Who Am I? VA Studies Review

Slide 1: Who Am I? VA Studies Review Lisa Pennington Social Studies Instructional Specialist Portsmouth Public Schools

Slide 2: Who Am I?  Strong leadership  Colonist at Jamestown  Initiated trading relationships with the Powhatans

Slide 3: I Am…  Captain John Smith http://www.apva.org/ngex/js.jpg

Slide 4: Who Am I?  Provided military leadership  Commander in chief of the Continental Army  First president of the United States  Provided a model of leadership for future presidents  “Father of Our Country”

Slide 5: I Am…  George Washington http://www.earlyamerica.com/portraits/washington.html

Slide 6: Who Am I?  Thought he had found the Indies  Called people he discovered Indians

Slide 7: I Am…  Christopher Columbus http://www.history.com/minisites/columbusday/images/cd_400x300_image.jpg

Slide 8: Who Am I?  Defeated Union troops at Fredericksburg, VA  Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia  Surrendered his army to General Ulysses S. Grant in April 1865 at Appomattox Court House

Slide 9: I Am…  Robert E. Lee http://www.usa-civil-war.com/Lee/lee_1863.jpg

Slide 10: Who Am I?  First African American bank president in the United States  First woman to become a bank president

Slide 11: I Am…  Maggie Lena Walker http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/feature/wom/2003/Walker31900a.jpg

Slide 12: Who Am I?  Civil War leader  Played a major role in the Battle of Bull Run/Manassas  Best known by his nickname “Stonewall”

Slide 13: I Am…  Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson http://americancivilwar.com/pictures/stonewall_jackson_2.jpeg

Slide 14: Who Am I?  Provided political leadership  Expressed reasons for colonial independence by writing the Declaration of Independence  Also wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, which states that all people should be free to worship as they please

Slide 15: I Am…  Thomas Jefferson http://www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/beacon/fall06images/22-jefferson-bible/jefferson.jpg

Slide 16: Who Am I?  Believed the English and American Indians could live in harmony  Began a friendship with the colonists that helped them survive

Slide 17: I Am…  Pocahontas English portrait of Pocahontas. http://www.historywiz.com/images/earlyamerica/pocahontas.jpg

Slide 18: Who Am I?  Inspired Patriots in the colonies  Spoke out against taxation without representation  Said “Give me liberty or give me death.”

Slide 19: I Am…  Patrick Henry http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/art/resources/graphic/xlarge/31_00011.jpg

Slide 20: Who Am I?  General of the Union Army  Captured Richmond during the Civil War  Robert E. Lee surrendered to him at the Appomattox Court House

Slide 21: I Am…  General Ulysses S. Grant http://www.historyplace.com/specials/calendar/docs-pix/us-grant.jpg

Slide 22: Who Am I?  First African American winner of a major men’s tennis championship  Author  Eloquent spokesperson for social change

Slide 23: I Am…  Arthur R. Ashe, Jr. http://www.english.ucla.edu/ucla1960s/6465/geoff.Arthur%20Ashe%20and%20trophy.jpg

Slide 24: Who Am I?  Led a slave revolt against plantation owners in Virginia

Slide 25: I Am…  Nat Turner http://www.virginiavignettes.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/nat_turner.jpg

Slide 26: Who Am I?  Wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights, which stated that all Virginians have certain rights

Slide 27: I Am…  George Mason http://www.constitution.org/img/george_mason.jpg

Slide 28: Who Am I?  Slave from Virginia  Served in the Continental Army  Was given his freedom after the Revolutionary War

Slide 29: I Am…  James Armistead Lafayette http://mal.sbo.hampton.k12.va.us/fourth/socstudies/webquest4/images/jalafayette.gif

Slide 30: Who Am I?  Governor of Virginia  “Pay As You Go” policy for road improvements  Modernized Virginia state government  Led a Massive Resistance Movement against the integration of public schools

Slide 31: I Am…  Harry F. Byrd, Sr. http://www.educationalsynthesis.org/famamer/images/HFByrd.jpg

Slide 32: Who Am I?  Became President of the United States in 1860  His election caused some Southern states to secede

Slide 33: I Am…  Abraham Lincoln Photograph of Abraham Lincoln at Antietam Battlefield http://www.old-picture.com/defining-moments/pictures/Abraham-Lincoln-Antietam-Battlefield.jpg

Slide 34: Who Am I?  Former governor of Virginia  First African American to be elected a state governor in the United States

Slide 35: I Am…  L. Douglas Wilder http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whoweare/exhibits/political/images/Wilder_Inaug.jpg

Slide 36: Who Am I?  Led a raid on the United States armory at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia  Tried to start a slave rebellion  Was captured and hanged

Slide 37: I Am…  John Brown http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/civwnov/jbrown1.gif

Slide 38: Who Am I?  Established a secret route that escaped slaves followed  It became known as the “Underground Railroad”

Slide 39: I Am…  Harriet Tubman http://americancivilwar.com/pictures/harriet_tubman.jpg

Slide 40: Who Am I?  Believed in the importance of having a United States Constitution  Kept detailed notes at the Constitutional Convention  His skills at compromise helped delegates reach agreement while writing the Constitution  Known as the “Father of the Constitution”

Slide 41: I Am…  James Madison http://www.constitution.org/img/james_madison_edwin.jpg

Slide 42: Who Are We?  One of the Native American language groups  Spoken in Southwestern Virginia near what is today North Carolina  The Cherokee were part of this group

Slide 43: We Are…  Iroquoian Indians http://mal.sbo.hampton.k12.va.us/fourth/socstudies/indianwebquest/images/colormap.jpg

Slide 44: Who Are We?  Arrived against their will  Made it possible to expand the tobacco economy  Believed they arrived as baptized Christians and were labeled indentured servants for a period of 5 to 7 years

Slide 45: We Are…  Africans http://www.nwhm.org/images/jamestown/page12image1_small.jpg

Slide 46: Who Are We?  Contributed to the survival of the Jamestown colonists  Introduced new crops to the English, including corn and tobacco  Traded food, furs, and leather with the English in exchange for tools, pots, guns, and other goods

Slide 47: We Are…  Powhatans http://www.nps.gov/jame/historyculture/images/White_inspired_Powhatans_fishing.jpg

Slide 48: Who Are We?  One of the Native American language groups  Spoken primarily in the Tidewater Region  The Powhatans were a member of this group

Slide 49: We Are…  Algonquian Indians http://mal.sbo.hampton.k12.va.us/fourth/socstudies/indianwebquest/images/colormap.jpg

Slide 50: Who Are We?  Group of people who worked to end slavery  Harriet Tubman belonged to this group

Slide 51: We Are…  Abolitionists http://americancivilwar.com/pictures/harriet_tubman.jpg

Slide 52: Who Are We?  Arrived in Jamestown in 1620  Made it possible for settlers to establish families and a more permanent settlement at Jamestown

Slide 53: We Are…  First women in Jamestown http://www.nwhm.org/images/jamestown/page14image1_large.jpg

Slide 54: Who Are We?  One of the Native American language groups  Spoken primarily in the Piedmont region

Slide 55: We Are…  Siouan Indians http://mal.sbo.hampton.k12.va.us/fourth/socstudies/indianwebquest/images/colormap.jpg