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Semester Exam Review

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He fought the Seminoles, took Florida from Spain, became Florida's first military governor, and later became president.

a)

George Washington

b)

Napolean Broward

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

Andrew Jackson

2.

He was a very rich man who bought four million acres of Florida's land in the late 1800s. He was one of the first people to start drainage projects in Florida.

a)

Napoleon Broward

b)

Hamilton Disston

c)

John Cheney

d)

Douglas Dummet

3.

He was the Seminole leader in the Second Seminole War. His name at birth was Billy Powell, after his white father.

a)

Wildcat

b)

Osceola

c)

Neamathla

d)

Billy Bowlegs

4.

He was a Spanish general who slaughtered the French at Matanzas. He established the city of St. Augustine.

a)

Ponce de Leon

b)

Jean Ribault

c)

Pedro Menendez

d)

Narvaez

5.

He was Florida's east coast railroad tycoon. He was integral to the growth of cities such as St. Augustine, Palm Beach, and Miami.

a)

Henry Flagler

b)

Henry Plant

c)

Hamilton Disston

d)

John D. Rockefeller

6.

He was the French leader who established Ft. Caroline in Jacksonville. He and his men were slaughtered by the Spanish in 1565.

a)

Pedro Menendez

b)

Ponce de Leon

c)

John Smith

d)

Jean Ribault

7.

He was Florida's progressive governor whose administration undertook Everglades drainage projects.

a)

John Milton

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

Napoleon Broward

d)

Hamilton Disston

8.

He was claimed Florida for Spain and gave Florida it's name.

a)

Pedro Menendez

b)

Hernando de Soto

c)

Ponce de Leon

d)

Jean Ribault

9.

He originally made his money through steamship transport business. He was Florida's west coast railroad tycoon.

a)

Henry Plant

b)

Henry Flagler

c)

William Chipley

d)

Hamilton Disston

10.

He started the cigar industry in Florida. He helped develop Tampa as the cigar capital of the world.

a)

John Cheney

b)

Jose Marti

c)

Douglas Dummett

d)

Vicente Ybor

11.

He was the leader of the Rough Riders during the Spanish American War. He later became president.

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

12.

She was an African American writer from Eatonville, FL. She wrote the book, "Their Eyes Were Watching God".

a)

Zora Neale Hurston

b)

Langston Hughes

c)

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

d)

Alice Walker

13.

This was a term for a white southerner who supported the Union during the Civil War.

a)

carpetbagger

b)

scalawag

c)

traitor

14.

This was a term for a woman in the 1920s who broke societal norms by wearing short hair and skirts. She represented the new "liberated" woman.

a)

carpetbagger

b)

scalawag

c)

showgirl

d)

flapper

15.

This was a term used for a northerner who came down to the south during the Civil War to serve as a Republican leader.

a)

carpetbagger

b)

scalawag

c)

Yankee

16.

Which conflict was fought over slavery and saving the Union?

a)

WWI

b)

Civil War

c)

Spanish American War

d)

1st Seminole War

17.

Which conflict did the U.S. join because of the explosion of the U.S.S. Maine?

a)

Civil War

b)

WWI

c)

Spanish American War

d)

2nd Seminole War

18.

Which conflict led to Florida becoming a U.S. territory?

a)

Civil War

b)

1st Seminole War

c)

2nd Seminole War

d)

3rd Seminole War

19.

Which conflict inluded Dade's Massacre?

a)

Spanish American War

b)

1st Seminole War

c)

2nd Seminole War

d)

3rd Seminole War

20.

Which conflict did the U.S. consider unwinnable?

a)

Civil War

b)

1st Seminole War

c)

2nd Seminole War

d)

3rd Seminole War

21.

When did Florida become a state?

a)

1513

b)

1565

c)

1821

d)

1845

22.

When did Florida become a territory?

a)

1513

b)

1565

c)

1821

d)

1845

23.

When did the Spanish massacre the French and enable the founding of St. Augustine?

a)

1513

b)

1565

c)

1776

d)

1821

24.

Which order of rule is correct?

a)

British, Spanish, U.S., Spanish

b)

British, Spanish, U.S., French

c)

Spanish, British, Spanish, U.S.

d)

French, British, U.S. Spanish

25.

Which concept does not fit into Florida's territorial years?

a)

poverty

b)

Seminole Wars

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

industrialization

26.

