Geography & Natives
These are the five geographic regions of Virginia from east to west.
(Tidewater, Piedmont, Blue Ridge Mountains, Valley & Ridge, Appalachian Plateau)
In 1619, the Governor of Virginia called a meeting of this first elected legislative body in English North America.
(The General Assembly / House of Burgesses)
This Virginian is known as the "Father of our Country."
(George Washington)
The first battle of the Civil War involving ironclad ships took place in Virginia waters between these two ships.
(The Monitor and the Merrimack/Virginia)
This policy in Virginia, led by Harry F. Byrd, Sr., fought against the integration of public schools
Massive Resistance
This is the name of the water feature that separates the Eastern Shore from the mainland of Virginia.
(Chesapeake Bay)
This man initiated trading relations with the Powhatan and enforced the "no work, no food" rule at Jamestown.
(Captain John Smith)
This document, written by George Mason, states that all Virginians have many rights, including freedom of religion and the press.
(The Virginia Declaration of Rights)
This Confederate General surrendered his army to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House.
(Robert E. Lee)
This 1954 Supreme Court case ruled that "separate but equal" schools were unconstitutional
Brown v. Board of Education
Most Virginia Indians belonged to this language group, which was primarily located in the Tidewater region.
(Algonquian)
The arrival of these two groups in 1619 and 1620 helped make the Jamestown settlement more permanent.
(Women and Africans)
Thomas Jefferson wrote this document which expressed the idea of America desiring Freedom and Independence from Great Britain.
The Declaration of Independence
During Reconstruction, this government agency provided food, schools, and medical care for freed African Americans and others.
(The Freedmen’s Bureau)
This Virginian was the first African American to be elected a state governor in the United States
L. Douglas Wilder
This is the name of the large town used as headquarters by the leader Powhatan in 1607.
(Werowocomoco)
This was the primary "cash crop" that saved the Virginia economy but led to a dependency on slave labor.
(Tobacco)
After the Revolution, a treaty was signed marking the official end of the Revolutionary War
(The Treaty of Pairs)
This was the capital of the Confederacy for most of the Civil War.
(Richmond)
These two world wars caused Virginia's population and economy to grow due to the increase in military bases and naval shipyards
WWI and WWII
Native Americans in Virginia are known as "Eastern Woodland" Indians because their food, clothing, and shelter depended on this.
(The Seasons/The Environment)
Because of drinking water seepage and fire, the capital was moved from Jamestown to this city in 1699.
(Williamsburg)
This famous Virginian said, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
(Patrick Henry)
This system, common after the war, involved freedmen renting land from a landowner and paying with a share of the crop.
(Sharecropping)
This lawyer and civil rights leader from Richmond played a key role in the Brown v. Board case.
Oliver W. Hill, Sr.