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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The area south of ___________________ was successfully growing fruits.
(a) Lake Okeechobee.
(b) Lake Olivia.
(c) Lake Osborne.
(d) Lake Overstreet.

2. Port ________________ became a good, increasingly important port.
(a) Everglades.
(b) Tampa.
(c) Canaveral.
(d) Miami.

3. They had no metals or flints to work with, only _________.
(a) Stone.
(b) Copper.
(c) Bone.
(d) Shells.

4. Slaves continued to escape to Florida. Why were slaves valuable?
(a) They could not be imported to the United States legally after 1808.
(b) They were not intelligent.
(c) They were strong.
(d) They did not have to be paid.

5. Why did they want to grow sugar?
(a) They could replace the chemicals that were missing from the land.
(b) The country was in need of more sugar.
(c) Many sugar crops had died elsewhere in the country due to disease.
(d) Sugar was becoming very popular.

Short Answer Questions

1. In ____________, Carl Fisher laid out the plans for Miami Beach and built hotels.

2. The real estate boom spread throughout _______________ Florida.

3. Eventually the first canal was dredged by _________________.

4. In ___________, America purchased Florida from the Spanish.

5. The _______________ settled on the Eastern coast of Southern Florida.

(see the answer key)

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