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4
Grade Virginia
Studies SOL Review
Mrs. Shepherd
Ashburn Elementary
3rd Quarter
50 Questions on following topics:

New Nation

Important People and Documents
Virginia Branches of Government
 Civil War
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Who wrote the Declaration of
Independence?
a) George Washington
b) James Madison
c) Thomas Jefferson
d) Patrick Henry
The Declaration of Independence
states that all people are created
equal and have rights to ________.
a) Freedom
b) Life, Liberty, and the
Pursuit of Happiness.
c) Religious Freedom and
Freedom of Speech
d) Freedom, Liberty, and
Respect.
This leader is often called “The
Father of our Country.”
a) George Mason
b) James Madison
c) Thomas Jefferson
d) George Washington
Some Virginias remained loyal to
the British during the Revolutionary
War and were called __________.
a) Patriots
b) Traitors
c) Neutral
d) Loyalists
The Virginians who fought against
the English during the Revolutionary
War were known as the __________.
a) Patriots
b) Traitors
c) Neutral
d) Loyalists
The Virginia patriots served in the
______________.
a) Continental Army
b) British Army
c) Confederate Army
d) Union Army
The Virginians that did not take
sides during the Revolutionary War
were called __________.
a) Patriots
b) Traitors
c) Neutral
d) Loyalists
Many slaves fought for the English
because _____________.
a) they were promised
freedom.
b) They believed that the
English owned the
colonies.
c) they thought the
English would win.
d) they were forced to.
This slave from Virginia worked as
a spy and was given freedom
after the war.
a) Harriet Tubman
b) James Armistead
Lafayette
c) John Brown
d) Eli Whitney
This person was the commanderin-chief of the Continental Army.
a) Ulysses S. Grant
b) Robert E. Lee
c) George Washington
d) “Stonewall” Jackson
This person is known for saying
“…give me liberty or give me
death!”
a) Thomas Jefferson
b) George Washington
c) James Madison
d) Patrick Henry
The British surrendered at
___________ to the Americans
ending the Revolutionary War.
a) Appomattox
Courthouse
b) Jamestown
c) Yorktown
d) Richmond
This Virginian was elected as the
first President of the United States
of America.
a) Thomas Jefferson
b) Abraham Lincoln
c) James Madison
d) George Washington
This important Virginian kept
detailed notes during the
Constitutional Convention.
a) George Washington
b) James Madison
c) George Mason
d) Thomas Jefferson
This important Virginian was the
president of the Constitutional
Convention.
a) George Washington
b) James Madison
c) George Mason
d) Thomas Jefferson
This Virginian was known for his
compromising skills during the
Constitutional Convention.
a) Thomas Jefferson
b) James Madison
c) Benjamin Franklin
d) Edmund Randolph
The Virginia Declaration of Rights
was written by ______________.
a) Thomas Jefferson
b) James Madison
c) George Mason
d) Edmund Randolph
This Virginian is known as the
“Father of the Constitution.”
a) Thomas Jefferson
b) George Washington
c) James Madison
d) Benjamin Franklin
The Virginia Statute for Religious
Freedom was written by ________.
a) Thomas Jefferson
b) George Washington
c) James Madison
d) George Mason
The Virginia Statute for Religion
freedom states ____________.
a) all people have rights
to life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness
b) all people should be
free to worship as they
please
c) religion should be
decided by the president
of a country
d) all people should
have freedom of speech
This document was the basis for
the First Amendment to the
Constitution of the United States.
a) Bill of Rights
b) Declaration of
Independence
c) Virginia Declaration of
Rights
d) Virginia Statute for
Religious Freedom
The first amendment to the United
States Constitution protects _____.
a) Freedom of Speech
b) Freedom of the Press
c) Freedom of Religion
d) Freedom to bear arms
This document became the basis
for the Bill of Rights of the
Constitution of the United States.
a) Virginia Declaration of
Rights
b) Virginia Statute for
Religious Freedom
c) Declaration of
Independence
d) Articles of
Confederation
The government of Virginia is
divided into ____ branches.
