Famous Virginians

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  1. 5. leader of a revolt against slaveholders
  2. 6. first African American to receieve the Medal of Honor in the Civil War
  3. 10. Virginia governor who hired many women and African Americans into government
  4. 11. educator who created opportunities for African Americans and fought for equal rights
  5. 12. Indigenous leader who helped teach Jamestown settlers survival skills
  6. 15. leader of a slave raid on the US Arsenal
  7. 20. first African American man to win the men's tennis singles' championship
  8. 21. wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights
  9. 22. refused to give up her seat to a white person on the bus
  10. 23. led Confederate troops and surrendered at Appomattox Court House during the Civil War
  11. 24. a nurse in the Civil War who founded the American Red Cross
  12. 25. first African American governor
  13. 26. leader who saved Jamestown with a forced work program
  14. 27. developed the Anaconda Plan during the Civil War
  15. 30. white abolitionist who spied for the Union Army in Richmond
  16. 31. nicknamed "Father of the Constitution"
  17. 32. woman who helped run the Underground Railroad
  18. 33. President during the Civil War whose election led the South to secede
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  1. 1. lawyer who led a library protest
  2. 2. first African American woman to open a bank
  3. 3. enslaved spy who helped the patriots win the Battle of Yorktown
  4. 4. African American who escaped slavery, joined the Union Army, and won the Medal of Honor for his leadership during the Civil War
  5. 7. wrote the Declaration of Independence
  6. 8. enslaved woman who served as a spy during the Civil War, working in the Confederate White House
  7. 9. first African American elected to Congress during Reconstruction
  8. 13. Union general who accepted the Confederate surrender
  9. 14. First US President
  10. 16. "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
  11. 17. Virginian who was the president and wrote the Monroe Doctrine
  12. 18. Confederate general who was important in the Battle of Bull Run
  13. 19. Virginian who was the president and led the country during WWI
  14. 28. lawyer important in Brown v. Board of Education
  15. 29. led a student protest against school segregation