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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By ___________, the government was told that Disston would not be able to drain all of the Everglades.
(a) 1912.
(b) 1882.
(c) 1892.
(d) 1902.

2. After the explorers reached Mexico and its riches, only ________________ was interested in Florida.
(a) Vadino Vivaldi.
(b) Juan Ponce de Leon.
(c) Marco Polo.
(d) Giovanni de Plano Carpini.

3. Why did the Americans sign many treaties with the Indians?
(a) They wanted to be fair to the Indians.
(b) They wanted the Indian land.
(c) They wanted to cooperate with the Indians.
(d) They wanted peace with the Indians.

4. The Indians, who thought the new policy would allow them to remain in Florida, found they had been lied to. How did they react?
(a) They left Florida.
(b) They asked other European nations to help them.
(c) They attacked the army settlement at Charlotte Harbor.
(d) They protested.

5. Both blacks and Indians had been given freedom and citizenship by Spanish Florida causing problems between Spanish and ___________ America that would continue for more than one hundred years.
(a) French.
(b) Mexican.
(c) English.
(d) Portuguese.

Short Answer Questions

1. The rains begin in ________________.

2. Who was killed trying to settle Florida?

3. ____________________ set up a company to obtain land grants in the Everglades.

4. The crime in the Everglades increased due to what?

5. When the tribes moved further south, they adopted the habits of the ____________.

(see the answer key)

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