Question 1

Who was elected as the first president 
of the United States of America?

Accepted Answer

George Washington

Question 2

Who believed in the importance of 
having a United States constitution? 
He kept detailed notes during the 
Constitutional Convention.

Accepted Answer

James Madison

Question 3

Which two documents provided 
Virginians with significant rights?

Accepted Answer

Virginia Declaration of Rights
Virginia Statute for 
Religious Freedom

Question 4

Who wrote the Virginia Declaration 
of Rights stating that all Virginians 
have many rights, including freedom 
of religion and freedom of the press?

Accepted Answer

George Mason

Question 5

Who wrote the Virginia Statute for 
Religious Freedom?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 6

Who earned the title “Father of the 
Constitution” because he helped 
delegates reach an agreement during 
the difficult process of writing the 
Constitution of the United States of 
America?

Accepted Answer

James Madison

Question 7

Which document states that all 
people should be free to worship as 
they please?

Accepted Answer

Virginia Statute for 
Religious Freedom

Question 8

Who is often called the “Father of Our 
Country” because he provided strong 
leadership needed to help the young 
country and provided a model of 
leadership for future presidents?

Accepted Answer

George Washington

Question 9

What influenced the movement of 
people and ideas as Virginians moved 
to and beyond the Virginia frontier?

Accepted Answer

geography

Question 10

After the American Revolution, 
Virginia’s agricultural base began 
to change, and as a result, large 
numbers of Virginians moved 
________ and to the deep ________ 
to find better farmland and new 
opportunities.

Accepted Answer

west/south

Question 11

What farming was hard on the soil 
causing many farmers to look west 
and south for new land to farm?

Accepted Answer

tobacco

Question 12

Virginians ________ into western 
territories, looking for large areas 
of land and new opportunities.

Accepted Answer

migrated

Question 13

Name 4 items Virginians took with them when they moved.

Accepted Answer

enslaved people, traditions, ideas, and cultures

Question 14

Migrating west, settlers crossed the 
________ Mountains through the 
________ Gap as they migrated 
to new lands.

Accepted Answer

Appalachian Mountains
Cumberland Gap

Question 15

Because of economic differences 
between the North and South, 
they were unable to resolve their 
conflicts, and the South ________
from the United States.

Accepted Answer

seceded

Question 16

Many Virginians were divided about 
secession from the Union. These disagreements to between the two regions of the state led to the creation of what state?

Accepted Answer

West Virginia

Question 17

Who led a revolt against plantation 
owners in Virginia?

Accepted Answer

Nat Turner

Question 18

Who campaigned to end slavery?

Accepted Answer

Abolitionists

Question 19

Who supported a secret route that 
escaped enslaved African Americans 
took?

Accepted Answer

Harriet Tubman

Question 20

Who led a raid on the United States 
Armory (Arsenal) at Harpers Ferry, 
VA? He was trying to start a slave 
rebellion. He was captured and 
hanged.

Accepted Answer

John Brown

Question 21

What was the name of the secret 
route that escaped enslaved African 
Americans took?

Accepted Answer

Underground Railroad

Question 22

After Abraham Lincoln was elected
president of the United States in 1860, 
some southern states seceded from 
the ________.

Accepted Answer

Union

Question 23

The southern states that seceded 
from the Union formed the ________ 
________ of America. Later, Virginia
seceded and joined them.

Accepted Answer

Confederate States of America

Question 24

Abraham Lincoln was elected 
president of the United States in 
what year?

Accepted Answer

1860

Question 25

Which states were known as the 
Union?

Accepted Answer

The Northern States

Question 26

Which states were known as the 
Confederacy?

Accepted Answer

The Southern States

Question 27

Conflict grew between the ________ 
counties of Virginia that relied on 
slavery and the ________counties that 
did not favor slavery. These conflicts led to the formation of West Virginia.

Accepted Answer

eastern
western

Question 28

What invention led to the opening of new lands in the south and attracted settlers from Virginia?

Accepted Answer

cotton gin

Question 29

What invention allowed farmers to grow more wheat with fewer workers? This forced many Virginians to leave the state in search of jobs.

Accepted Answer

mechanical reaper

Question 30

As Virginians moved, who were sold to people who lived in other territories, permanently separating families by hundreds of miles?

Accepted Answer

enslaved people

Question 31

Cultural, economic, and constitutional differences between the North and the South based in slavery eventually resulted in the

Accepted Answer

Civil War

Question 32

What were the top 3 contributing factors that led to the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

abolitionists
The Fugitive Slave Acts
The Underground Railroad

Level 7

New Nation; Beginning of the Civil War

Term	Definition
Who was elected as the first president of the United States of America?	George Washington
Who believed in the importance of having a United States constitution? He kept detailed notes during the Constitutional Convention.	James Madison
Which two documents provided Virginians with significant rights?	Virginia Declaration of Rights Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights stating that all Virginians have many rights, including freedom of religion and freedom of the press?	George Mason
Who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?	Thomas Jefferson
Who earned the title “Father of the Constitution” because he helped delegates reach an agreement during the difficult process of writing the Constitution of the United States of America?	James Madison
Which document states that all people should be free to worship as they please?	Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
Who is often called the “Father of Our Country” because he provided strong leadership needed to help the young country and provided a model of leadership for future presidents?	George Washington
What influenced the movement of people and ideas as Virginians moved to and beyond the Virginia frontier?	geography
After the American Revolution, Virginia’s agricultural base began to change, and as a result, large numbers of Virginians moved ________ and to the deep ________ to find better farmland and new opportunities.	west/south
What farming was hard on the soil causing many farmers to look west and south for new land to farm?	tobacco
Virginians ________ into western territories, looking for large areas of land and new opportunities.	migrated
Name 4 items Virginians took with them when they moved.	enslaved people, traditions, ideas, and cultures
Migrating west, settlers crossed the ________ Mountains through the ________ Gap as they migrated to new lands.	Appalachian Mountains Cumberland Gap
Because of economic differences between the North and South, they were unable to resolve their conflicts, and the South ________ from the United States.	seceded
Many Virginians were divided about secession from the Union. These disagreements to between the two regions of the state led to the creation of what state?	West Virginia
Who led a revolt against plantation owners in Virginia?	Nat Turner
Who campaigned to end slavery?	Abolitionists
Who supported a secret route that escaped enslaved African Americans took?	Harriet Tubman
Who led a raid on the United States Armory (Arsenal) at Harpers Ferry, VA? He was trying to start a slave rebellion. He was captured and hanged.	John Brown
What was the name of the secret route that escaped enslaved African Americans took?	Underground Railroad
After Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States in 1860, some southern states seceded from the ________.	Union
The southern states that seceded from the Union formed the ________ ________ of America. Later, Virginia seceded and joined them.	Confederate States of America
Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States in what year?	1860
Which states were known as the Union?	The Northern States
Which states were known as the Confederacy?	The Southern States
Conflict grew between the ________ counties of Virginia that relied on slavery and the ________counties that did not favor slavery. These conflicts led to the formation of West Virginia.	eastern western
What invention led to the opening of new lands in the south and attracted settlers from Virginia?	cotton gin
What invention allowed farmers to grow more wheat with fewer workers? This forced many Virginians to leave the state in search of jobs.	mechanical reaper
As Virginians moved, who were sold to people who lived in other territories, permanently separating families by hundreds of miles?	enslaved people
Cultural, economic, and constitutional differences between the North and the South based in slavery eventually resulted in the	Civil War
What were the top 3 contributing factors that led to the Civil War?	abolitionists The Fugitive Slave Acts The Underground Railroad

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