What human projects altered historical water flow through the Everglades?
Correct answer(s):
- Canals and drainage works
Topic
Florida History
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Was Florida admitted to the Union before or after the American Civil War began?
Correct answer(s):
- Before the Civil War
In which year did Florida secede from the United States?
Correct answer(s):
- 1861
Which side did Florida join during the American Civil War?
Correct answer(s):
- The Confederacy
What was a major legal consequence of emancipation after the Civil War?
Correct answer(s):
- Slavery lost its legal basis
What is an accurate description of Florida after Reconstruction?
Correct answer(s):
- Racial discrimination and civil-rights struggles continued
Which European power took Florida from Spain in 1763?
Correct answer(s):
- Great Britain
Which country regained Florida in 1783?
Correct answer(s):
- Spain
Which treaty arranged for Spain’s cession of Florida to the United States?
Correct answer(s):
- Adams-Onís Treaty
Why was Tallahassee selected as a territorial capital between earlier centers?
Correct answer(s):
- Travel between Pensacola and St. Augustine was difficult
What issue was central to the Seminole Wars in Florida?
Correct answer(s):
- U.S. expansion and Indigenous resistance to removal
What happened to some Seminole people despite nineteenth-century removal policies?
Correct answer(s):
- They remained in Florida
Which statement best describes human settlement in Florida before Europeans arrived?
Correct answer(s):
- Indigenous peoples had lived there for thousands of years
Which Indigenous people were historically associated with parts of northern and central Florida?
Correct answer(s):
- Timucua
Where did Calusa communities develop in Florida?
Correct answer(s):
- Southern and southwestern Florida
Which Indigenous people inhabited parts of Florida’s Panhandle?
Correct answer(s):
- Apalachee
Which statement about Seminole and Miccosukee peoples is accurate today?
Correct answer(s):
- They maintain living cultural connections to Florida
Who led a documented Spanish expedition to Florida in 1513?
Correct answer(s):
- Juan Ponce de León
Why is St. Augustine historically notable?
Correct answer(s):
- It is the oldest continuously occupied European-founded settlement in the continental U.S.