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Final Exam Study Guide
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History
8th Grade
05/31/2008

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Term
The Space industry changed the growth of _____ & _______ in Modern Florida.
Definition
East and Central
Term
Which industry is Florida's largest?
Definition
The Tourism industry
Term
Who is Florida's top trading partner?
Definition
Brazil
Term
Ponce de León found a beautiful land. He claimed the area for ______ and named it _______.
Definition
Spain and Florida
Term
Florida has over ___ million people living in it.
Definition
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Term
Hernando de Soto led a large expedition into Florida and the journey took them from the Florida Coast into ______ and eventually explored the _______________ River.
Definition
Georgia and Mississipii
Term
On ____________ __, ______, Menéndez found St. Augustine.
Definition
September 8, 1565
Term
Soldier and explorer, ___ _________ ______ journeyed from England in _____ to attack spanish settlements including St. Augustine.
Definition
Sir Francis Drake and 1585
Term
Bernardo de Gálvez attacked _________ forts, including the fort of _____________.
Definition
British and Pensacola
Term
_______ was an ally of Great Britain in the _____ __ _____. Florida became a base of British and Native American operation against the US.
Definition
Spain and War of 1812
Term
__________ ___________, commanding American troops, moved into Florida and seized __. _______ and ____________.
Definition
Andrew Jackson and St. Marks and Pensacola
Term
In the ______-_____ Treaty of _____, Spain ceded Florida to the US.
Definition
Adam-Onís and 1819
Term
When ____________ ______________ became President of the US, he declared his intention to move all Native Americans to the _______ ______.
Definition
Andrew Jackson and Great Plains
Term
Many ____________ did not want to give up their homes and refused to move.
Definition
Seminoles
Term
A seminole band led by ________, began the 1st Seminole War. It continued even after ________ was killed.
Definition
Osceola
Term
The ________ Seminole War (1835 - 1842) was the longest, bloodiest, and most expensive of all the Indian Wars.
Definition
Second
Term
Florida was admitted to the US as the ___th state in _____.
Definition
27 and 1845
Term
Florida was admitted as a _____ state, while Iowa was admitted as a _____ state. This helped maintain the balance between slave and free states.
Definition
Slave and Free
Term
Florida joined other Southern states to form the Confederate States of America. Florida was ____rd to succeed.
Definition
3
Term
Florida became an important part of the Confederacy. The state's producer supplied _____ and other foods to feed the rebel soldiers.
Definition
Beef
Term
The Costal regions of Florida were controlled by __________.
Central Florida was controlled by ___________.
Definition
The Union and the Confederacy.
Term
The nation faced difficult problems. Abraham Lincoln set-up the ________'s __________ before the war ended to help former slaves. __________ ___________, Lincoln's successor, disbanded it.
Definition
Freedman's Bureau and Andrew Johnson
Term
The ________ _______ put curfew and travel restrictions on blacks and were pasted by Southern Whites.
Definition
Black Codes
Term
Who was Lincoln's successor and when did he success him?
Definition
Andrew Johnson in 1865
Term
The __________________ ______ were passed by the Radical Republicans.
Definition
Reconstruction Acts
Term
The __________________ ______ allowed whites who fought for the South to vote.
Definition
Reconstruction Acts
Term
Who were Northerners who wanted to make a fast buck in the South by scamming?
Definition
CarpetBaggers
Term
In _____, the Amnesty Act restored voting rights to former Confederate soldiers (mainly officers), allowing whites to regain control.
Definition
1870
Term
The ________________ ____ ended in 1877 when federal troops were withdrawn from the South.
Definition
Reconstruction Era
Term
Black Codes enforced __________ or separation of the Races.
Definition
segregation
Term
The ______ and _____ ranching industry helped Florida's Economy prosper. Other industries grew. Citrus production increased greatly.
Definition
Lumber and Cattle
Term
Henry _____ created the first major transportation system in the SOUTHEAST. The railways encouraged movement of business and tourists to Florida's West Coast. Henry _____ built railroads along the ATLANTIC COAST.
Definition
Plant and Flagler
Term
The US went to War with Spain after the American Battleship, the USS _____, exploded in Havana Harbor.
Definition
Maine
Term
Before and during the Spanish-American War, _________ was a major site.
Definition
Florida
Term
______ _______ _______ was the woman who worked for education rights for African Americans in Florida.
Definition
Mary McLeod Bethune
Term
Which Amendment established black voting rights?
Definition
#15
Term
Which Amendment guaranteed full citizen ship to blacks?
Definition
#14
Term
White supremacist societies like the __ ____ ____ were formed to regain their political and social dominances.
Definition
Ku Klux Klan
Term
The ____ ____ laws made segregation worse.
Definition
Jim Crow
Term
Ulysses S. Grant was elected to his first term as President in _____.
Definition
1868.
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