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Geography
Jamestown
Rev/New Nation
Civil War
20th Century
100
Region that has flat marshy land.
What is the Coastal Plain?
100
Brought tobacco to the colony
Who is John Rolfe
100
Virginia's capital during the revolution
What is Williamsburg?
100
Agriculture
What is what was the southern economy based on?
100
L. Douglas Wilder
Who was the first African American governor in the United States. He was a governor of Virginia.
200
Region that is the source of many rivers
What is the Blue Ridge Mountain region?
200
Traded with the early settlers
Who are the Powhatan indians?
200
It states all people should be free to worship as they please?
What is the Virginia Statute of Relgious Freedom?
200
He led a revolt against Virginia plantation owners before the civil war.
Who is Nat Turner?
200
Closing schools to avoid integrating them.
What is massive resistance led by Harry F. Byrd?
300
Richmond and Jamestown are important cities on this river.
What is the James River?
300
Something that is done to make money.
What is an economic venture?
300
George Mason
What is who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
300
Elected President in 1860 - leading to the secession of several southern states.
Who is Lincoln?
300
Federal jobs and computer technology
What is the economy of Virginia based on today?
400
Located in Southwestern Virginia. Coal deposits were found there after the Civil War.
What is the Appalachian Plateau or Tazwell County?
400
The stockholders of the Virginia Company of London.
What is who financed the Jamestown settlement?
400
Barnes, Homes and Churches
What are examples of cultural landscapes?
400
He refused to retreat at the first Battle of Manassas.
Who is General Thomas "stonewall" Jackson
400
The General Assembly
What is the name of the legislative branch of the Virginia state government?
500
A penninsula bordered by the Chessapeake Bay to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east.
What is the Eastern Shore
500
Easily defended from a sea attack. Deep enough for large ships. They thought it had a good water supply.
What is why did the settlers choose the Jamestown site?
500
English General who surrendered at Yorktown, VA ending the revolution.
Who is Lord Cornwallis?
500
General who took Richmond at the end of the war.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
500
Supreme Court case making segregated schools illegal.
What is Brown v. Board of education 1954