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Florida's Early History Lesson 3-6

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Shutting off an area to keep people and supplies from going in and out

a)

ford

b)

blockade

c)

civil war

d)

secede

2.

An argument

a)

war

b)

assemble

c)

constitution

d)

debate

3.

Farmers rented land in return for a share of the crops that were grown out

a)

technology

b)

assemble

c)

sharecropping

d)

farming

4.

A war among people who lived in the same country

a)

Civil War

b)

fighting

c)

segregation

d)

debate

5.

The use of skills, ideas, and tools to meet people's needs.

a)

technology

b)

blockade

c)

constitution

d)

argument

6.

Keeping racial groups separate

a)

segregations

b)

secede

7.

To withdraw

a)

secede

b)

run away

c)

give up

d)

assemble

8.

A shallow place where a river or stream may be crossed

a)

stream

b)

river

c)

creek

d)

ford

9.

A written plan for government

a)

constitution

b)

laws

c)

rules

10.

To put together

a)

debate

b)

teamwork

c)

assemble

d)

technology

11.

Why were Southern states against Abraham Lincoln becoming president?

a)

He was unfair

b)

he was against slave states

c)

he wanted women to vote

d)

he wanted more slave states

12.

Why did Southerns continue to support slavery in the 1860s?

a)

they treated their slaves like family

b)

they needed slaves to clean their homes

c)

they believe slaves could only work on farms

d)

they needed slaves to work on their farms

13.

Congress approved laws that gave former slaves equal rights and citizenship

a)

before the Civil War

b)

after the Civil War

14.

Congress created the Freedmen's Bureau to...

a)

help plantation owners find workers

b)

rebuild things that were destroyed in the war

c)

provide for the needs for freed African Americans and poor whites

15.

Sharecropping helped by...

a)

feeding people

b)

Freed African Americans and poor whites could work together to grow crops and make a profit

c)

giving plantation owners free labor

16.

What happened after Reconstruction ended?

a)

Southern states passed laws about segregation

b)

African Americans had better schools

c)

African Americans were treated the same as whites