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Teddy Roosevelt's calvary unit. They already knew how to ride horses and shoot guns.They were some of the first units ready to fight.

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Describe the relationship between the United States and Cuba.

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Describe the relationship between the United States and Cuba.

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The United States and Cubans were helping with supplies. William McKindey sent a ship to protect Americans in Cuba. They were also trade partners. Many Americans supported the independence movement. In 1898 congress declared war on Spain.

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Henry Plant and Henry Flagler  built many hotels here in Florida. They made Plant's Tampa Bay Royal Poincaina and the breakers. The tourism industry brought many people to the particular place attractions were built. There were many attractions that brought  many people to many places all over the globe. Wildlife played a big role. People came to escape the cold.

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Someone who is trying to make a major change in government.

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An order to stop fighting in a war.

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Florida's phosphate was found in the 1800's  next to   Peace River, Daytona Beach  and Tampa. Phosphate is found naturally in the ground.More deposits found all over Florida.This business can make you very rich.Railroads helped this business to get all over USA.Phosphate  was used as a cattle feed and  fertilizer.Florida became a major world supplier of Phosphate

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A group of soldiers who ride on a horseback.

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To get ready for war.

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Describe the relationship between Cuba and Spain.

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Describe the relationship between Cuba and Spain.

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Spain has control over Cuba (a Spanish colony) and Cuba wanted independence from Spain. Cuba began fighting against Spanish rule in the 1800s.

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Vicente Ybor is a person who supported the Cuban independence. He wanted  to make life easier. He always was trying to help.He was also the owner of a cigar factory. Vincent Ybor was born in Spain.   He moved to Cuba when he was 14.  In Cuba, he learned how to make cigars.  He soon opened his own factory there.  He later moved his busniess to Key West, but decided he needed a good railroad and port to ship cigar cigar supplies.   He decided that Tampa was a good location and moved his business there because it has both a railroad and a port.  Ybor wanted a place that would be good for his workers and their families.

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The state of being free.

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Florida supplied beef to the Confederacy Army during the war. Cattle was shipped to USA and Europe.  This started in 1565 when Spanish came to Florida and brought the first cttle. Spanish and Native Americans raised cows on missions. Cattle were needed all over the confederate part of the US in the 1800's .

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Ybor city is a major tourist location and it's famous for Vicente Martinez Ybor and cigars. Also, for contributing to the housing of thousands of immigrants.   By 1900, more than 15,000 immigrants lived in his community.  Everyone worked well together, which was unusual at the time.  Ybor City had one of the most well-educated workforces in the United States.

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How much did the railroads grow, and how long did that  growth take?

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How much did the railroads grow, and how long did that  growth take?

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At first only 550 miles of railroad existed in the state! 19 years later 3,500 miles covered the entire state!

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Describe Henry Flaglers effect on Florida.

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Describe Henry Flaglers effect on Florida.

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Henry Flagler built a railroad from Jacksonville to St.Augustine so more people come to his hotel. He later extended it to West Palm Beach. He built the first railroad to Miami. He also built a railroad from mainland to  Key West which covers 128 miles of water and the keys. He connected cities and towns with his railroads and expanded to south Florida, which helped develop it.

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Pine trees provided sap that was used to make turpertine to make paint thinner.Wood from trees were used to make houses and masts for ships . The Northwest and Northeast mainly supplied the wood because of the thick forests that grow there.The wood was shipped northern part of USA and Europe.

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Ybor offered his immigrant workers casitas or “little houses” to live in while they worked for him.  These little houses in Ybor City were very important to the development of Tampa.  Houses offered ownership; they weren't rental properties.  Ybor wanted the workers to be proud of where they were living.

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Tobacco was grown even before the civil war. The factories came to Florida and set up new busnesses   in Key West and Tampa it was shipped all over the country.The climate was ideal /great for growing tobacco. These cigars were shipped by railroad and they had hundreds of workers.

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How did the United States prepare for the war?

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How did the United States prepare for the war?

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The United States mobilized, trained soldiers to fight the Spanish, and many cities in Florida became bases. Army camps were set up in Jacksonville, Miami, Ferdinand, and Lake land. Port of Tampa was important during the war. The Rough Riders trained in tampa. Clara Barton, founder of the Red Cross, organized midical supplies in Tampa.

Army officials lived in the tampa Bay Hotel.

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What effect did railroads have on Florida?

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What effect did railroads have on Florida?

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They helped industries grow, connected cities and towns, and helped make delivering mail faster. They helped tourist get to the hotels Flagler built.

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Many imigrants of different kinds like Jewish, Italian, Siclians, and more.  By 1890, more than 5,00 immigrants moved to Ybor City.  By 1900, more than 15,000 immigrants lived in this community.

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The industries created new jobs.

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Describe Henry Plant's Effect On Railroads.

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Describe Henry Plant's Effect On Railroads.

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Henry Plant built a railroad that connected Orlando, Jacksonville, and Tampa. He also brought railroads to the Golf Coast. This allowed goods to travel quickly across the state and helped develop the citrus industry

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A person that starts and owns a business.

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It was named after Vicente Martinez Ybor who was a successful businessman.

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A worker who moves from place to place to do seasonal work.

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Railroads allowed industries to expand and bring their product faster to far places.

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What were the effects of the Spanish American War?

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What were the effects of the Spanish American War?

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The effects mostly impacted Florida and gave them more businesses and harbors. The population of Florida rose greatly because Americans now knew about Florida. A treaty was signed and ended the war, that gave independence to Cuba. Spain had also handed over Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. Officials expected that the solders who fought in the war will choose to live in the U.S permanently. They also hope that their family and friends will choose to live there. Many soldiers from the war, and their family and friends became permanent residents of Florida.

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Citrus was grown in St.Augustine when it was founded in 1565. The Spanish planted the first orange trees. In the 1800's  oranges and grapefruits were a demand. Then they were shipped to all over the USA  and Europe. Lue Gim Gong helped farmers sell from a cold resistant grape fruits and oranges. This enabled farmers to sell more crops.

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What happened that led  to the United States declaring war on Spain?

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What happened that led  to the United States declaring war on Spain?

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The USS Maine (an American ship) exploded in Cuba’s harbor. The Americans blamed Spain.

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A person who lives in a country in which he or she was not born.

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All the businesses that make one kind of product or provide one kind of service

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He choose Tampa because Tampa had a railroad and a port unlike the other cities.Other places did not have good transportation.  He needed a port to ship cigar supplies from Cuba and then after the cigars were made, Ybor needed a railroad in the United States to ship them to customers. .