Seminole DBQ Background Information Essay

Why were 100 soldiers walking across northern FL on December 1835?

• to get home

• to force the Seminole indians out of FL

• to fight with the us government

• to build on the lands

The Seminoles were a mix of....

• whites and indians

• a mix of several indian tribes from the southeastern states

• run away slaves and white settlers

• maroons and white us government settlers

a maroon is a ...

• a settler that fights a Seminole

• a Seminole who runs away

• a runaway slave

• a slaveholder

What type of communities did the Seminole live in?

• simple and uncomplicated

• they moved around to find food

• advanced communities that were well established

• they lived alone, not in communities

Why did slaveholders believe in pushing the Seminoles out of FL?

• they wanted to take over their land

• they didn't like that Seminoles gave protection to runaway slaves

• they wanted to use the Seminoles as slaves

• the Seminoles had taken the slaveholders' land

What was the Indian removal?

• removing indians from the country

• removing indian houses and making them slaves

• taking over Indian land in the Southeast for white settlements

• removing the Indians from the slaveholders' lands

What was considered Indian Territory-where the US government wanted to relocate the natives?

• North Florida

• South Florida

• Georgia and Alabama

• Oklahoma

How long did the US government spend trying to remove Seminoles from Florida?

• from 1816 to 1850

• 48 years

• from 1816 to 1840

• 40 years

What is known as the Dade massacre?

• the day all the Seminoles moved out of FL

• the war between Seminoles and slaves

• one deadly fight that took place between US soldiers and Seminoles

• the Seminoles war against the slaveholders

Why do the Seminole people call themselves "Unconquered People"

• because they fought for their land and refuse to leave

• because they fought to move to Indian Territory

• because they refused to stay in Florida and fought to leave

• because they gave up easily and moved without problems