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Virginia Studies SOL Review 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

British Parliament believed it

had the right to _____ the

colonies.

a)

help

b)

tax

c)

defend

d)

fight

2.

The purpose of the

Underground Railroad was

to—

a)

help settlers cross the

Cumberland Gap

b)

help trade with the

Powhatan

c)

sell tobacco to the

North

d)

sneak slaves to freedom

3.

Which Virginian is known as

the “Father of the

Constitution”?

a)

Jack Jouett

b)

George Washington

c)

James Madison

d)

George Mason

4.

Which of the following is a

reason the capital of Virginia

was moved from

Williamsburg to Richmond?

a)

the population was

moving westward.

b)

fires destroyed buildings.

c)

contaminated drinking

water

d)

unhealthy living

conditions

5.

Which of the following is

NOT considered a cultural

landscape?

a)

barns

b)

homes

c)

churches

d)

roads

6.

In Jamestown, the site the

settlers chose to live on was

marshy, so it made—

a)

the water safe to drink.

b)

the amount of animals for

hunting smaller.

c)

planting crops difficult.

d)

colonists give up and go

back to England.

7.

The conflict between the

eastern and western

counties of Virginia over

slavery resulted in:

a)

the Declaration of

Independence

b)

creation of West

Virginia

c)

the capture of John

Brown

8.

Which Confederate general

played a major role at the

first battle of Bull Run?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Thomas “Stonewall”

Jackson

d)

George Washington

9.

Which Civil War general

surrendered at Appomattox

Court House in April 1865?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

George Washington

d)

Lord Cornwallis

10.

During the Civil War, most

free African Americans

supported the ________

because they felt their

limited rights would be best

supported.

a)

Union

b)

Patriots

c)

Loyalists

d)

Confederacy

11.

Which group of people were

relied on by the Confederate

army to raise crops and

provide labor for the army?

a)

freed African Americans

b)

enslaved African

Americans

c)

white Virginians

d)

American Indians

12.

What was the first major

battle of the Civil War?

a)

Battle of Great Bridge

b)

Battle of Fredericksburg

c)

Battle of Bull Run

d)

Battle of Hampton

Roads

13.

(Who Am I?)

• elected 16th president in

1860

• some southern states

seceded after the

election

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

John Brown

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

George Washington

14.

What was the capital city of

the Confederate States of

America?

a)

Washington, DC

b)

Richmond

c)

Fredericksburg

d)

Jamestown

15.

During the Civil War, most

white Virginians supported

the:

a)

Union

b)

Patriots

c)

Loyalists

d)

Confederacy

16.

Complete the analogy.

North is to Ulysses S. Grant

as the South is to—

a)

John Brown

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Robert E. Lee

17.

Who Am I?

I am an enslaved African

American who led a revolt

against many plantation

owners.

a)

John Brown

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Nat Turner

d)

Robert Smalls

18.

Who Am I?

I was the first president of

the United States. Many

called me the “Father of Our

Country.” I was also the

Commander in Chief for the

Continental Army.

a)

James Madison

b)

George Mason

c)

George Washington

d)

Thomas Jefferson

19.

(Name the document)

• written by George Mason

• freedom of press

• freedom of religion

• basis for the Bill of

Rights

a)

Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Virginia Declaration of Rights

d)

Charters of the Virginia Company of London

20.

Julian is traveling south

through Virginia to get to this

bordering state.

a)

Maryland

b)

Tennessee

c)

West Virginia

d)

North Carolina