Seminole and the US
Groups of this Native American tribe fled to Florida to escape war.
What are the Creek?
This is the name of someone who is the first of a non-native people to settle a region.
What is a pioneer?
These were placed on roads to make them less bumpy and dangerous.
What are logs cut into flat boards?
Some states had banned slavery which were called "free states." Some allowed slavery which were called "slave states." Florida was this.
What is a slave state?
In January 1865, this was outlawed in the United States.
What is slavery?
These African slaves in British colonies escaped to Florida and joined with the Seminoles for a chance at freedom.
Who are the Black Seminoles?
This was a nickname given to cattle ranchers who would use whips to herd their cows.
What is a cracker?
Before these were built, people and wagons would need to find fords in rivers to cross them.
What are bridges?
This was the first battle of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter?
This government agency was founded to help freed African Americans and poor whites who were struggling after the Civil War.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
In this war, the United States invaded Florida to prevent the Seminoles from taking more escaped slaves.
What is the First Seminole War?
Some pioneers established plantations. The house where the family lived was often in the center and had this name.
What is a big house?
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the use of skills, ideas, and tools to meet people's needs
What is technology?
In this battle, Confederate troops in Pensacola tried to take Fort Pickens from the Union.
What is the Battle of Fort Pickens?
These were laws created to restrict the rights of the recently freed slaves.
What are black codes?
This Seminole leader led the Seminoles in the Third Seminole War.
Who is Billy Bowlegs?
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a person who wanted to end slavery in the United States
What is an abolitionist?
This invention allowed boats to move faster and be more efficient for transporting goods.
What is the steam engine?
In this battle, Union soldiers tried to destroy a railroad bridge, but the Confederate troops managed to stop them.
What is the Battle of Olustee?
The Southern states had to adopt new ones of these which banned slavery to be allowed to rejoin the United States.
What are constitutions?
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a system in which farmers rented land in return for a portion of the crops they grew
What is sharecropping?
Different members of pioneer families had different roles. List the roles of the men and women.
Men: hunting, farming, raising animals, building furniture
Women: making clothes, tending gardens, cooking, cleaning
The first of these built in Florida allowed for land transportation that was much faster than wagons.
What is a railroad?
Florida's ports were shut down by this to prevent supplies from leaving.
What is a blockade?
This is the separation of people based on race.
What is segregation?