Miscellaneous 1
These people captured the first Africans brought to Comfort Point, VA against their will.
Who were Portuguese sailors?
The Germans and Scots-Irish settled in this part of Virginia.
What is the Shenandoah Valley?
These three inalienable rights were listed in the opening of the Declaration of Independence.
What is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
Known for the development of the League of Nations that the U.S. did not join, this president from Virginia won a Nobel Peace Prize.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
The great depression affected the entire nation. FDR developed this program to create jobs.
What is the New Deal?
The English Settler that introduced trading relationships with the native people and instituted a "no work, no food" policy.
Who is John Smith?
Colonists explained why they should not be taxed because they had no representation in this body of governement.
What is Parliament?
The last major battle of the Revolutionary War was here.
What is Yorktown?
The bombing of this place led to the United States joining WWII.
What is Pearl Harbor?
She organized a student protest to desegregate schools at Robert Russa Moton High school.
Who is Barbara Johns?
A word that means to buy a good or service now and pay for it later.
What is credit?
This Virginia famously said, "Give me liberty or give me death."
Who is Patrick Henry?
He is known as the Father of the Constitution.
Who is James Madison?
What is the sinking of the Lusitania?
The number presidents born in Virginia.
What is eight?
In the year 1699 the capital of Virginia moved from Virginia to this city.
What is Williamsburg
This French nobleman volunteered his service to the Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Who is The Marquis de Laffeyette?
Ten years before Rosa Parks, this woman refused to give her seat up on a bus in Virginia.
Who is Irene Morgan?
This is the highest military recognition awarded to a member of the armed forces.
This Virginia governor is known for fighting for equality. He sent his kids to desegregated schools, ended massive resistance, and appointed more women and black people to government positions than anyone before him.
Who is A. Linwood Holton, Jr.?
Where American Indians live in Virginia today.
What is throughout the state?
Governor Harry F. Byrd was known for the popular "pay as you go" system in Virginia as well as this effort to keep schools segregated.
What is Massive Resistance?
He was Virginia's first elected black governor.
Who was L. Douglas Wilder?
Virginians contributed to the war efforts by rationing food, purchasing U.S. savings bonds and growing these.
What are Victory Gardens?
This natural resource spurred growth in Virginia during the 20th century.
What is coal?