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Virginia Studies Who Am I

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 2hrs 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I was the first President of the United States.

a)

George Mason

b)

George Marshall

c)

George Washington

2.

All of Virginia Indians are known as ____________ because of the forests.

a)

Powhatan

b)

Eastern Woodland Indians

c)

Black Feet

3.

He initiated trading relationships with native peoples.

a)

John Stone

b)

John Rolfe

c)

John Smith

4.

I provided political leadership by expressing reasons for colonial independence in the Declaration of Independence.

a)

James Madison

b)

George Mason

c)

Thomas Jefferson

5.

I was the leader of many Algonquian tribes.

a)

Pocahontas

b)

Powhatan

c)

John Smith

6.

I was the Confederate General who played a major role in the First Battle of Bull Run.

a)

General Ulysses Grant

b)

Stonewall Jackson

c)

Woodrow Wilson

7.

I wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom.

a)

James Madison

b)

George Mason

c)

Thomas Jefferson

8.

I was the daughter of Powhatan and served as a contact between the native peoples and the English.

a)

Prudence

b)

Pocahontas

c)

Penelope

9.

I led the Massive Resistance Movement against desegregation of public schools.

a)

Maggie L. Walker

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Harry F. Byrd, Sr.

10.

I was the first African American winner of a major men’s tennis singles championship. I was an author and spokesperson for social change.

a)

Arthur Ashe

b)

Oliver W. Hill, Sr.

c)

L. Douglas Wilder

11.

I kept detailed notes during the Constitutional Convention and believed in the importance of a US Constitution.

a)

James Monroe

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

James Madison

12.

I led a revolt against plantation owners.

a)

John Brown

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Nat Turner

13.

I supported a secret route that helped African American slaves escape to freedom.

a)

Nat Turner

b)

John Brown

c)

Harriet Tubman

14.

I wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights.

a)

James Madison

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Mason

15.

I was the military leader who created an economic plan for world peace.

a)

George Marshall

b)

George Mason

c)

Woodrow Wilson

16.

He wrote the Declaration of Independence.

a)

James Madison

b)

James Monroe

c)

Thomas Jefferson

17.

I led a raid on the US Armory (arsenal) at Harper’s Ferry.

a)

Nat Turner

b)

John Brown

c)

John Smith

18.

I was a lawyer and civil rights leader who worked for equal rights for African Americans. I worked on the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education decision.

a)

A. Linwood Holton, Jr.

b)

Oliver W. Hill, Sr.

c)

Harry F. Byrd, Sr.

19.

I was the first African American woman to establish and become a bank president.

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Maggie L. Walker

c)

Maggie Truman

20.

In his famous speech he said, “Give me liberty or give me death.”

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

John Smith

21.

He granted charters to the Virginia Company of London to establish a settlement in North America.

a)

George Washington

b)

John Smith

c)

King James I of England

22.

I was a Virginia governor who promoted racial equality and appointed more African Americans and women in state government than any previous governors.

a)

L. Douglas Wilder

b)

A. Linwood Holton, Jr.

c)

Oliver W. Hill, Sr.

23.

I was the General of the Union Army. General Lee surrendered to me.

a)

Stonewall Jackson

b)

General Ulysses S. Grant

c)

George Washington

24.

I provided military leadership by serving as the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army.

a)

George Mason

b)

James Lafayette

c)

George Washington

25.

We were a tribe that spoke the Iroquoian languages.

a)

Monacan

b)

Powhatan

c)

Cherokee

26.

I was the governor who was known for the “Pay as you Go” policy for road improvements.

a)

Oliver W. Hill, Sr.

b)

A. Linwood Holton, Jr.

c)

Harry F. Byrd, Sr.

27.

I head the executive branch of state government.

a)

governor

b)

mayor

c)

president

28.

I was the enslaved African American from Virginia who served in the Continental Army and was successful in gaining freedom after the war.

a)

Jack Jouett

b)

James Madison

c)

James Lafayette

29.

I was the first African American governor of any state in the United States. I was a Virginia governor.

a)

A. Linwood Holton, Jr.

b)

Arthur Ashe

c)

L. Douglas Wilder

30.

We traded food with the English in exchange for tools, pots, and copper.

a)

the British

b)

the French

c)

Native peoples

31.

I was the commander of the Army of Northern Virginia and defeated Union troops at Fredericksburg.

a)

Stonewall Jackson

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

32.

I rode on horseback through the backwoods of Virginia to Charlottesville to warn Thomas Jefferson that the British were coming to arrest him and members of the General Assembly.

a)

James Lafayette

b)

John Smith

c)

Jack Jouett

33.

I was the chief of many tribes. I provided leadership to my people and taught the settlers survival skills.

a)

Pocahontas

b)

Chief Powhatan

c)

Chief Pamunkey

34.

I was the 20th century President who wrote a plan for peace.

a)

George Marshall

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

George Mason

35.

We were a tribe in the native group that spoke the Siouan Languages.

a)

Powhatan

b)

Cherokee

c)

Monacan

36.

I was an explorer and called the people I found in the land I explored “Indians” because I thought I was near the Indies (near China).

a)

John Rolfe

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

John Smith