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VS6 Building a New Nation CIP Test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is known as the "Father of Our Country"?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

James Madison

d)

George Mason

2.

Who is known as the "Father of the Constitution"?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

James Madison

d)

George Mason

3.

Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

James Madison

d)

George Mason

4.

Who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

James Madison

d)

George Mason

5.

Which document stated that all Virginians should have certain rights including freedom of religion and freedom of the press?

a)

Declation of Independence

b)

Virginia Declaration of Rights

c)

Virginia Statue of Religious Freedom

d)

Bill of Rights

6.

Which document states that all people should be free to worship as they please?

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Virginia Declaration of Rights

c)

Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

d)

Bill of Rights

7.

In the late 1700s, Virginia's agricultural base began to change after....

a)

the American Revolution

b)

the Civil War

c)

World War I

d)

World War II

8.

Virginians migrated into__________territories looking for large areas of land and new opportunties.

a)

southern

b)

northern

c)

eastern

d)

western

9.

What mountains did the settlers cross as they migrated west to new lands?

a)

Sierra Mountains

b)

Appalachian Mountains

c)

White Mountains

d)

Rocky Mountains

10.

Which crop was hard on the soil, causing many farmers to look west and south for new land to farm?

a)

tobacco

b)

cotton

c)

corn

d)

peanuts

11.

What did the settlers pass through as they crossed the Appalachian Mountains, migrating to new lands in the west?

a)

Fall Line

b)

Hampton Roads

c)

Charlottesville

d)

Cumberland Gap

12.

What most influenced the movement of people as Virginians moved to and beyond the Virginia western frontier?

a)

geography

b)

tourism

c)

exports

d)

communication

13.

The development of the cotton gin led to the opening of new lands in the........

a)

north

b)

east

c)

west

d)

south

14.

The mechanical reaper allowed farmers to grow which crop with fewer workers?

a)

cotton

b)

tobacco

c)

wheat

d)

beans

15.

Which document states the authority to govern belongs to the people rather that to kings and that all people are created equal and have rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

a)

Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom

b)

Virginia Declaration of Rights

c)

Declaration of Independence

16.

What document was granted by the king of England to the stockholders of the Virginia Company of London, gave the Virginia Company the right to establish a settlement in North America, extended English rights to the colonists?

a)

Virginia Declaration of Rights

b)

Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom

c)

The Virginia Charters

17.

What allowed farmers to grown more wheat with fewer workers?

a)

cotton gin

b)

tractor

c)

plow

d)

mechanical reaper

18.

Which bordering state is south of Virginia?

a)

Maryland

b)

West Virginia

c)

Kentucky

d)

North Carolina

19.

What Indian tribe lived in the Eastern part of Virginia?

a)

Monacan tribe

b)

Powhatan tribe

c)

Cherokee tribe

d)

Iroquoian tribe

20.

What region is east of the fall line?

a)

Appalachian Plateau

b)

Valley and Ridge

c)

Blue Ridge Mountains

d)

Coastal Plain/Tidewater