Virginia Studies
Daily Reviews
by
Martha Vermillion
Week 14
Monday
Name: _______________
1.
Which of the following made it difficult
for African Americans to vote after
Reconstruction?
a. New roads
b. Poll taxes and literacy tests
c. Better education
d. Better farming techniques
2. What did the “Jim Crow” laws do?
f. established segregation and
reinforced prejudices
g. established integration and lifted
prejudices
h. established integration and
reinforced prejudices
j. established segregation and lifted
prejudices
3. The legislative branch of the Virginia
government is known as the ___.
a. General Assembly
b. House of Representatives
c. Congress
d. House of Delegates
4. The first ten amendments to the U.S.
Constitution are known as the ___.
f. Bill of Freedoms
g. Bill of Laws
h. Bill of Protections
j. Bill of Rights
5. The seceded states, including Virginia,
formed the ___.
a. “Union States of America”
b. “United States of America”
c. “Confederate States of America”
d. “Union Confederation States”
6. Who was Commander of the Army of
Northern Virginia during the Civil War?
f. J.E.B. Stuart
g. Robert E. Lee
h. Stonewall Jackson
j. Ulysses S. Grant
7. Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of
Rights?
a. Thomas Jefferson
b. James Madison
c. George Mason
d. Patrick Henry
8. What was the first permanent English
settlement in North America?
f. Roanoke Island
g. The Lost Colony
h. Jamestown
j. Plymouth Rock
9. A good or service owed to another is __.
a. barter
b. credit
c. savings
d. debt
10. How many banks were in Colonial
Virginia?
f. seven
g. none
h. one
j. three
Week 14
Tuesday
Name: _______________
1.
Which geographic region of Virginia
includes the Great Valley of Virginia?
a. Blue Ridge Mountains
b. Valley and Ridge
c. Appalachian Plateau
d. Coastal Plain (Tidewater)
2. When was the first permanent English
settlement in North America?
f. 1585
g. 1607
h. 1587
j. 1619
3. What type of government did the
Virginia Colony have?
a. Socialist
b. Communist
c. Monarchy
d. Representative
4. What impact did the arrival of women
have on the Jamestown settlement?
f. settlers were able to establish
families and a more permanent
settlement
g. settlers were able to expand the
tobacco industry
h. settlers were able to return to
England
j. no impact was felt
5. Who penned the Declaration of
Independence?
a. George Mason
b. James Madison
c. Thomas Jefferson
d. Patrick Henry
6. Because his skills at compromises helped
the delegates reach agreement during
the writing of the Constitution, he
earned the title “Father of the
Constitution”.
f. George Mason
g. George Washington
h. James Madison
j. Thomas Jefferson
7. Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of
Rights?
a. Thomas Jefferson
b. James Madison
c. George Mason
d. Patrick Henry
8. The first major clash of the Civil War
was the ___.
f. Battle of Gettysbury
g. Battle of Manassas (Bull Run)
h. Battle of Fredericksburg
j. Battle at Yorktown
9. The Confederate iron-clad ship was the
___.
a. Merrimac
b. Monitor
c. Susan Constant
d. Serapis
10. This region produces tobacco and
information technology.
f. Appalachian Plateau
g. Coastal Plain (Tidewater)
h. Piedmont
j. Blue Ridge Mountains
Week 14
Wednesday
Name: _______________
1.
Northern Virginia has experienced
growth since the end of WW II due to
__.
a. increase in the number of people
leaving this area
b. decline in the number of immigrants
moving to this region
c. decrease in the cost of living
d. increase in the number of federal
jobs located in this region
2. The capital of the Confederacy was __.
f. Washington D.C.
g. Richmond
h. Yorktown
j. Williamsburg
3. The First Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution protects __.
a. right to keep guns
b. right to fair trial
c. religious freedom
d. from unlawful searches
4. What led to the creation of West
Virginia?
f. division over land ownership
g. division about the capital
h. division about the governor
j. division about secession
5. Who authored the Statute for Religious
Freedom?
a. George Mason
b. James Madison
c. Thomas Jefferson
d. Patrick Henry
6. Trading/exchanging goods and services
without using money is ___.
f. barter
g. credit
h. debt
j. saving
7. His "pay as you go" policy for road
improvement kept Virginia from
borrowing money.
a. Arthur Ashe
b. L. Douglas Wilder
c. Harry F. Byrd, Sr.
d. Thomas Jefferson
8. After the Civil War, sharecropping
developed mainly because __.
f. farmland was very expensive
g. farmers could not pay workers
h. food was scarce
j. farmers were still fighting the Union
9. Which industry is important in the
Coastal Plain (Tidewater) region?
a. lumbering
b. poultry farming
c. coal mining
d. shipping
10. The city of Alexandria is located along
the ____ River.
f. Potomac
g. James
h. York
j. Rappahannock
Week 14
Thursday
Name: _______________
1.
