Documents
Who was known as the Father of the Constitution?
James Madison
Why did Virginians begin moving West after the Revolutionary War?
They went looking for better soil to farm tobacco.
What Virginian was best known for his major role in the first Battle of Bull Run?
General Stonewall Jackson
Separate bathrooms and schools, poll taxes, and segregation on public transportation are all examples of...
Jim Crow Laws
Who was President during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What document is George Mason best known for writing?
Virginia Declaration of Rights
When Virginias moved West, what two places did they have to cross?
Appalachian Mountains and Cumberland Gap
What machine made it easier to produce more cotton?
Cotton Gin
What is sharecropping?
A system where freed slaves and poor white people rented land and paid with a share of their crops
What were people called that fought to end slavery?
Bonus: Name 4 abolitionists
Abolitionists
Bonus: Harriet Tubman, Nat Turn, John Brown, Henry Brown
In 1606, what did King James I grant the Virginia Company of London?
A charter
Who surrendered to who at Appomattox Courthouse?
Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant
The Union is to the North as the Confederacy is to the...
South
To make it more difficult for African American men to vote in the South, what was put into place?
High poll taxes and challenging literacy tests
What was Harriet Tubman most known for?
Leading hundreds of slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad?
What did the Constitution do?
Bonus: What year was it written?
Provided guidelines for how our country would be run.
Bonus: 1787
Where did the Battle of the Ironclads take place?
In the Chesapeake Bay, off the coast of Norfolk
What helped the economy of Virginia grow?
Railroads
What laws made segregation legal in the South?
Jim Crow Laws
Who led a raid on the US Armory at Harpers Ferry?
John Brown
In 1776, what document was written to declare freedom from Great Britain?
Bonus: Who wrote this document?
Declaration of Independence
Bonus: Thomas Jefferson
What region of Virginia was known for coal mining?
Appalachian Plateau
Because Abraham Lincoln was President, who seceded from who?
The Confederacy seceded from the Union
What did Freedman's Bureau do for newly freed African Americans?
Provided food, schools, and medical help
Who led a revolt against plantation owners?
Nat Turner