Free State of Jones

Free State of Jones

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Why does Newt(Newton) become a deserter in the Confederate Army

• He wanted to burry Daniel back home. He was upset for what happened to his nephew Danie.

• He wanted to go back to see his son and wife .

• He became sick

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Newton tells Daniel that shooting a person is no different than:

• Chicken and a Duck

• A Hog

• Alligator

• a Bird or a Deer

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Which side was known as "The King of Cotton"?

• North

• South

• East

• West

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The President during the Civil War was ______________________.

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

• Henry Clay

• Robert E. Lee

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Why was Newt unable to go into town for a doctor?

• It was snowing.

• He did not have a car..

• He would be arrested .

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Finish Will's Quote:' I ain't fighting for cotton. I'm fighting for_______.

• Honor

• Pride

• Land

• Money

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Why was no one willing to help Newt when he got to the medical tent holding his nephew

• They all had been up all night drinking

• They were overrun with injuries that no one will help him.

• They were having a victory party

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What do the cavalry officer and tax agent want from one of Newt’s neighbors?

• They wanted corn

• They wanted to take her home.

• They want all of her clothes, blankets, and hogs.

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How does Newt injure his leg?

• Running

• He got attacked by a dog

• Climbing a tree

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Who meets Newt in the swamp to help him?

• Rachel

• Moses

• Daniel

• Ku Klux Klan

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Who Helped Newt the night his son was very sick?

• Moses

• Rachel

• a Slave Master

• a doctor

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What is the name of the gentleman to the left?

• Will

• David

• Tom

• Moses

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What was Newt’s former profession? __________________________

• Blacksmith

• Slave Driver

• a Doctor

• a dentist

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What alerts the hounds to the swamp?

• The cavalry can’t get into the swamp and the officers are afraid of being ambushed if they go in.

• He sets his hay on fire.

• The hounds are alerted by the sound of Newt breaking the iron slave collar around Moses’ neck.

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Why was the swamp a perfect place for the men and women?

• They say it is not strategic and Sherman wonders if they are a real company.

• The cavalry can’t get into the swamp and the officers are afraid of being ambushed if they go in.

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What do they eat for dinner that night when Newt cut off the metal from Moses Neck ? _____________

• Dog

• Bird

• a Horse

• snake

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What type of food did the soldiers they take from one of the local farms? _______________

• chicken

• Peaches

• Hog

• Corn

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According to the colonel, who are the neutral parties in a war?

• The people making money are the only neutral people in a war.

• Slave owners

• White people who own land

• White women

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What does the colonel do in response to Newt’s rejection of his offer?

• He put the dogs on them

• He hangs 3 white women

• He burns down people’s farms/homes.

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What does Newt do in retaliation to The Colonel?

• He sets his hay on fire.

• Burned trees

• through a dead dog on his porch

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Why did General Sherman only send them 100 rifles?

• They say it is not strategic and Sherman wonders if they are a real company

• Sherman only had 100 rifles to loan

• Some other officers had stolen most of the rifles.

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What is Rachel’s new profession?

• Nurse

• School teacher

• doctor

• dentist

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Which group sets the church on fire?

• Freedman Bureau

• the state of jones

• Jim Crow

• Ku Klux Klan

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Why are they going to blow the tracks on the train?

• The federal troops were removed from the South.

• The cavalry can’t get into the swamp and the officers are afraid of being ambushed if they go in.

• There is a full troop transport of 50 soldiers coming through that would have guns, ammo, and artillery.

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What happens to the people (young boys) who surrendered?

• They were killed by hanging.

• They were forced to rejoin the union.

• They let them go home to their parents.

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Finish Moses’ Quote: “Cause you cannot own a __________________ of _____________.”

• slave / white man

• women/God

• land/people

• Child/ God

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What do they replace the Confederate flag with after the battle in town?

• They put up an American flag.

• They put up a white flag to surrender.

• They put up a burning cross

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What is Principle #4 for the Free State of Jones?

• "Every man is free

• “Every man is a man.”

• every man should have 40 acres and a mule

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Finish the June 1865 Caption: “The war is over, __________________________ cultivate their own _______________ of ______________ for the first time.”

• Freedman/plots/land

• Freeman/sale/land

• Freeman/land/cotton