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Chapter 15 Worksheet

  Chapter 15 – Reconstruction & Renewal        Name: Kyra Foures Who is the author of this chapter and what information can you find about the author elsewhere in the text?          The author of Chapter 15 is Jerrell H. Shofner. During the chapter, I found out that during this time period, Shofner had written a book called Nor Is It Over Yet.   According to this chapter, list 2 things that were in desperate need of “reconstruction”     Two things that were in desperate need of "reconstruction" were the government and the economic system (money).   Florida stands apart from other areas of the South in the way that General Newton handled two main areas: politics & freedmen.   Discuss both.   General Newton used the former slaves (freedman) "to stay on the plantation and to continue work with the ability to earn wages." (Gannon, pg. 260).  Newton also had military officials take initiative in the existing political vacuum.   Demand for cotton

Blog Entry - A Land Remembered

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                 Hi everyone! I am Kyra, your blogger and I am back! Today is October 8, 2022, and I would like to touch on a topic related to the novel A Land Remembered . Let's get started!      To start, Tobias was informed that the best place to go to buy cows was Punta Russa. On the road, he had met a man named Sam Lowry. He had 65 cows and was not able to get them to the market himself so he asked Tobias if he would like to buy them for $3 each. They made an agreement for Tobias to pay on the way back because he did not have that much money on him at the time.      Tobias was told he had to meet with Captain Sam Hendry to sell his cattle. Tobias ran back to Emma so excited to let her know that he will pay sixteen dollars per head. The total came to $13,840. Tobias wanted 8 coins right away so that he could treat everyone to boots and a meal. Tobias wanted to keep that money as safe as possible. According to page 92 of A Land Remembered , it says "'Won't nobody he

Chapter 10 Worksheet

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  McCoy/AMH2070             CHAPTER ANALYSIS WORKSHEET               Name: Kyra Foures                                                        (40 total points)   (2) Cite your Article (in proper APA format):  Michael, Gannon, (2013). First European Contacts, The History of Florida, 978-0-8130-6401-7, 162-178.     Focus Questions: (                1)     Who are the authors?    The authors are Susan Richbourg Parker and William S. Coker.           5) Identify and discuss the issue of “perspective” with regards to Anglo writings of Spanish Government The issue of "perspective" with regards to Anglo writings of Spanish Government is that they were worried about how it may affect the way they were looked at and their interactions with people.         (       2)     How did Spain cede one territory and receive two back twenty years later?  Spain regained it at peace negotiations during the time for the Treaty of Versailles.     (5) Describe