I've Been Working on the Railroad
This wealthy business man built a railroad from Jacksonville to Tampa.
Who was Henry Plant.
This man build a huge cigar company near Tampa.
Who was Vincente Martinez Ybor?
The cavalry group led by Theodore Roosevelt.
Who were the Rough Riders?
The period of severe economic hardship in the USA in the 1930"s.
What is the Great Depression?
The opposite of segregation.
What is integration?
A word meaning all businesses that make up one kind of product or provide one kind of service.
What is industry?
What famous inventor of the light built a winter home and laboratory in Fort Myers, Florida?
Who was Thomas Edison?
What is enlist?
Shares of ownership in a company.
What are stocks?
The act of refusing to do business with a person, group, company or country.
What is a boycott?
What Miami businesswoman sent Henry Flagler an orange blossom to prove citrus crops in Mimi survived the harsh winter?
Who was Julia Tuttle?
He invented air conditioning?
Who was John Gorrie?
Who controlled Cuba prior to the Spanish American War?
What is Spain?
Name the 5 industries that grew rapidly in Flroida following the Civil War.
What are cattle, timber, phosphate, cirtus, and cigars?
The Florida governor who fought full segregation in the state.
Who was LeRoy Collins?
Why were railroads built in Florida?
What is to help farms and industry move product, and bring tourist south?
This Civil Rights pioneer created a girls' school for African American girls in Daytona Beach, Florida in the early 1900's.
Who was Mary McLeod Bethune?
A person who rules a country with total authority.
What is a dictator?
The Florida city thatsuffered massive destruction from a hurricane in 1925
What is Miami?
Martin Luther King Jr. visited this Florida city during the civil rights movement.
What is St. Augustine?
What hotel entrepreneur built a railroad bridge to Key West?
Who was Henry Flagler?
This man developed an orange that could survive colder temperatures.
Who was Leu Gim Gong?
The 3 countries that the USA gained control of following the Spanish American War.
What are Guam, The Philippines, and Puerto Rico?
What is the Mediterranean fruit fly?
The site of Mary McLeod Bethune's school for African American girls.
What is Daytona Beach, Florida?