How did sharecropping help the South?
Freed slaves and poor whites were given seeds and supplies
Plantation owners helped improve farmland
Plantation owners made more money selling their land
Freed slaves and poor whites could rent land
to put together
assemble
a written plan for government
constitution
an argument
debate
What happened when Reconstruction ended?
African Americans voted in large numbers
Their lives improved with better schooling
Southern states passed new constitutions
Southern states made African Americans live separately
Which statement does NOT describe how segregation affected African Americans?
They were forced to leave their homes and move to towns
Their schools were given little or no money
They were not able to vote because of poll tax
They were not allowed to use the same hotels as whites
to withdraw
secede
shutting off an area to keep people and supplies from going in and out
blockade
The first of a non-native people who settle in a region
pioneer
How did the Seminole and Black Seminole help each other?
The Black Seminole fought with the Seminole against Spain
The Seminole helped feed the Black Seminole
The Seminole helped to protect the Black Seminole
The Black Seminole helped build the Seminole homes
Why were many Southerners against Lincoln as president?
Lincoln wanted to increase salaries
Lincoln wanted equal pay for women
Lincoln was against adding more slave states
Lincoln wanted to ban slavery
The were originally Native Americans from tribes such as the Creek and the Apalachee
Seminole
a war among people who live in the same country
civil war
To put in order
organize
Slaves that escaped to Florida for freedom
Black Seminole
A plantation owner
planter
a system in which farmers rented land in return for a share of the crops that were grown on it
sharecropping
Why was the Freedman's Bureau created?
They helped rebuild railroads and bridges damaged in the war
They helped plantation owners find new workers
To provide food and other needs for freed African Americans
They helped former slaves moved to the North
People that moved to Florida from the Appalachian Mountains and became cattle ranchers
cracker
the use of skills, ideas, and tools to meet people's needs
technology
How did Florida become a U.S. territory?
The Spanish signed a treaty because it couldn't win
The U.S. army forced Spain to leave
The Seminole attacked the Spanish
Settlers joined the U.S. army and forced Spain to give up FL
Wealthy white plantation owners
planters
a shallow place where a river or stream may be crossed
ford
Why did many Southerners continue to support slavery in the 1860's?
They thought abolitionists mistreated freed slaves
They believed they needed slaves to run their factories
They were bonded like family to their slaves
They believed they needed slave labor to be successful
To complete or to do
perform
the practice of keeping racial groups separate
segregation
Which statement is NOT a reason the Spanish in Florida welcomed the Creek?
The Spanish hoped that the Creek would help protect Spanish
The Spanish needed more settlers in Florida
The Creek were enemies of the British
The Creek were enemies of the Seminole
To ask or suggest something
propose
To move from one place to another
migrate
To do hard and exhausting work
toil
These people moved into Florida before many other whites lived there
pioneers
An area of land set aside for Native Americans
reservation
What was the result of the Seminole Wars?
Andrew Jackson forced the Seminole to surrender
The Seminole & Apalachee took the Everglades
U.S. killed all of the Seminole
After years of fighting Seminole stayed in the Everglades
An area of land controlled by a nation
territory
How did Congress help former slaves get their rights?
They approved a new constitution for Southern states
They passed a law that states all men had to vote
They passed black codes that gave them rights
They approved a law that gave them citizenship & equal right
A crop sold for profit
cash crop
These people were forced to do most of the work on the plantations for no pay
enslaved African Americans