VA Studies 1
Why did Scots-Irish settlers primarily make their homes in the Shenandoah Valley?
it was along the migration route
Which Virginian would have worked for a compromise in writing a new Constitution?
James Madison
As Virginia grew, so did the need for more and better what?
roads
Which city is located along the Potomac River?
Alexandria
When did the Powhatan harvest their crops?
fall
Which agency provided food, schools, and medical care for freed African Americans and others in Virginia?
Freedom's Bureau
What Virginia industry increased the growth of small towns by expanding businesses, agriculture, and other industries?
railroads
What laws affected both American Indians and African Americans?
Jim Crow
Who was the father of the constitution?
If Marian was going to build a house in Colonial Virginia, it would most likely be what kind of house?
one room house with dirt floors
Which is NOT an effect of Jim Crow laws?
races were segregated
African Americans faced discrimination
Poll taxes and unfair voting tests
reconstruction
reconstruction
Complete the analogy. Northern States were to industry as Southern States were to _______
agriculture
What year did the English settlers arrive?
1607
True or false: urban land is flat farm land
False
What was discovered in Tazewell County? Options:
Fertile Soil for tobacco
Coal Deposits
A new migration route
A faster route across the Appalachian Mountains
coal deposits
During reconstruction _________ began to have power for the first time in Virginia's goverment
African Americans
Which Virginian is known for inspiring other patriots by saying "give me liberty or give me death"
Patrick Henry
Name one of the capitols: The pentagon, the rich whites, or the pent house
the pentagon
Which place has flat land and farms?
Piemont, Urban, Piedmont, Rural
Rural
Who surveyed and explored the Great Dismal Swamp?
George Washington
Jerry rents land and grows crops. He pays rent to the landowner with part of his crops. This is an example of?
Sharecropping
slave states
Who is the father of Pocahontas?
Chief Powhatan
Who was the side that supported the slavery?
Slave Catchers, abolitionists, rich whites, rich African American?
Rich white men