VA Studies Unit 6 Review

What was the significance of the location starred on the map in the early 1800s?

• Virginians discovered coal and began mining for it.

• Virginians moved there to avoid attacks by American Indians.

• Virginians relocated there in the hope of finding gold & silver.

• Virginians crossed there as they migrated to new lands in the west.

Which document states that all Virginians have many rights, including freedom of the press and religion?

• Charters of the VA Company of Richmond

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom.

Who kept detailed notes at the Constitutional Convention?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Mason

• James Madison

Who's title is "Father of our Country?"

• Thomas Jefferson

• Christopher Columbus

• George Washington

• James Madison

Whose name completes this state?

I'm known as the "Father of the Constitution" and skilled at comprising.

• James Madison

• George Washington

• Patrick Henry

• Thomas Jefferson

_____________ was known as a model of leadership for future presidents?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Patrick Henry

• George Washington

• George Mason

Which machine allowed farmers to grow more wheat with fewer workers, which in turn caused many Virginians to relocate in search of jobs?

• cotton jin

• mechanical reaper

• plow

• steam engines

What belongs in the box to complete the graphic organizer?

• Virginians looked for large areas of land and new opportunities.

• Hundreds of miles permanently separated African American families.

• Several Virginians were forced to leave the state to look for jobs.

• Farmers look west and south for new land to farm.

Several farmers decided to __________because tobacco farming was hard on their soil.

• moved north

• hired new help

• returned to England

• Searched west and south for new land to farm.

The Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom states that all people should be free to _______as they, please.

• worship

• vote

• speak

• assemble