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S.S Benchmark Review
Practice for Social Studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is abolitionists? | people who go against slavery |
| The army who wanted slavery.......... | Confederate army |
| The army who didn't want slavery.......... | Union army |
| Who is the 1st president of United States of America? | George Washington |
| The secret trail that slaves escaped from is known as the........? | Underground Railroad |
| Who was the women who escaped from the Underground Railroad? | Harriet Tubman |
| What is the other name for Costal Plain? | Tidewater Region |
| Who was the person who led a raid at Arsenal Harp Ferry? | John Brown |
| What side did Ulysses S. Grant take during the civil war? | Union army |
| What side did General E. Lee take during the civil war? | Confederate army |
| Where did General E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant? | Appomattox Court House |
| Where was the first battle of the Revolutionary war? | The Battle of Great Bridge |
| Where was the last battle of the Revolutionary war? | The Battle of Yorktown |
| Where was the first battle of the civil war? | The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as First Manassas (the name used by Confederate forces), was fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William County, Virginia, near the city of Manassas. It was the first major land battle of the American Civil War. |
| Who was the person who led a rebellion against plantation owners? | Nat Turner |
| Name all five regions in Virginia in order.......... | Costal Plain {Tidewater},Piedmont,Blue Ridge Mountains,Valley and Ridge,and Appalachian Plateau |
| Name all six important water features.......... | -Potomac River -Rappahannock River -York River -James River -Chesapeake Bay -Atlantic Ocean |
| What is an Archaeologists? | Study all type of material from the past |
| When was Jamestown settled? | 1607 |
| Where did most African slaves come from? | Portugal |
| Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? | Thomas Jefferson |
| Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights? | George Mason |
| Who wrote the Virginia Statute For Religious Freedom? | Thomas Jefferson |
| What was Patrick Henry's famous quote? | ''Give Me Liberty Or Give me Death'' |
| George Washington was the Commander of the.......... | Continental army during the Revolutionary War |
| What did Virginians take with them as they moved? | They took their tradition,ideas,and cultures with them. |
| Why did farmers look west and south for new farm land? | Tobacco farming was hard on the soil. |
| What route did settlers take as they migrated west? | They crossed the Appalachian Mountains through the Cumberland Gap as they migrated to new lands in the west. |
| Why did Virginians migrate into western territories? |
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