Civil War
Who was the black soldier who protected the flag during battle
William Carney
Taxation
Name 3 reasons the settlers picked Jamestown as their home.
Could be defended from Spanish attacks
deep water for docking ships
Lots of water (they thought it was fresh)
Name the civil rights leader who was a famous tennis player.
Arthur Ashe
Tobacco was once the main economic crop in Virginia. What is the main economic source now?
livestock
What was the capital of the Confederacy in 1865
Richmond
Who did Parliament think should rule the colonies?
What was the name of the document that gave the Virginia Company of London permission to settle Jamestown?
Charter
Name the famous civil rights attorney who later became the first African American Supreme Court Justice.
Thurgood Marshall
What 2 regions have the most computer technology jobs?
Coastal plain and Piedmont
Name two female spies during the Civil War
Elizabeth Van Lew and Mary Bowser
Who was the commander in chief of the American Army during the Revolutionary War?
George Washington
Who granted the charter to the Virginia Company of London?
King James
Name the 16 year old high school student who started a strike that eventually led to Brown v. Board of Education.
Barbara Johns
What region of Virginia still ships coal all over the world?
Appalachian Plateau
Who was the president of the confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Who was famous for writing the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What did England hope to find in the new land?
Silver and gold
What court case overturned segregation in schools and ordered that schools integrate?
Brown v. Board of Education
What region of Virginia has the larges Naval Base?
Coastal Plain
Who was president of the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
Where did the Revolutionary War end?
Yorktown
What year was Jamestown founded?
1607
What court case said that segregation was ok if it was "separate but equal." This case involved a man sitting in the white section of a train car.
Plessy v. Ferguson
Why is Northern Virginia so populated?
Because of government jobs and being close to Washington DC