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What is a planter?
a plantation owner
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Fill in the blank. Pioneers faced possible attacks by ____________ _____________.
Native Americans
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What is the status of being a state in the United States?
statehood
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What is an area of land set aside for use by Native Americans?
reservation
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What is a person who is among the first to explore or settle an area or region?
pioneer
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What is the act of carrying people or goods from one location to another?
transportation
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What is a cash crop?
a crop grown for profit
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What word means to move from one area or country to settle in another?
migrate
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Fill in the blank. Pioneers spent most of their time _______________.
working
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What is an area of land controlled by a country or a nation?
territory
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What does secede mean?
to withdraw and become independent of a country
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What is the closing off of a place to prevent the coming in or going out of people or supplies?
blockade
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What is an abolitionist?
a person who favored the end of slavery
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What is a large farm or estate used for growing crops?
plantation
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Why was Florida called "The Breadbasket of the Confederacy"?
Because Florida provided food to the Confederate Army
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What year did Florida become a state?
1845
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What was the cross country train route completed in 1869 called?
transcontinental railroad
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Which are facts about pioneer life? a) Pioneers often lived far away from other neighbors b) Pioneer children often had to work on farms and could not attend school regularly c) Pioneers had to build simple homes to live in d) All of the above
D
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What was the period of Reconstruction?
The time after the Civil War when American had to rebuild.
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Where did Florida "Crackers" get their name from?
The whips they used to move their cattle made a "cracking" sound.
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Which was an event that led up to the Civil War? a) Election of George Washington b) Election of Abraham Lincoln c) Some states choosing to secede from the country d) Both (b) and (c)
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How did the North's blockade affect Florida?
Supply boats could not arrive in Florida
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Name 3 changes in transportation that took place in the 1800s and the benefit of each.
* Bridges built to make river crossings possible * Steamboat invented to travel both ways on the river * Transcontinental Railroad built to connect the country
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True or False. People began moving West and there were disagreements about whether new territories/states should be "free states" or "slave states".
True
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What was important about Battle of Olustee?
It was the only Civil War battle fought in Florida
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