a) 2
b) 4
c) 7
d) 3
The three branches of Virginia
government are known as ______.
a) General Assembly,
House of Delegates,
Senate
b) Federal, State, and
Local
c) Executive, Legislative,
and Judicial
d) Legislative, Senate,
and Judicial
The General Assembly is in the
___________ branch of Virginia’s
government.
a) Executive
b) Legislative
c) State
d) Judicial
The General Assembly is split into 2
parts, they are the ____ and ____ .
a) House of Burgesses
and Senate
b) Senate and Judicial
c) Senate and House of
Delegates
d) House of Burgesses
and Judicial
Who heads the executive branch
of Virginia’s state government?
a) President
b) Governor
c) Chief
d) Judge
The judicial branch decides
______________.
a) cases about people
accused of breaking the
law.
b) whether or not a law
agrees with the Virginia
Constitution.
c) who will get to be the
next governor
d) Both A and B
This crop was hard on the soil and
caused many farmers to move
out west for new land.
a) Cotton
b) Corn
c) Tobacco
d) Beans
Virginians migrated to the west to
look for __________.
a) new land and new
opportunities.
b) coal
c) gold
d) freedom from their
governor
Settlers crossed the Appalachian
Mountains through the __________.
a) Potomac River
b) Blue Ridge Mountains
c) Appalachian Gap
d) Cumberland Gap
The economy of the north was
_____________.
a) Agricultural
b) Industrial
c) Urban
d) Free States
The economy of the south was
______________.
a) Industrial
b) Coal mining
c) Agricultural
d) Slave States
Northern states wanted the new
western territory to become _______.
a) “Slave States”
b) Agricultural
c) Industrial
d) “Free States”
This African American led a revolt
against plantation owners in
Virginia.
a) Nat Turner
b) John Brown
c) James Armistead
d) Robert E. Lee
This group of people wanted to
end slavery.
a) Slaves
b) Abolitionists
c) Anti-Slavery
d) Undergrounders
Harriet Tubman led slaves on a
secret route north called the
__________________.
a) Big Dipper
b) Secret Railroad
c) Emancipation
Proclamation
d) Underground Railroad
This man led a raid on the Amory
in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
a) John Brown
b) John Smith
c) Nat Turner
d) Douglas Wilder
Many southern states decided to
seceded and formed the
_________________.
a) Confederate States of
America
b) United States of
America
c) Free States
d) Union
Eastern and Western Virginia
separated into Virginia and West
Virginia because _________.
a) they disagreed on
slavery issues
b) western Virginia was
underrepresented in
government
c) The river cut the two in
half
d) Both A and B
The first major clash of the Civil
War was in ____________.
a) Richmond, Virginia
b) Antietam, Maryland
c) Manassas, Virginia
d) Ashburn, Virginia
General Thomas Jackson’s
nickname was _________.
a) “Brickwall”
b) “Stonewall”
c) “Big Red”
d) “Buddy”
This man was the commander of
the Army of Northern Virginia.
a) Ulysses S. Grant
b) “Stonewall” Jackson
c) Robert E. Lee
d) George Washington
This Confederate capital city was
burned at the end of the Civil
War.
a) Washington DC
b) Charleston, South
Carolina
c) Manassas, Virginia
d) Richmond, Virginia
Lincoln used the Navy to blockade
southern ports. Blockade means to:
a) Block armies from
coming in
b) Keep supplies from
going in and out.
c) Make peace talks
d) Stop farmers from
growing tobacco
There was an important sea
battle between these two ships.
a) Susan Constant and
Godspeed
b) Nina and Pinta
c) Mayflower and
Sunflower
d) Monitor and the
Merrimack
The battle between the
Merrimack and the Monitor
ended in ___________.
a) A victory for the Union
b) A draw
c) A victory for the
Confederacy
d) A blockade
These two ships were special
because they were _________.
a) Made of special wood
b) Made of Gold
c) Made of Iron
d) Made of Silver
The Civil War ended in
__________________.
a) Yorktown
b) Richmond
c) Fort Sumter
d) Appomattox Court
House