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Lesson 1: The Cherokee
Lesson 2: Early History of the Southeast
Lesson 3: The Nation Divided
Lesson 4: The Glittering Cities
Short Answer
100
How was the Cherokee culture before the Europeans arrived?
What is they hunted for much of their food?
100
Where did Juan Ponce de Leion explore?
What is Florida?
100
What caused the Civil War?
What is the North and South disagreed about how much authority the government should have?
100
Where was the first gold rush in the United States?
Where is Dahlonega, Georgia?
100
If you could visit anyplace in the Southeast, where would it be and why?
Answers Vary
200
Who forced the Cherokee to give up their land and travel west on a journey called the Trail of Tears?
Who is the U.S. government?
200
What was the first permanent European settlement in the area that is now the United States?
What is St. Augustine, by the Spanish
200
Who was the main leader of the civil rights movement i nthe 1950s and 1960s?
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
200
What are two major modes of transportation in Atlanta?
What is planes, trains, or buses?
200
Do you think a state or states today would secede from the rest of the United States and why?
No, because the Civil War showed that seceding results in great damage to the country. The states could have its representatives try to compromise with other states.
300
What are some businesses that Cherokee run today in North Carolina?
What is shops for tourists, lumber work, or arts and crafts?
300
Name two presidents that were from the Southeast.
Who are George Washington, Andrew Jackson, and Thomas Jefferson?
300
What was going on during Reconstruction in the south?
What is farmers planting crops again, government establishing the Freedmen's Bureau to hep former slaves, and rail lines being repaired?
300
What is a reason why cities in the Southeast grew so quickly?
What is because many people are moving there from colder northern climates?
300
What character traits would be important for an explorer to have? What about pioneers?
Character traits that they might need would be adventurous, brave, curious, etc.. A pioneer would need the same because they are moving around to different lands that few people live on as well.
400
Today, many Cherokee live on this reservation in North Carolina.
What is the Qualla Boundary?
400
Which industry helped people in the Southeast become rich and powerful?
What is agriculture?
400
What was an effect of the Civil War?
What is one in four confederate soldiers died, African Americans gained civil rights, cities had been burned down in the war, and slavery became illegal in the United States?
400
What is the difference between a fact and an opinion?
What is a fact can be proved and an opinion can not be?
400
How did Cherokee change to fit in with the culture around them?
What is by building farms, going to school and learning English, and even creating their own language and learning to read and write it?
500
What is the name of the man that made up an alphabet for the Cherokee language?
Who is Sequoyah?
500
Who is another Spanish explorer that landed in Florida in 1539? He searched for gold and was the first European to see the Mississippi River.
Who is Hernando de Soto?
500
What were the names of that the South and North went by during the Civil War? Also, what did they stand for?
What is the North was the Union and was against slavery and the South was called the Confederacy and they were for slavery?
500
What is made up of trains and buses that carry many people through a city?
What is public transportation system?
500
Do you think that a concensus is a good idea to govern by?
Possible Answer: Yes, this way everyone has a say in the major decisions. It might take a long time, but everyone will have a say to help make it work.