The Virginia Company Charters __.
a. formed the basis of the Bill of
Rights
b. declared freedom from English rule
c. extended English rights to colonists
d. separated church and state
2. Which Virginian was mainly responsible
for creating the U.S. Bill of Rights?
f. James Madison
g. James Monroe
h. George Mason
j. Thomas Jefferson
3. The Union iron-clad ship was the ___.
a. Susan Constant
b. Mayflower
c. Merrimac
d. Monitor
4. The economy in the northern part of the
United States was __.
f. agricultural
g. commercialized
h. industrialized
j. fertilized
5. What was the purpose of the raid on the
United States Armory (Arsenal) at
Harpers Ferry?
a. to free the slaves who worked there
b. to eliminate slavery
c. to start a slave rebellion
d. to stop a slave rebellion
6. This body of water provided a safe
harbor and was a source of food and
transportation for early settlers of
Virginia.
f. James River
g. Atlantic Ocean
h. Chesapeake Bay
j. Potomac River
7. He was the first African American to
win a major tennis singles championship.
a. Arthur Ashe
b. L. Douglas Wilder
c. Harry F. Byrd, Sr.
d. Booker T. Washington
8. This branch of Virginia’s government
makes the laws.
f. Military Branch
g. Judicial Branch
h. Executive Branch
j. Legislative Branch
9. Which industry is important in the Valley
and Ridge region?
a. lumbering
b. poultry farming
c. coal mining
d. shipping
10. The city of Richmond is located along
the ____ River.
f. Potomac
g. James
h. York
j. Rappahannock
Week 15
Friday
Name: _______________
1.
In 1831 more people died in one slave
revolt than in any other in the nation's
history. The person who led this revolt
was ___.
A. Nat Turner
B. Joseph Travis
C. Harriet Tubman
D. John Brown
2. One major disagreement between the
North and the South had to do with ___.
F. work opportunities in both areas
G. the population increase in the North
H. whether slavery should be allowed to
spread to the new territories
J. how to handle the conflicts between
Native Americans and western
settlers
3. The general who played a major role in
the Battle of Manassas, or the Battle of
Bull Run, was __.
A. Robert E. Lee
B. Ulysses S. Grant
C. Philip Sheridan
D. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
4. The Battle of Bull Run was important
because it proved that the Confederacy
____.
F. was not as strong as the Union had
thought
G. could win any battle fought in the
South
H. was more powerful than the Union
thought
J. had very poor leaders
5. Sir Walter Raleigh ___.
A. formed the Virginia Company
B. gave Virginia its name
C. stopped Indian attacks
D. brought supplies to the settlers
5. The abolitionist who led a raid on the
United States Armory at Harpers Ferry
was ___.
F. Nat Turner
G. Joseph Travis
H. Harriet Tubman
D. John Brown
6. Why was the capital moved from
Williamsburg to Richmond in 1780?
A. Jefferson's favorite city was
Richmond
B. The British had taken Williamsburg
C. Richmond was centrally located and
safer during the war.
D. Williamsburg's water was polluted.
8. The Bill of Rights was added to the
Constitution because ___.
F. the Constitution needed two parts
G. the Bill of Rights gave power to the
states
H. Patrick Henry wanted it added
J. delegates wanted to protect the
rights and freedoms of people
9. What effect did Virginia's poll tax have
on voters in the state?
A. More African Americans were
allowed to vote.
B. Women were allowed to vote.
C. It kept many poor people from voting.
D. It had no effect on voting.
10. As a result of railroad expansion,
industries in Virginia ___.
F. declined rapidly
G. remained steady
H. expanded
J. continued to be centered around coal
mining
Week 15
Monday
Name: _______________
1.
Which of the following was not a reason
that Jamestown was chosen as the first
permanent English settlement?
a. The location could be defended from
attack.
b. The Spanish had agreed not to settle
there.
c. The water near the shore was deep
enough for ships to dock.
d. There was a source of fresh water
nearby.
