WorksheetsImportant Virginians
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 18mins
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Patrick Henry
Who inspired other patriots and gave a famous speech saying "Give me Liberty, or Give me Death."
Patrick Henry
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
James Madison
Who took detailed notes and believed in the importance of having a United States Constitution?
Patrick Henry
James Madison
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Who was known as "The Father of Our Country?"
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
George Washington
James Madison
Who supported a secret route that escaped Africans took called the Underground Railroad?
Abraham Lincoln
Nat Turner
Harriet Tubman
John Brown
Who led a raid on the US arsenal at Harpers Ferry?
Nat Turner
Robert E. Lee
John Brown
Abraham Lincoln
Who's first job was to survey and explore the Great Dismal Swamp?
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
George Washington
Who called the people he found in the land Indians because he thought he had arrived in the Indies?
John Smith
Christopher Newport
Chief Powhatan
Christopher Columbus
Who said, "Those who will not work, will not eat"?
Pocahontas
Powhatan
John Smith
Christopher Columbus
Who was a World War 2 military leader who created an economic plan to ensure world peace? He lived in Leesburg, VA.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Woodrow Wilson
George C. Marshall
Adolf Hitler
Who was a 20th century president who wrote a plan for world peace and started the League of Nations?
L. Douglas Wilder
George C. Marshall
Oliver W. Hill, Sr.
Woodrow Wilson
Who was a Virginia governor who promoted racial equality and appointed more African Americans and women to positions in state government than previous governors? His daughter attended a black school.
Harry F. Byrd, Sr.
L. Douglas Wilder
George C. Marshall
A. Linwood Holton, Jr.
What sport did Arthur R. Ashe, Jr. play?
Baseball
Basketball
Soccer
Tennis
Who wrote the document above?
George Mason
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
When the US government took Robert E. Lee's Arlington plantation, they turned part of it into a place to bury soldiers. What is it called now?
Freedmans Village
the Washington Monument
the Lincoln Memorial
Arlington National Cemetery
Who led a raid on the United States Armory at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, trying to start a slave rebellion?
John Brown
Nat Turner
Abraham Lincoln
Harriet Tubman
Who led a slave revolt against plantation owners in Virginia?
John Brown
Nat Turner
Abraham Lincoln
Harriet Tubman
Which general surrendered at Appomattox Court House?
General Robert E. Lee
General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
General Ulysses S. Grant
Who got his nickname at the first Battle of Manassas because he stood like a "stone wall"?
General Robert E. Lee
General Thomas Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
General Ulysses S. Grant
Who is the most beautiful and best 4th grade teacher you have ever had?
Mr. Adams
Mrs. Clark
Mrs. Hemminger
Mr. Cousins