Abolitionists

a)

wanted to continue enslavement.

b)

wanted to end enslavement.

c)

cared about states' rights.

d)

wanted the Confederacy to win.

27.

This was a Union plan during the Civil War meant to cut off supplies of the Confederacy.

a)

Operation Snake

b)

Anaconda Plan

c)

SSC (Stop Salt and Cattle)

d)

Block the Crackers

28.

What document freed the slaves in the middle of the Civil War and allowed them to fight in the Union military?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

29.

What amendment banished all slavery?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

18th

30.

What amendment gave suffrage to women?

a)

13th

b)

15th

c)

18th

d)

19th

31.

What amendment gave African American males suffrage?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

18th

32.

What amendment said if you're born here, you're a citizen and all citizens get equal protection under the law?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

18th

33.

What amendment banned alcohol?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

18th

e)

19th

34.

Which is the correct time frame for Reconstruction?

a)

1757 - 1800

b)

1861 - 1865,

c)

1865 - 1877

d)

1914 - 1918

35.

Which is the correct timeframe for the Civil War?

a)

1821 - 1845

b)

1800 - 1860

c)

1861 - 1865

d)

1865 - 1877

36.

When was the Gilded Age?

a)

mid 1800s

b)

late 1800s

c)

early 1900s

d)

1914 - 1918

37.

What is the correct cause and effect sequence?

a)

Reconstruction caused the Civil War

b)

The Gilded Age caused the Progressive Era

c)

WWI caused the land boom.

38.

Who is associated with Tampa?

a)

Henry Flagler

b)

Henry Plant

c)

Hamilton Disston

d)

Napoleon Broward

39.

Who is associated with Standard Oil?

a)

Henry Flagler

b)

Henry Plant

c)

Andrew Carnegie

d)

Hamilton Disston

40.

Which conflict was headquartered in Tampa?

a)

The Civil War

b)

The Revolutionary War

c)

WWI

d)

Spanish American War

41.

This unconquered structure is in St. Augustine and it took 23 years to build.

a)

Ponce de Leon Hotel

b)

Castillo de San Marcos

c)

Tampa Bay Hotel

d)

Fort Barrancas

42.

Tallahassee was chosen as capital in the territorial days because of its central location.

a)

True

b)

False

43.

Tallahassee used to be a Native American village before it was taken over by Americans.

a)

True

b)

False

44.

Tallahassee was Florida's third capital.

a)

True

b)

False

45.

Florida's first capital(s) was/were:

a)

Tallahassee

b)

Jacksonville

c)

Jacksonville and Pensacola

d)

St. Augustine and Pensacola

46.

Florida's oldest city is:

a)

Jacksonville

b)

Miami

c)

St. Augustine

d)

Pensacola

47.

When was St. Augustine established by Pedro Menendez?

a)

1513

b)

1565

c)

1861

d)

1898

48.

What would you associate with Florida's territorial and early statehood years?

a)

speculation

b)

American Revolution

c)

Seminole Wars

d)

industrial revolution

49.

Which of these gave African Americans the right to fight in the US military?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

50.

Which era do we associate with tycoons, wealth, monopolies, and big business?

a)

Civil War

b)

Gilded Age

c)

Progressive Era

d)

Statehood

51.

Who won WWI?

a)

The Allies

b)

The Central Powers

52.

Which hurricane killed around 2500 people in Lake Okeechobee?

a)

1926 Hurricane

b)

1928 Hurricane

c)

1935 Hurricane

53.

Which hurricane ended the land boom and hit Miami?

a)

1926 Hurricane

b)

1928 Hurricane

c)

1935 Hurricane

54.

What drove (motivated) land sales and investments during Florida's 1920s land boom.

a)

speculation

b)

real estate bubble

c)

stock market

d)

the president

55.

This amendment said if you were born in the US, you were automatically a citizen:

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

19th

56.

All are true of Florida's land boom except:

a)

There was a rapid (extremely fast) rise in real estate prices.

b)

There was a slow decrease in real estate prices.

c)

It was driven by high demand and speculation.

d)

Buyers believed real estate prices would keep going up.

57.

All of these describe the United States' growth from the Gilded Age to WWI EXCEPT:

a)

rapid growth

b)

shrinking economy

c)

industrialization

d)

immigration

58.

How would you describe Florida's growth after WWI and into the 1920s?

a)

beginning of Florida's biggest growth period

b)

end of Florida's growth period

c)

slow growth

d)

the population got smaller