Which European power took Florida from Spain in 1763?
Correct answer(s):
- Great Britain
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Which developments helped make Florida’s postwar housing growth possible?
Correct answer(s):
- Air conditioning and improved highways
Which country regained Florida in 1783?
Correct answer(s):
- Spain
What is a decennial Census count?
Correct answer(s):
- A population enumeration conducted every ten years
Which treaty arranged for Spain’s cession of Florida to the United States?
Correct answer(s):
- Adams-Onís Treaty
Which residents are included in a city-proper population figure?
Correct answer(s):
- People within its incorporated limits
In what year was Florida Territory officially organized by the United States?
Correct answer(s):
- 1822
How is a metropolitan area typically defined?
Correct answer(s):
- A core urban area with economically connected surrounding communities
Why was Tallahassee selected as a territorial capital between earlier centers?
Correct answer(s):
- Travel between Pensacola and St. Augustine was difficult
What is the formula for population density?
Correct answer(s):
- Population divided by land area
What issue was central to the Seminole Wars in Florida?
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- U.S. expansion and Indigenous resistance to removal
What does domestic migration measure in Florida?
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- Moves between Florida and other U.S. states
What happened to some Seminole people despite nineteenth-century removal policies?
Correct answer(s):
- They remained in Florida
What does international migration measure?
Correct answer(s):
- Movement between Florida and other countries
Was Florida admitted to the Union before or after the American Civil War began?
Correct answer(s):
- Before the Civil War
What labor system supported plantation agriculture in antebellum North Florida?
Correct answer(s):
- Enslaved African American labor
In which year did Florida secede from the United States?
Correct answer(s):
- 1861
Which side did Florida join during the American Civil War?
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- The Confederacy
What was a major legal consequence of emancipation after the Civil War?
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- Slavery lost its legal basis
What is an accurate description of Florida after Reconstruction?
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- Racial discrimination and civil-rights struggles continued