2. The Powhatan Indians helped the
colonists survive by ___.
f. teaching them to navigate the river
and to hunt
g. teaching them how to fish
h. helping them rebuild the colony
j. showing the colonists how to grow
corn and tobacco
3. Who led 19 rescue missions to free
slaves after escaping to the North?
a. John Brown
b. Nat Turner
c. Harriet Tubman
d. Jefferson Davis
4. Which Virginian did President Lincoln
first ask to lead the Union Army?
f. Edmund Ruffin
g. Robert Anderson
h. Joseph E. Johnston
j. Robert E. Lee
5. Who did the colonists believe had the
authority to tax them?
a. the British
b. the town councils
c. the legislatures in the colonies
d. the colonial governors
6. Richmond, Virginia, became important
during the Civil War because ___.
f. it was a central point between the
North and the South
g. it had become the capital of the
Confederacy
h. it was an important Confederate
seaport
j. many major battles were fought
there
7. Why was the capital moved from
Williamsburg to Richmond in 1780?
a. Richmond was Jefferson's favorite
city.
b. The British had taken Williamsburg.
c. Richmond was centrally located and
safer during the war.
d. Loyalists threatened to take over
Williamsburg.
8. According to the Declaration of
Independence, who has the right to
govern?
f. the Virginia Company
g. the British
h. the king
j. the people
9. The main exports of Virginia are ___.
a. wheat and corn
b. tobacco and tobacco products
c. livestock
d. high-tech equipment
10. As a result of Brown v. Board of
Education, all public schools ___.
f. had to be equal
g. had to have separate classes for
African Americans
h. were ordered to integrate
j. were shut down
Week 15
Tuesday
Name: _______________
1.
Many people living in Virginia's Piedmont
region make their living from ___.
a. imports and exports
b. agriculture, technology, government,
and manufacturing
c. shipbuilding and fishing
d. coal mining
2. While visiting the Appalachian Plateau,
you might learn about ____.
f. the Revolutionary War
g. how natural springs are formed
h. coal mining
j. the history of Virginia's railroads
3. George Mason was responsible for
writing ____.
a. the Declaration of Independence
b. all correspondence for the colony of
Virginia
c. Virginia's resolution
d. the Virginia Declaration of Rights and
Virginia's first Constitution
4. The economy of the North depended on
manufacturing, while the economy of the
South depended on ___.
f. railroads
g. factories
h. farming
j. cattle ranching
5. Who penned the Declaration of
Independence?
a. George Mason
b. James Madison
c. Thomas Jefferson
d. Patrick Henry
6. The policy that many of Virginia's white
leaders supported, which tried to stop
the integration of public schools, was
known as ___.
f. Separate but Equal
g. the Civil Rights movement
h. Massive Resistance
j. Brown v. Board of Education
7. In 1699 the capital of Virginia was moved
from Jamestown to ___.
a. Chesapeake
b. Roanoke
c. Williamsburg
d. Fredericksburg
8. Which product became a valuable cash
crop for Virginia?
f. cotton
g. tobacco
h. gunpowder
j. corn
9. One effect of the Jim Crow laws on
African American life was that ___.
a. more African Americans were
elected to the government
b. African Americans could take any
kind of work
c. no citizen had to take a literary test
in order to vote
d. African American and white children
attended separate schools.
10. Which is Virginia's largest region?
f. Appalachian Plateau
g. Coastal Plain (Tidewater)
h. Piedmont
j. Blue Ridge Mountains
Week 15
Wednesday
Name: _______________
1.
Slavery was important to the Southern
states because ___.
a. factories in the South depended on
these workers
b. slaves were needed to build railroads
c. slaves were needed to work on the
plantations
d. a majority of the farmers owned
slaves
6. The disagreement between the eastern
and western countries of Virginia
regarding secession from the Union led
to ____.
f. the formation of the state of West
Virginia
g. the abolition of slavery in Virginia
h. the attack on Fort Sumter
j. the election of Abraham Lincoln
2. Jim Crow laws strengthened ____.
f. the prejudices some white people
held against African Americans
g. the United States government's
position on equality of the races
h. a person's right to protest
j. the reforms that were taking place
throughout the South
7. The governor of Virginia who was
responsible for the "pay-as-you-go" plan
was ___.
a. Richard Byrd
b. Samuel P. Langley
c. Harry Flood Byrd
d. Charles Lindbergh
3. The First Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution protects __.
a. right to keep guns
b. right to fair trial
c. religious freedom
d. from unlawful searches
8. After the Civil War, sharecropping
developed mainly because __.
f. farmland was very expensive
g. farmers could not pay workers
h. food was scarce
j. farmers were still fighting the Union
4. The Underground Railroad was important
because it ___.
