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| How many branches does Virginia's government have? | three
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| What branch makes sure that laws are carried out? | executive
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| What branch makes sure that laws agree with our constitution? | judicial
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| What branch proposes new laws? | legislative
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| When Harry F Byrd had this position, he was the leader of the executive branch. | governor
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| Harry F Byrd was the leader of the Massive Resistance Movement. He did not want schools to do this. | integrate
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| He was a famous author and speaker for civil rights. | Ashe
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| What region is known for its seafood and shipbuilding industries? | Coastal Plain
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| What natural barrier is between the Coastal Plain and the Piedmont? | Fall Line
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| What war was fought between the colonists and the British? | Revolution
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| What war was fought over states rights and slavery? | Civil
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| Who were representatives in Virginia's first representative government? | burgesses
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| Who was the person that said "If you do not work, you do not eat"? | John Smith
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| What is the capital of Virginia? | Richmond
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| What is the capital of the USA? | Washington DC
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| The delegates and senators make up this law making body in Virginia. | General Assembly
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| She was the first woman African American bank president. | Maggie Walker
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| He was the leader of confederate troops in the Civil War. | Robert E Lee
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| Keeping people separated by the color of their skin is called this. | segregation
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| What Virginia Indian tribe spoke the Siouan language? | Monacan
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| What Virginia Indian tribe spoke the Iroquoian language? | Cherokee
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| George Mason wrote a Declaration that protected these things for Virginians. | rights
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| What product was sold in England and made the colony profitable? | tobacco
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| If you do not have money to buy something now, you could pay for it later when your crop comes in. This is called buying on __________ . | credit
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| What is a synonym for trade? | barter
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| Where did the Civil War end? | Appomattox
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| Where did the last major battle of the Revolutionary War take place? | Yorktown
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| How do we know that Native Americans lived all over our state? | artifacts
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| What laws promoted segregation? | Jim Crow
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| He wrote the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom. | Thomas Jefferson
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| What type of transportation made small towns grow into cities? | railroads
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| What group of people settled in the Shenandoah Valley? | Germans
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| She helped the colony become more stable by promoting trade with the colonists. | Pocahantas
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| What fossil fuel was discovered in Tazewell County? | coal
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| Harry F Byrd was resposible for not going into debt with highway repairs. What type of system did we call this? | pay as you go
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| What do we call ending segregation? | desegregation
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| The separation of people, usually based on race or religion | Segregation
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| Full equality of all races in the use of public facilities | Integration
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| The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1954 that “separate but _______” public schools were unconstitutional. | equal
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| After Brown vs. The Board of Education, Virginia’s government established a policy of _________ Resistance, which fought to “resist” the integration of public schools. | Massive
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| He was a lawyer and civil rights leader who worked for equal rights of African Americans. He played a key role in the Brown v. Board of Education decision. | Oliver Hill
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| The judicial branch decides cases about people accused of breaking the law and whether or not a law agrees with Virginia’s _____________. | constitution
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| He was the first African American to be elected a state governor in the United States. | Doug Wilder
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| When Linwood Holton, Jr. was governor of Virginia, he promoted racial equality and appointed more African Americans and women to positions in Virginia's state government than previous governors. | Linwood Holton
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