis championship?
a)
L. Douglas Wilder
b)
Arthur Ashe Jr.
c)
Oliver W. Hill
41.
Which general defeated an army twice his size at Fredericksburg?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
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