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WorksheetsThis or That (Vocabulary)
Total questions: 62
Worksheet time: 31mins
the branch of the Virginia state government that makes state laws
executive
legislative
someone elected to represent a division of the Virginia colony
burgess
president
the plant that became a major cash crop in the Virginia Colony
corn
tobacco
buying a good or service now and paying for it later
savings
credit
the right to publish what you want
freedom of the press
freedom of religion
an area of elevated land that is flat on top
valley
plateau
money that has to be paid in order to vote
poll tax
stock
documents signed by the King of England that allowed settlement in North America
treaties
charters
the Union Monitor
soldier
ironclad ship
an American Indian festival that teaches the public about American Indian culture
tribe
powwow
someone who does not take sides during a conflict or war
neutral
loyal
sending something to another state or country to sell
export
barter
producing crops and raising livestock
agriculture
migration
having to pay taxes without having a voice in the government
taxation without representation
sharecropping
someone who works to end slavery
abolitionist
spy
a policy to stop Virginia's schools from desegregating
Massive Resistance
economic venture
material evidence that helps us learn about Virginia's native peoples
artifact
export
Great Britain's lawmaking body
General Assembly
Parliament
Virginia's Eastern Shore
peninsula
island
Virginia's governor heads this branch of the state government
executive
judicial
an unfair difference in how people are treated
integration
discrimination
a mjor industry in Virginia that makes goods on a large scale
service
manufacturing
representatives who wrote the Constitution of the United States
presidents
delegates
the water in the Jamestown settlement
contaminated
industrialized
renting land by promising to pay the landowner with a share of the crops
modernizing
sharecropping
the document that explains how the United States government works
Constitution
Bill of Rights
being forced to work agains your will
neutral
enslaved
a crop that is mainly grown to sell for money
cash crop
sharecrop
moving from one place to live in another
migrating
adapting
a time of reguilding the United States after the Civil War
Reconstruction
Revolution
exchanging good or services without using money
debt
barter
Virginia's native peoples long ago made their homes from these
natural resources
motor vehicle parts
people of all races can equally use public facilities
integration
segregation
Virginia's native peoples long ago made their homes from these.
natural resources
motor vehicle parts
something done in the hopes of making money
economic venture
independence
settling a place in your country's name (though people may already live there)
desegregation
colonization
laws passed by southern states that legally established segregation
Jim Crow Laws
New Deal
someone who supported independence from Great Britain
patriot
loyalist
Union ships did this to southern ports during the Civil War
blockade
compromise
a period of difficult economic conditions worldwide that cost people jobs, homes, and businesses
Great Depression
Reconstruction
someone who studies evidence left by people who lived long ago
architect
archaeologist
this branch of Virginia's government decides if new laws agree with the state constitution
legislative
judicial
farming equipment that lets farmers grow wheat with fewer workers
mechanical reaper
cotton gin
soybeans, ships, milk, and trucks
products
services
this led many enslaved people to seek refuge with the Union Army
Treaty of Paris
Contraband Decision
a change made to the United States Constitution
amendment
economy
what patriots fought for during the Revolutionary War
industrialization
independence
the separation of people (usually based on race or religion)
segregation
integration
a good or service you owe to someone
barter
debt
being able to get jobs and make money
freedom of religion
economic opportunities
these people paid for the settlement of Jamestown
stockholders
governors
this officially ended the Revolutionary war
Treaty of Paris
New Deal
a major Virginia industry in which people come to visit the state
tourism
communications
Parliament and the colonists disagreed about this
poll taxes
authority to govern
Parliament and the colonists disagreed about this
poll taxes
authority to govern
a federal government program meant to help people during the Great Depression
New Deal
Massive Resistance
some rich people in the Virginia colony (like merchants) lived here
plantations
territories
Virginia's government
Freedmen's Bureau
General Assembly
how goods and services are made, sold, and used in a certain place
architecture
economy
animals raised or kept on a farm
livestock
capital resources
a network of secret routes that enslaved African Americans used to escape to freedom
Underground Railroad
Fall Line
a federal government agency that helped people after the Civil War
House of Burgesses
Freedmen's Bureau
