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VA Studies SOL Review: Who Said That?

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 2hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"No more taxes! It's time to fight for our independence!"

Who said that?

a)

a patriot

b)

a loyalist

c)

a burgess

2.

"I plan to call the first meeting of the General Assembly."

Who said that?

a)

a member of the governor's council

b)

the governor of Virginia

c)

a member of Parliament

3.

"We just built our new home in the Shenandoah Valley. Come visit us! We live along the migration route, so we'll be easy to find."

Who said that?

a)

a member of the Algonquian tribe

b)

an archaeologist

c)

a Scots-Irish settler

4.

"I think I'll make a lot of money with my new investment. Let's hope the settlers strike it rich with silver and gold!"

Who said that?

a)

a federal government worker

b)

a stockholder from the Virginia Company of London

c)

a member of Parliament

5.

"My brother made a lot of money selling apples last year, but he had to give a big share of it to the landowner."

Who said that?

a)

a burgess

b)

a sharecropper

c)

an archaeologist

6.

"Slavery must end NOW!"

Who said that?

a)

an abolitionist

b)

a Portuguese sailor

c)

a member of the governor's Council

7.

"I decided to fight for independence from Great Britain!"

Who said that?

a)

a free African American during the Civil War

b)

an enslaved African American during the Revolutionary War

c)

a free African American during the Revolutionary War

8.

"I found an amazing tool during our dig. We are learning so much about Jamestown's first settlers."

Who said that?

a)

a delegate at the Constitutional Convention

b)

an abolitionist

c)

an archaeologist

9.

"I love my job! I think it's important to check that new laws agree with the state constitution."

Who said that?

a)

the governor of Virginia

b)

a member of the judicial branch

c)

a member of the General Assembly

10.

"Our tribe had been living in the Piedmont region since long before the English came."

Who said that?

a)

a member of the Cherokee tribe

b)

a member of the Monacan tribe

c)

a member of the Powhatan tribe

11.

"I supported the Confederacy during the Civil War. Seceding from the Union was the right thing to do."

Who said that?

a)

a white Virginian

b)

an American Indian

c)

an enslaved African American

12.

"I'm proud of my small farm. I use the tobacco I've grown to pay for the things I want and need."

Who said that?

a)

a coal miner living after Reconstruction

b)

an American Indian living today

c)

a farmer living in colonial Virginia

13.

"I arrived in Jamestown in 1620 and married a man named Robert. I had children and we started a family."

Who said that?

a)

a member of Parliament

b)

a woman in the Jamestown colony

c)

a burgess

14.

"We were divided during the war. Some of us fought with the patriots and others fought with the loyalists."

Who said that?

a)

an American Indian during the Revolutionary War

b)

an American Indian during the Civil War

c)

a neutral Virginian during the Civil War

15.

"Yuck! This contaminated drinking water is sure to make us all sick!"

Who said that?

a)

a soldier in the Continental Army

b)

a person living during the Great Depression

c)

a settler in Jamestown

16.

"During the Civil War, I had to provide labor for the Confederate Army."

Who said that?

a)

a free African American

b)

an enslaved African American

c)

an American Indian

17.

"Thank you for voting for me in the election of 1634. I'm so proud to represent our division."

Who said that?

a)

a burgess

b)

a member of Parliament

c)

the president of the United States

18.

"These laws are extremely unfair. The schools our children are forced to go to are such poor quality."

Who said that?

a)

a German or Scots-Irish settler

b)

an African American or American Indian during the Jim Crow era

c)

a settler at Jamestown

19.

"Long live the king! Squash the rebellion and arrest the traitors!"

Who said that?

a)

a loyalist

b)

a patriot

c)

a French soldier helping the Continental Army

20.

"When the economy crashed, we lost our home and our business. We're counting on the federal government to help."

Who said that?

a)

a Jamestown settler during a drought

b)

a person living during the Great Depression

c)

a railroad worker after Reconstruction

21.

"Since we don't support slavery, maybe we should think about forming our own state."

Who said that?

a)

someone living in Northern Virginia during the early 20th century

b)

someone living in the eastern counties of Virginia before the Civil War

c)

someone living in the western counties of Virginia before the Civil War

22.

"Our ancestors used to hunt, fish, and make their clothing from animal skins. We live very differently today."

Who said that?

a)

a Portuguese sailor

b)

an English settler in Jamestown

c)

an American Indian

23.

"Finally we have our freedom! But now we need food, clothing, housing, education, and jobs."

Who said that?

a)

a member of the Powhatan tribe

b)

a freed African American after the Civil War

c)

a woman in early Jamestown

24.

"I own my own store and home, but I'm still denied most rights. It's not fair."

Who said that?

a)

a European settler in colonial Virginia

b)

an enslaved African American in colonial Virginia

c)

a free African American in colonial Virginia

25.

"I captured several men and women and brought them to North America by ship."

Who said that?

a)

a Portuguese sailor

b)

an Angolan sailor

c)

an African sailor

26.

"Why did he name us that? We're not in India!"

Who said that?

a)

a settler in Jamestown

b)

an American Indian

c)

a member of Parliament

27.

"We finally got the right to vote!"

Who said that?

a)

a woman in the Jamestown colony

b)

a woman in the 20th century

c)

a woman during the American Revolution

28.

"Our tribe has lived in Virginia for a long time. We belong to the Iroquoian language group."

Who said that?

a)

a member of the Monacan tribe

b)

a member of the Powhatan tribe

c)

a member of the Cherokee tribe

29.

"My land has been ruined. It's time to look westward for new opportunities."

Who said that?

a)

a tobacco farmer living today

b)

a tobacco farmer living after the American Revolution

c)

a tobacco farmer living in the Virginia colony

30.

"They can't make us integrate. We'll shut the schools down instead."

Who said that?

a)

a person who supported Massive Resistance

b)

a member of Parliament

c)

an American Indian living in Werowocomoco