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100

The first battle of the Civil War.

What is Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)?

100

Means to rebuild.

What is reconstruction?

100

This gave women the right to vote.

What is the 19th amendment?

100

These two machines changed farming by opening new lands in the south and allowing farmers to grow more product with less workers.

What are the cotton gin and mechanical reaper?

100

I brought attention to the abolitionist movement when I raided Harper's Ferry.

Who is John Brown?

200

I was asked to lead the Union Army, but I declined because I had to be loyal to my home state, Virginia.

Who is Robert E. Lee?

200

Government agency set up to help freed slaves and poor whites.

What is the Freedmen Bureau?

200
I led a student strike against segregation.

Who is Barbara Johns?

200

I believed in the importance of a United States Constitution.  My detailed notes and compromising skills earned me the title of "Father of the Constitution".

Who is James Madison?

200

I brought attention to the issue of slavery when I tried to lead a slave uprising.

Who is Nat Turner?

300

President Lincoln hired me to lead the Union's army.

Who is Ulysses S. Grant?

300

Stated that "separate but equal" is unconstitutional.

What is Brown v. Board of Education?

300
Harry F. Byrd's policy to resist the integration of schools.

What is Massive Resistance?

300

My document stated that all Virginians have many rights including freedom of religion and freedom of the press.  What is my name and my document.

Who is George Mason and what is the Virginia Declaration of Rights?

300

I was the commander of the Army of Northern Virginia during which war?

Who is Robert E. Lee during the Civil War?

400

This battle was fought between Richmond and Washington, D.C.

What is the Battle of Fredericksburg?

400

This means of transportation was key to the expansion of businesses, agriculture, and industry in Virginia?

What is railroads?

400
Unfair poll taxes and voting tests, just to name a few.

What are Jim Crow laws?

400

What did Virginians take with them as the moved to the west and south?

What are enslaved people, traditions, and culture?

400

Old, rounded mountains that is part of the Appalachian Mountains system.

What is the Blue Ridge Mountains?

500

This battle fought between two ironclads ended in a draw. Name the battle and ships.

What is the Battle of the Ironclads or Battle of Hampton Roads?  What are the Monitor and Merrimack?

500

Freedmen and poor white farmers rented land from landowners by promising to pay the owners with a share of the crops.

What is sharecropping?

500

This event bought on harsh economic conditions and many Virginians lost their jobs; however, the federal government developed a program to help provide jobs. (you must name the event and program)

What are the Great Depression and New Deal?

500

During the westward migration, the settlers crossed the ______________________ through the ____________________________.

What is the Appalachian Mountains and Cumberland Gap?

500

Provided a transportation link between Virginia and other places.

What is the Atlantic Ocean?