f. carried settlers west
g. was the route used by slaves
escaping from the South
h. carried many products from the
North to the South
j. led to the end of slavery
9. Virginia has five physical regions. The
smallest of these physical regions is the
_____.
a. Coastal Plain (Tidewater)
b. Piedmont
c. Appalachian Plateau
d. Valley and Ridge region
5. Early Virginians were part of the Native
American group called the ___.
a. Occaneechi Path
b. Piedmont
c. Atlantic Ocean Indians
d. Eastern Woodlands Indians
10. The key to the growth of business,
agriculture, and industry in Virginia was
____.
f. the state's large supply of coal
g. the building of new communities
h. the number of people with large
capital resources
j. the building of railroads
Week 15
Thursday
Name: _______________
1. The Coastal Plain in Virginia has rivers
that together form ____.
a. barrier islands
b. vast saltwater wetlands
c. three large peninsulas
d. the fall line
2. To explain why the colonies wanted
Independence, Thomas Jefferson ____.
f. made a speech about independence
at the First Continental Congress
g. led the second Virginia Convention in
1775
h. became the chief writer of the
Declaration of Independence
j. wrote the letter to George III
about the Intolerable Acts.
3. Another name for the Battle of
Manassas is _____.
a. the Battle of the Confederates
b. the Battle of Stonewall
c. the Railroad Battle
d. the Battle of Bull Run
4. Changes resulting from the Civil Rights
movement made it possible for Arthur R.
Ashe, Jr., to ___.
f. be the first African American to
play for the United States in the
Davis Cup tournament
g. become Virginia's 65th governor
h. get the Civil Rights Act of 1964
passed
j. win a seat in the House of Delegates
5. The term Reconstruction refers to the
____.
a. new government in the South
b. freeing of all slaves
c. rebuilding of the South
d. restructuring the government in the
North
6. Which of the following is not one of
Virginia's Native American language
groups?
f. Siouan
g. Algonquian
h. Iroquoian
j. Shenandoan
7. Each of the following is a reason that
England wanted a colony in North
America except ___.
a. to find wood and other raw materials
b. to find gold and silver
c. to control a land route to Asia
d. to open new markets for English
goods
8. Which of the following is an example of
a service industry that grew quickly in
Virginia in the late 1900s?
f. government agencies
g. shipbuilding
h. tourism
j. aerospace
9. Which of the following regions holds rich
deposits of coal?
a. the Appalachian Plateau
b. the Appalachian Mountains
c. the Piedmont
d. the Coastal Plain
10. As a result of railroad expansion,
industries in Virginia ___.
f. declined rapidly
g. remained steady
h. expanded
j. continued to be centered around coal
mining
Week 15
Friday
Name: _______________
1.
In 1831 more people died in one slave
revolt than in any other in the nation's
history. The person who led this revolt
was ___.
A. Nat Turner
B. Joseph Travis
C. Harriet Tubman
D. John Brown
2. One major disagreement between the
North and the South had to do with ___.
F. work opportunities in both areas
G. the population increase in the North
H. whether slavery should be allowed to
spread to the new territories
J. how to handle the conflicts between
Native Americans and western
settlers
3. The general who played a major role in
the Battle of Manassas, or the Battle of
Bull Run, was __.
A. Robert E. Lee
B. Ulysses S. Grant
C. Philip Sheridan
D. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
4. The Battle of Bull Run was important
because it proved that the Confederacy
____.
F. was not as strong as the Union had
thought
G. could win any battle fought in the
South
H. was more powerful than the Union
thought
J. had very poor leaders
5. Sir Walter Raleigh ___.
A. formed the Virginia Company
B. gave Virginia its name
C. stopped Indian attacks
D. brought supplies to the settlers
5. The abolitionist who led a raid on the
United States Armory at Harpers Ferry
was ___.
F. Nat Turner
G. Joseph Travis
H. Harriet Tubman
D. John Brown
6. Why was the capital moved from
Williamsburg to Richmond in 1780?
A. Jefferson's favorite city was
Richmond
B. The British had taken Williamsburg
C. Richmond was centrally located and
safer during the war.
D. Williamsburg's water was polluted.
8. The Bill of Rights was added to the
Constitution because ___.
F. the Constitution needed two parts
G. the Bill of Rights gave power to the
states
H. Patrick Henry wanted it added
J. delegates wanted to protect the
rights and freedoms of people
9. What effect did Virginia's poll tax have
on voters in the state?
A. More African Americans were
allowed to vote.
B. Women were allowed to vote.
C. It kept many poor people from voting.
D. It had no effect on voting.
10. As a result of railroad expansion,
industries in Virginia ___.
F. declined rapidly
G. remained steady
H. expanded
J. continued to be centered around coal
mining