4th Grade Social StudiesAccomack County Public Schools

VS7-VS8

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4th Grade Social StudiesVS.7 a,b

Who led a slave revolt against plantation owners in Virginia?

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A. Harriet Tubman

B. Nat Turner

C. John Brown

D. Robert E. Lee

Who participated in a secret route that escaped slaves took known as

the “Underground Railroad”?

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A. Harriet Tubman

B. Nat Turner

C. John Brown

D. Robert E. Lee

Who led a raid on the United States Armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia trying to start a slave rebellion?

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A. Harriet Tubman

B. Nat Turner

C. John Brown

D. Robert E. Lee

During the 1820s, what did northern states want new states

created out of the western territory to be?

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A. new states

B. slave states

C. free states

D. old states

Who became President of the United States in 1860, after some southern states including Virginia,

seceded from the Union?

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A. Jefferson Davis

B. Robert E. Lee

C. Abraham Lincoln

D. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

Which state was formed when conflict grew between the eastern counties that relied on slave labor

and the western counties that favored the abolition of slavery?

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A. North Carolina

B. Tennessee

C. Maryland

D. West Virginia

Where did Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson play a

major role?

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A. Fredericksburg

B. Bull Run (or Manassas)

C. Norfolk

D. Hampton

What was the capital of the Confederacy?

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A. Washington D.C.

B. Petersburg

C. Richmond

D. Manassas

Where did the battle of two ironclad ships take place in Virginia’s

waters?

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A. Hampton Roads

B. Potomac River

C. New River

D. Rappahannock River

Who was the Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia and

defeated Union troops at Fredericksburg, Virginia?

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A. Ulysses S. Grant

B. Abraham Lincoln

C. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

D. Robert E. Lee

Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant in April of

1865?

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A. Washington D.C.

B. Manassas, Virginia

C. Appomattox Court House, Virginia

D. Richmond, Virginia

What city was burned at the end of the Civil War?

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A. Washington D.C.

B. Norfolk

C. Richmond

D. Alexandria

4th Grade Social StudiesVS.8 a-c

What was the period called following the Civil War when Congress passed laws designed to rebuild the country

and bring the southern states back into the Union?

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A. Revolution

B. Reconstruction

C. Freedmen’s Bureau

D. Sharecropping

What problem did Virginians face during Reconstruction?

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A. Railroad lines were added.

B. Money had value.

C. Banks were closed.

D. Crops were planted.

What government agency provided food, schools, and medical care for freed slaves and others in Virginia

and the rest of the South?

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A. Federal Bureau of Investigation

B. Welfare System

C. Freedmen’s Bureau

D. Sharecropping System

What system after the Civil War allowed freedmen and poor white

farmers to rent land by promising to pay with a share of the crop?

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A. Freedmen’s Bureau

B. Sharecropping

C. Welfare System

D. Federal Bureau of Investigation

What is the separation of people, usually based on race or religion?

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A. Segregation

B. Discrimination

C. Integration

D. Prejudice

What is the unfair difference in treatment of people?

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A. Segregation

B. Discrimination

C. Integration

D. Prejudice

Who gained power in Virginia’s government and could finally vote

during Reconstruction?

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A. Spanish Americans

B. American Indians (First Americans)

C. Women

D. African American Males

After Reconstruction, what established segregation or separation of the races and

reinforced prejudices held by whites?

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A. Freedmen’s Bureau

B. Sharecropping

C. “Jim Crow” Laws

D. Industrialization

What could African Americans do if they paid a poll tax and passed a

literacy test?

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A. Buy a house.

B. Vote in an election.

C. Get an education.

D. Get a job.

What was a key to the expansion of business, agriculture, and industry

after Reconstruction?

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A. Streetcars

B. Automobiles

C. Railroads

D. Airplanes

Which Virginia city became a railroad center?

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A. Richmond

B. Roanoke

C. Petersburg

D. Lynchburg

What industry developed in southwest Virginia that became a source of income for residents?

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A. Furniture

B. Coal

C. Textiles

D. Tobacco

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