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22 Cards in this Set
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What was the most important crop grown in Florida in the 1850's?
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Cotton
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What was the economy of the northern states based upon during the 1850's?
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Manufacturing
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By 1860, about 1,000 free African-Americans worked as what?
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Farmers and business people
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What kind of work did most ensalved people do in Florida at this time?
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They worked on cotton plantations all week
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Who punished plantation workers when they did not seem to be working fast enough?
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Plantation managers or overseers
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What do we call the songs that slaves sang about their hopes and beliefs?
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Spirituals
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Who worked to end slavery in the United Sates?
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The Abolitionists
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Explain the principles of States' Rights:
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Citizens in each state have the right to decide whether or not slavery could exist in their state.
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How did Floridians feel about the Principle of State's Rights?
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They supported it
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What did Florida decide to do in 1861? And what does it mean?
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They seceded from the U.S., which means "to leave or withdraw formally from an organization".
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After Florida seceded from the Union, it joined what?
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The Confederacy
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What is another name for the Civil War and when did it start?
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War Between the States - started April 15, 1861
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Why was Florida called "The Breadbasket of the Confederacy"?
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Florida provided a lot of the food for the Confederate soldiers.
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What is a blockade?
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The closing of an area to keep people and supplies from entering or leaving.
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What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
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The announcement that said that enslaved people in the Confederacy were free.
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What American President wrote the Emancipation Proclamation?
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Abraham Lincoln
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What happened in 1864 at the Battle of Olustee?
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Union soldiers tried to blow up a railroad bridge, but Confederate troops stopped them.
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In 1865, the U.S. government began the process of Reconstruction. What was the purpose of this process?
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To bring the Confederate states back into the Union.
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What document gave former slaves the rights of American citizenship?
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The 14th Amendment.
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What work did the Freedman's Bureau accomplish after the war?
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Built school and hospitals, gave food and clothing to the poor, and helped register African Americans to vote.
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Who was Josiah Walls?
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One of the first African American to serve in Florida's government.
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What did Jim Crow Laws require and why did it happen?
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Separate schools for blacks and whites because former Confederate leaders regained power.
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