Terms to know
What is the term that means money put away to use at a later time?
What is savings?
The war officially ended by signing of the
TREATY OF ___________
What is the TREATY OF PARIS, 1783?
Who's famous battle was fought at the Battle of Fredericksburg (on the Rappahannock River)?
Who is Robert E. Lee?
What was the first battle of the Civil War?
What was the First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)?
Racial discrimination (unfair treatment) became illegal.
What was the period after the Civil War when Congress passed laws to rebuild the country and bring southern states back into the Union?
What is Reconstruction?
What is the term that means full equality of people of all races in the use of public facilities and services? (example: all people can use the same water fountains and restrooms)
What is integration?
What is the last battle of the American Revolution?
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
Who's famous battle was at the First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)?
Who is Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson?
What year was Abraham Lincoln elected?
What is 1860?
What court case helped change the rule that stated "separate but equal" public schools were unconstitutional?
What was Brown v. Board of Education? (1954)
What was the system where freedmen and poor white farmers rented land from landowners by promising a share of the crop?
What is sharecropping?
What is the term that means owing someone?
What is debt?
What would a person be called if they were willing to help fight for freedom from England?
What is a Patriot?
Who was the abolitionist who led a raid against plantation owners?
Who was Nat Turner?
Where was the last battle of the Civil War when Lee surrendered to Grant?
What is Appomattox Court House, VA?
Who was the military leader who created an economic plan to ensure world peace?
Who was George C. Marshall?
What was the federal agency providing food, public schools, and medical care for freed African Americans and others in Virginia?
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
This is a piece of land that is bordered on three sides by water.
What is a peninsula?
What would a person be called who didn't want to choose sides during the American Revolution?
What is a neutralist?
Who was the lawyer who played a key role in the court case Brown v. Board of Education?
Who was Oliver W. Hill, Sr.?
Name the two reasons that caused the Civil War?
Slavery and State's Rights
Who was the 20th century president who wrote a plan for world peace?
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
What unfair measures were established to prevent African Americans and American Indians from voting?
What term means the separation of people based on race or religion?
What is segregation?
What would a person be called who wanted to stay under England's rule?
What is a loyalist?
Who was the governor of Virginia who was known for the "Pay as You Go" Policy and Massive Resistance?
Who was Harry F. Byrd?
Who was the general of the Army of Northern Virginia?
Who was Robert E. Lee?
During the 20th century....Besides communications and other technologies, what is considered to be a major part of Virginia's economy?
What is Tourism?
What laws legally establish segregation and reinforcing prejudices held by whites?
What are Jim Crow Laws?
What is the term that means a crop grown for profit rather than for personal use?
What is a cash crop?
Who was the French nobleman, who volunteered his services to the Continental Army, and contributed to the victory at Yorktown? The King of France sent French troops, ships, and money to help the Continental Army win the American Revolution.
Who is Marquis de Lafayette?
Who was elected as the first African American governor in Virginia and the United States?
Who is L Douglass Wilder?
When did the Civil War end?
April, 1865
The _______ __________ was a period of harsh economic conditions worldwide. Many Virginians lost their jobs, farms, homes, and businesses.
What is the Great Depression?
What was Virginia's economy like after the Civil War?
It was in ruins, with money having no value, banks were closed, destroyed businesses, railroads, bridges, plantations, and crops.
In the late 20th and 21st century, Northern VA grew due to what type of technology?
What is computer technology?
What important document was written by Thomas Jefferson describing our intention to fight for independence from England?
What is The Declaration of Independence?
(adopted July 4, 1776)
Who was the abolitionist who led over 300 enslaved African Americans to their freedom in the Underground Railroad?
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Who was the abolitionist that led a raid on the armory/arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia and was captured and hanged?
Who was John Brown?
What types of products does Virginia export?
What is tobacco, poultry, coal, and large ships?
What term means the unfair treatment of people?
What is discrimination?
Who was Commander- in-Chief of the Continental Army?
Who is George Washington?
Who was the first African American who won the men's singles tennis championship. He was also an author and an eloquent spokesperson for social change?
Who was Arthur R. Ashe Jr.?
What was the names of the two iron-clad ships who fought to a draw in the waters near Norfolk and Hampton?
What were the Monitor (Union) and the Merrimack (Confederate)?
The federal government established _______ ________ programs to provide employment and ease many hardships during the Great Depression.
What is the New Deal?
Tobacco farming and products.
What term means located near, between, close to, or next to? (example, Maryland is located above Virginia or Kentucky is located next to Virginia.)
What is relative location?
Who was the first African American and woman to establish a bank and become a bank president?
Who is Maggie L. Walker?
What capital city was captured by the Union soldiers and burned near the end of the war?
What is Richmond?
___________ ____________ led a student strike against segregation in 1951. The U.S. Supreme Court made a ruling in 1954 that ordered all public schools to desegregate.
Who is Barbara Johns?
What areas did segregation and discrimination affect?
It affected health care, employment, political representation, housing, and education of African Americans and American Indians.