Guess the Year

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Guess the Year

• Using Clues in Primary Sources to be a Virginia
  History Sleuth

Created by Jennifer Strong, Chesterbrook ES,
Fairfax County Public Schools
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Event 1What year was the Declaration of
Independence written?
1776
1996
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Yes! The Declaration of Independence was written
in 1776.
Event 2
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Heres a clue
1776
1996
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Event 2What year did the first colonists come
to Jamestown?
1606
1860
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Yes! The first colonists came to Jamestown in
1606. This map was made from descriptions given
by Captain John Smith.
Event 3
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Heres a clue
This is a picture of a Powhatan.
The map says POWHATAN under this picture
1606
1860
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Event 3When did the English colonist John Rolfe
marry Pocahontas?
1492
1614
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Yes! The English colonist John Rolfe married
Pocahontas in 1614.
Event 4
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Heres a clue
1492
1614
Remember, the colonists came to Jamestown in 1606.
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Event 4When did the colonists fight for their
freedom in the Revolutionary War?
1776
1900
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Yes! The colonists fought for their freedom from
England in the Revolutionary War in 1776, the
same year the Declaration of Independence was
signed.
Event 5
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Heres a clue
1900
The Declaration of Independence was signed the
same year.
1776
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Event 5When did George Washington become the
first president of our country?
1615
1789
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Yes! George Washington became the first
president of our country in 1789.
Event 6
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Heres a clue
George Washington was a soldier in the
Revolutionary War in 1776.
1615
1789
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Event 6What year was Fort Sumter attacked?
1861
1776
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Yes! Fort Sumter was attacked in 1861, before
the beginning of the Civil War.
Event 7
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Heres a clue Fort Sumter was attacked right
before the Civil War began. The Civil War begins
a long time after the Revolutionary War.
George Washington fought in the Revolutionary War
in 1776.
1776
1861
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Event 7When did General Robert E. Lee surrender
at Appomattox Court House to end the Civil War?
1865
1965
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Yes! General Robert E. Lee surrendered in 1865
at the Appomattox Court House to end the Civil
War.
Event 8
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Heres a clue
Fort Sumter was attacked in 1861, just before the
start of the Civil War.
1865
1965
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Event 8When did Virginia take away the rights
of African Americans?
1780
1891
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Yes! Virginia took away the rights of African
Americans in 1891.
Look. There were signs saying what African
Americans could and could not use.
Event 9
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Heres a clue
African Americans were slaves before the Civil
War and gained some rights after the Civil War,
before they were taken away.
1780
1891
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Event 9When was the Pentagon built in Virginia?
1890
1943
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Yes! The Pentagon was built in 1943 in Virginia.
Event 10
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Heres a clue
The Pentagon was built many years after the end
of the Civil War.
1890
1943
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Event 10When did women get suffrage (the right
to vote)?
1891
1920
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Yes! Women got suffrage (the right to vote) in
1920.
Event 11
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Heres a clue
Like many African Americans, women also were not
allowed to vote in 1891.
1891
1920
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Event 11When did the Civil Rights Act pass,
giving all people equal rights?
1964
2007
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Yes! The Civil Rights Act passed in 1964, giving
all people equal rights.
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Heres a clue
Think about what you know today. Do people have
different rights now? Are some children not
allowed to come to school with you because they
have different colored skin?
1964
2007
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Congratulations!
You have used historical sources to date events
in Virginia history! You used clues from other
sources and things you know to piece together
historical events. You are a Virginia history
sleuth!
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Bibliographic Information
The Declaration of Independence, Philadelphia
John Dunlap, July 4, 1776, Library of Congress,
Manuscript Division. Virginia / discovered and
discribed by Captayn John Smith, 1606 graven by
William Hole. Map. London 1624, Library of
Congress, Geography and Map Division. Spohni,
Geo. The wedding of Pocahontas with John Rolfe.
Lithograph. Philadelphia Joseph Hoover, 1867.
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs
Division. Lang, George S., engraver. "Washington
passing the Delaware, evening previous to the
Battle of Trenton, Dec. 25th, 1776." Samuel
Augustus Mitchell, 1825. Prints and Photographs
Division, Library of Congress
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Bibliographic Information, cont.
Stuart, Gilbert. George Washington, First
President of the United States. Lithograph.
1828. Library of Congress, Prints and
Photographs Division. "Bombardment of Fort
Sumter by the Batteries of the Confederate
States." Illustration in Harper's Weekly, April
27, 1861. Prints and Photographs Division,
Library of Congress. Currier Ives.
Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor,
April 12 and 13, 1861. Hand-colored lithograph.
1861. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs
Division. Vannerson, Julian. Portrait of Gen.
Robert E. Lee, officer of the Confederate Army,
c1863. Selected Civil War Photographs from the
Library of Congress,  1861-1865. American Memory.
Library of Congress.
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Bibliographic Information, cont.
OSullivan, Timothy. Appomattox Court House, Va.
Federal soldiers at the courthouse. c1865.
Selected Civil War Photographs from the Library
of Congress,  1861-1865. American Memory. Library
of Congress. Bain, George Grantham. Suffragists
Mrs. Stanley McCormick and Mrs. Charles Parkers,
April 22, 1913, c1913. By Popular Demand Votes
for Women Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920. Prints
and Photographs Division. Library of
Congress. Vachon, John.  Drinking fountain on
the county courthouse lawn, Halifax, North
Carolina, c1938. Farm Security Administration -
Office of War Information Photograph Collection
from the Library of Congress, 1934-1944. Prints
and Photographs Division. Library of Congress.
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Bibliographic Information, cont.
Leffler, Warren K. Civil rights march on
Washington, D.C. c1963. The Civil Rights Era in
the U.S. News and World Report Photographs
Collection, 1959-1970, Prints and Photographs
Division, Library of Congress. Trikosko, Marion
S. Negro voting in Cardoza i.e., Cardozo High
School in Washington, D.C. c1964. The Civil
Rights Era in the U.S. News and World Report
Photographs Collection, 1959-1970, Prints and
Photographs Division, Library of Congress.