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Vocabulary
#1 Who is a person who settles in a part of the country and prepares it for others? pioneer
#2 What are large farms in the Southeast? plantations
#3 Who are people who live in forests far away from town? backwoodsmen
#4 What is hunting? killing animals for food
#5 What is agriculture? raising crops and animals for food
The Cherokee
#1 Who wrote the Cherokee alphabet? Sequoyah
#2 Why did the Cherokee write a Constitution? They wanted to keep their land.
#3 What was the Trail of Tears? A journey west where many Cherokee died as they were forced to continue walking with no food or warm clothing.
#4 How was the Cherokee Constitution similar to the United States Constitution? Both elect an official every 4 years. Both have a Senate and House of Representatives.
#5 How was the Cherokee culture different before the Europeans arrived? 1. They hunted before, now they raise crops and animals (agriculture). 2. They didn't have an alphabet before. 3. They had to move west after the Europeans arrived.
Early History of the Southeast
#1 Roanoke Island disappeared in 1590. It was also known as the ____________? Lost Colony
#2 What was the first successful English colony? Jamestown, Virginia
#3 Why was the invention of the Cherokee alphabet so important? It allowed the Cherokee to read and write in their own language.
#4 Who was the main leader of the civil rights movement in the 1950's and 1960's? Martin Luther King, Jr.
#5 What was one cause of the Civil War? slavery OR how people felt about their state and country
Civil War
#1 What is the period after the Civil War, when the south was rebuilt? Reconstruction
#2 What is another name for the Northern states during the Civil War? Union
#3 Who was president during the Civil War? Abraham Lincoln
#4 Which part of the United States supported slavery during the Civil War? South (Confederacy)
#5 How did the Civil War affect the South? Towns were in ruins, farms burned, and many people died.
Fact or Opinion
#1 The Cherokee were forced to leave their lands. Fact
#2 The town of Jamestown was dirty. Opinion
#3 Sequoyah did a great job writing the Cherokee alphabet. Opinion
#4 George Washington wanted the Cherokee to stop hunting. Fact
#5 One in four Confederate soldiers died in the war. Fact
Final Question