Twenty Questions Virginia

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Twenty Questions Virginia the New Nation

• VS.6 Political Growth Western Expansion 1781 -
  Mid 1800s

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Twenty Questions
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True or False The actions and ideas of
Virginians formed the basis for the new
constitutional government of the United States.

• TRUE

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Who am I? I provided strong leadership needed to
help the young country. I also provided a model
of leadership for future presidents.

• George Washington

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George Washington was from __________ .A) North
CarolinaB) West VirginiaC) VirginiaD) Delaware

• C) Virginia

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4. My skills at compromise helped the delegates
reach an agreement during the difficult process
of writing the Constitution of the United States
of America.

• James Madison

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Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights?A)
Thomas JeffersonB) George WashingtonC) James
MadisonD) George Mason

• D) George Mason

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Who wrote the Virginia Statue for Religious
Freedom?A) Thomas JeffersonB) George
WashingtonC) James MadisonD) George Mason

• A) Thomas Jefferson

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7. Who is the Father of Our Country?

• George Washington

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8. What document stated that all Virginians
should have certain rights including freedom of
religion and freedom of the press?

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

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9. The Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom was
the basis for _____________________.

• The First Amendment to the Constitution of the
  United States.

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Virginias agricultural base began to change
after ---A) the American RevolutionB) the Civil
WarC) World War ID) World War II

• A) The American Revolution

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11. Father of the Constitution

• James Madison

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Which crop was hard on the soil, causing many
farmers to look west and south for new land to
farm?A) TobaccoB) CottonC) CornD) Peanuts

• A) Tobacco

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Virginians migrated into _____ territories
looking for large areas of land and new
opportunities. F) northernG) southernH)
easternJ) western

• J) western

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14. What influenced the movement of people as
Virginians to move beyond the Virginia western
frontier?

• Geography

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15. Settlers passed through the ________ as they
crossed the Appalachian Mountains migrating to
new lands in the west?

• Cumberland Gap

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Who believed it was important to have a United
States Constitution?A) George WashingtonB)
George MasonC) James MadisonD) James Monroe

• C) James Madison

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17. George Mason is to the Virginia Declaration
of Rights as James Madison is to ___________.

• The Constitution of the United States

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18. __________ means to go from one country,
region, or place to another.

• Migrating

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The Virginia Declaration of Rights and the
Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom served as
models for the --F) Declaration of
IndependenceG) First AmendmentH) American
Revolution BillJ) Bill of Rights

• J) Bill of Rights

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What mountains did the settlers cross as they
migrated west to new lands?A) Sierra
MountainsB) Appalachian MountainsC) Blue Ridge
MountainsD) Rocky Mountains

• B) Appalachian Mountains