Southeast

What happened to cause English and Dutch traders to bring enslaved Africans to the Southeast?

• The colonial army needed soldiers.

• Tobacco plantations needed workers.

• The colony at Roanoke needed settlers.

• Gold seekers needed experienced miners.

The word RURAL means...

• warm and sunny

• economically active

• made up of countryside

• made up of buildings and factories

Virginia joined the American Revolution because...

• The Virginia Company established a colony in America.

• Thomas Jefferson, a Virginian, wrote the Declaration of Independence.

• British soldiers prevented Daniel Boone from crossing the Cumberland Gap.

• Britain issued taxes and passed laws that were particularly harmful to Virginia.

The Southeast was culturally diverse due to...

• the Appalachian Mountains forming a barrier for settlers.

• France and Spain both claiming land at different times.

• many cash crops being grown.

• Native American groups living and trading in the region.

Who invented the cotton gin?

• Thomas Edison

• Eli Whitney

• Elias Howe

• Thomas Jefferson

The first elected government in America began in Virginia because...

• Virginia was the first colony.

• Virginia fought for independence from King James and needed a government after they won.

• King James appointed governors and decided to let the colony solve some of their own problems.

• King James organized the farms and plantations into states.

American settlers moved out west due to...

• plantation owners wanting more enslaved people to do their work.

• colonists coming into conflict with the Native Americans.

• some people thinking they would get rich by finding gold and also wanting more room for farming.

• the expansion of slavery into western territories.

What is an abolitionist?

• Someone who enforces slavery laws.

• A Native American group who lost their land in Virginia.

• Someone who wants to stop and end slavery.

• Someone who gives up something, such as a right, to another group.

Who was Nat Turner?

• He worked as a spy for the Union during the Civil War.

• He escaped slavery and wrote an important autobiography.

• He was an enslaved person who led a slave rebellion in Virginia.

• He was a noted abolitionist who toured the country lecturing about the evils of slavery.

One negative effect of the Indian Removal Act was...

• Native Americans were given land in the west to settle.

• Native Americans were supposed to be treated fairly by the American government.

• Native Americans signed treaties with the American government to protect their lands.

• Native Americans were forced to give up their land and move to other territories and states.