Indians and Jamestown
Rev War
Civil War and After
20th and 21st Century
Anything VA Studies
100

This tribe spoke the Algonquian language.

Powhatan

100

The French nobleman who helped win at Yorktown.

Marquis de Lafayette 

100

Who led a raid on US Armory at Harper's Ferry?

John Brown

100

Laws passed to create segregation after Reconstruction were called?

Jim Crow Laws

100

What allowed farmers to farm with fewer workers and forced Virginia to search for jobs

Machines like tractors

200

Jamestown was an __________ ___________ because they were hoping to find gold.

Economic Venture

200

Leader of the Continental Army

George Washington

200

This was burned by Confederates near the end of the war.

Richmond

200

What helped cities grow after Reconstruction?

Railroads

200

Lawyer who worked on equal rights for African Americans

Oliver W Hill Sr

300

What were all the Indians in VA called?

Eastern Woodland Indians
300

Who provided supplies and money to the colonies near the end of the war?

The French

300

Who is the Union general that Lee surrendered to?

Ulysses S Grant

300

Name the time of harsh economic conditions when people did not have jobs, food, or homes

The Great Depression

300

What crop was hard on the soil and caused farmer to look south and west for land?

Tobacco

400

Jamestown settlers died of starvation because _____________?

They lacked survival skills

400

What does "No taxation without representation" mean?

The colonist wanted to have say in the laws they had to follow

400

The eastern and western counties of Virginia disagreed about slavery which led to the creation of?

West Virginia

400

Who led a student strike against segregation?

Barbara Johns

400

What Virginia land feature has a variety of wildlife, is in the Coastal Plains, and has a lake in the middle?

Dismal Swamp

500

What is the name of the town that was Chief Powhatan's headquarters?

Werowocomoco


500

Name the final battle that ended the war.

Yorktown

500

What group of people did not take sides in this war?

Native Americans
500

Name the court case that said "separate but equal" schools were unconstitutional.

Brown vs. Board of Education

500

Government agency that provided food, schools, and medical care to freed African Americans.

Freedman's Bureau