

Free State of Jones
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Valerie Pitts
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Free State of Jones
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Multiple Choice
Why does Newt(Newton) become a deserter in the Confederate Army
He wanted to burry Daniel back home. He was upset for what happened to his nephew Danie.
He wanted to go back to see his son and wife .
He became sick
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Multiple Select
Newton tells Daniel that shooting a person is no different than:
Chicken and a Duck
A Hog
Alligator
a Bird or a Deer
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Multiple Choice
Which side was known as "The King of Cotton"?
North
South
East
West
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Multiple Choice
The President during the Civil War was ______________________.
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Henry Clay
Robert E. Lee
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Multiple Choice
Why was Newt unable to go into town for a doctor?
It was snowing.
He did not have a car..
He would be arrested .
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Multiple Select
Finish Will's Quote:' I ain't fighting for cotton. I'm fighting for_______.
Honor
Pride
Land
Money
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Multiple Select
Why was no one willing to help Newt when he got to the medical tent holding his nephew
They all had been up all night drinking
They were overrun with injuries that no one will help him.
They were having a victory party
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Multiple Select
What do the cavalry officer and tax agent want from one of Newt’s neighbors?
They wanted corn
They wanted to take her home.
They want all of her clothes, blankets, and hogs.
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Multiple Select
How does Newt injure his leg?
Running
He got attacked by a dog
Climbing a tree
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Multiple Select
Who meets Newt in the swamp to help him?
Rachel
Moses
Daniel
Ku Klux Klan
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Multiple Select
Who Helped Newt the night his son was very sick?
Moses
Rachel
a Slave Master
a doctor
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Multiple Select
What is the name of the gentleman to the left?
Will
David
Tom
Moses
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Multiple Select
What was Newt’s former profession? __________________________
Blacksmith
Slave Driver
a Doctor
a dentist
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Multiple Select
What alerts the hounds to the swamp?
The cavalry can’t get into the swamp and the officers are afraid of being ambushed if they go in.
He sets his hay on fire.
The hounds are alerted by the sound of Newt breaking the iron slave collar around Moses’ neck.
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Multiple Select
Why was the swamp a perfect place for the men and women?
They say it is not strategic and Sherman wonders if they are a real company.
The cavalry can’t get into the swamp and the officers are afraid of being ambushed if they go in.
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Multiple Select
What do they eat for dinner that night when Newt cut off the metal from Moses Neck ? _____________
Dog
Bird
a Horse
snake
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Multiple Select
What type of food did the soldiers they take from one of the local farms? _______________
chicken
Peaches
Hog
Corn
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Multiple Select
According to the colonel, who are the neutral parties in a war?
The people making money are the only neutral people in a war.
Slave owners
White people who own land
White women
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Multiple Select
What does the colonel do in response to Newt’s rejection of his offer?
He put the dogs on them
He hangs 3 white women
He burns down people’s farms/homes.
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Multiple Select
What does Newt do in retaliation to The Colonel?
He sets his hay on fire.
Burned trees
through a dead dog on his porch
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Multiple Choice
Why did General Sherman only send them 100 rifles?
They say it is not strategic and Sherman wonders if they are a real company
Sherman only had 100 rifles to loan
Some other officers had stolen most of the rifles.
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Multiple Choice
What is Rachel’s new profession?
Nurse
School teacher
doctor
dentist
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Multiple Choice
Which group sets the church on fire?
Freedman Bureau
the state of jones
Jim Crow
Ku Klux Klan
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Multiple Select
Why are they going to blow the tracks on the train?
The federal troops were removed from the South.
The cavalry can’t get into the swamp and the officers are afraid of being ambushed if they go in.
There is a full troop transport of 50 soldiers coming through that would have guns, ammo, and artillery.
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Multiple Select
What happens to the people (young boys) who surrendered?
They were killed by hanging.
They were forced to rejoin the union.
They let them go home to their parents.
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Multiple Select
Finish Moses’ Quote: “Cause you cannot own a __________________ of _____________.”
slave / white man
women/God
land/people
Child/ God
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Multiple Choice
What do they replace the Confederate flag with after the battle in town?
They put up an American flag.
They put up a white flag to surrender.
They put up a burning cross
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Multiple Select
What is Principle #4 for the Free State of Jones?
"Every man is free
“Every man is a man.”
every man should have 40 acres and a mule
30
Multiple Choice
Finish the June 1865 Caption: “The war is over, __________________________ cultivate their own _______________ of ______________ for the first time.”
Freedman/plots/land
Freeman/sale/land
Freeman/land/cotton
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