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New Nation Unit Review Cards 114 to 125
Review of Documents and Movement of Virginians After the Revolutinary War
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History
5th Grade
04/23/2011

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Who is known as the "Father of Our Country"?
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George Washington
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Who is known as the "Father of the Constitution"?
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James Madison
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Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
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George Mason
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Who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?
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Thomas Jefferson
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Which document stated that all Virginians should have certain rights including freedom or religion and freedom of the press?
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Virginia Declaration of Rights
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Which document was the basis for the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, the amendment that protects religious freedom?
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Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
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In the late 1700s, Virginia's agricultural base began to change after
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the American Revolution.
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Virginian's migrated into ________________ territories looking for large areas of land and new opportunities.
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western
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What mountains did the settlers cross as they migrated west to new lands?
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Appalachian Mountains
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Which crop was hard on the soil, causing many farmers to look west and south for new land to farm?
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Tobacco
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What did the settlers pass through as they crossed the Appalachian Mountains, migrating to new lands in the west?
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Cumberland Gap
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What most influenced the movement of people as Virginians moved to and beyond the Virginia western frontier?
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Geography
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Why did people move west and south after the Revolutionary War?
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Searching for new land
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In what direction did the colonists migrate when they left Virginia after the Revolutionary War?
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West and South
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What is the definition of migration?
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To pick and move to a new location.
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Besides new land to farm, what else did the colonists look for as they moved south and west?
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New opportunities to be successful
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What other crops did the pioneers start to grow when tobacco was unsuccessful?
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Wheat and cotton
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What mountain pass did the colonists of Virginia travel through as they moved west?
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Cumberland Gap in the Appalachian Mountains
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The pioneers heading west and south moved to all of the following counties, except:
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Maryland
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True or False - After the Revolutionary War, there was plenty of land available in the Virginia Colony to farm.
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False
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True or False - As pioneers from Virginia moved west and south, they left behind their traditions, ideas, and cultures to completely new ones.
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False
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