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WorksheetsVirginia Studies Who Am I
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 2hrs 48mins
I was the first President of the United States.
George Mason
George Marshall
George Washington
All of Virginia Indians are known as ____________ because of the forests.
Powhatan
Eastern Woodland Indians
Black Feet
He initiated trading relationships with native peoples.
John Stone
John Rolfe
John Smith
I provided political leadership by expressing reasons for colonial independence in the Declaration of Independence.
James Madison
George Mason
Thomas Jefferson
I was the leader of many Algonquian tribes.
Pocahontas
Powhatan
John Smith
I was the Confederate General who played a major role in the First Battle of Bull Run.
General Ulysses Grant
Stonewall Jackson
Woodrow Wilson
I wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom.
James Madison
George Mason
Thomas Jefferson
I was the daughter of Powhatan and served as a contact between the native peoples and the English.
Prudence
Pocahontas
Penelope
I led the Massive Resistance Movement against desegregation of public schools.
Maggie L. Walker
Harry Truman
Harry F. Byrd, Sr.
I was the first African American winner of a major men’s tennis singles championship. I was an author and spokesperson for social change.
Arthur Ashe
Oliver W. Hill, Sr.
L. Douglas Wilder
I kept detailed notes during the Constitutional Convention and believed in the importance of a US Constitution.
James Monroe
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
I led a revolt against plantation owners.
John Brown
Harriet Tubman
Nat Turner
I supported a secret route that helped African American slaves escape to freedom.
Nat Turner
John Brown
Harriet Tubman
I wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights.
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
George Mason
I was the military leader who created an economic plan for world peace.
George Marshall
George Mason
Woodrow Wilson
He wrote the Declaration of Independence.
James Madison
James Monroe
Thomas Jefferson
I led a raid on the US Armory (arsenal) at Harper’s Ferry.
Nat Turner
John Brown
John Smith
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. Linwood Holton, Jr.
Oliver W. Hill, Sr.
Harry F. Byrd, Sr.
I was the first African American woman to establish and become a bank president.
Harriet Tubman
Maggie L. Walker
Maggie Truman
In his famous speech he said, “Give me liberty or give me death.”
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
John Smith
He granted charters to the Virginia Company of London to establish a settlement in North America.
George Washington
John Smith
King James I of England
I was a Virginia governor who promoted racial equality and appointed more African Americans and women in state government than any previous governors.
L. Douglas Wilder
A. Linwood Holton, Jr.
Oliver W. Hill, Sr.
I was the General of the Union Army. General Lee surrendered to me.
Stonewall Jackson
General Ulysses S. Grant
George Washington
I provided military leadership by serving as the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army.
George Mason
James Lafayette
George Washington
We were a tribe that spoke the Iroquoian languages.
Monacan
Powhatan
Cherokee
I was the governor who was known for the “Pay as you Go” policy for road improvements.
Oliver W. Hill, Sr.
A. Linwood Holton, Jr.
Harry F. Byrd, Sr.
I head the executive branch of state government.
governor
mayor
president
I was the enslaved African American from Virginia who served in the Continental Army and was successful in gaining freedom after the war.
Jack Jouett
James Madison
James Lafayette
I was the first African American governor of any state in the United States. I was a Virginia governor.
A. Linwood Holton, Jr.
Arthur Ashe
L. Douglas Wilder
We traded food with the English in exchange for tools, pots, and copper.
the British
the French
Native peoples
I was the commander of the Army of Northern Virginia and defeated Union troops at Fredericksburg.
Stonewall Jackson
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
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.
James Lafayette
John Smith
Jack Jouett
I was the chief of many tribes. I provided leadership to my people and taught the settlers survival skills.
Pocahontas
Chief Powhatan
Chief Pamunkey
I was the 20th century President who wrote a plan for peace.
George Marshall
Woodrow Wilson
George Mason
We were a tribe in the native group that spoke the Siouan Languages.
Powhatan
Cherokee
Monacan
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).
John Rolfe
Christopher Columbus
John Smith
