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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The survivors were taken to _________________ while the Indians retreated into the Everglades.
(a) Miami.
(b) St. Augustine.
(c) Ft. Lauderdale.
(d) Tampa.

2. During what war did the railroads handle the troops?
(a) The Spanish American War.
(b) World War I.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Civil War.

3. ________________ purchased bankrupt Southern Railroads and planned a railroad from Sanford to Tampa.
(a) Harrison B. Root.
(b) Harry B. Seed.
(c) Henry B. Plant.
(d) Henri B. Arbor.

4. In ___________, the Miami area was struck by a hurricane.
(a) 1916.
(b) 1926.
(c) 1906.
(d) 1936.

5. The Everglades __________ Act was created in 1994.
(a) Alive.
(b) River of Grass.
(c) Renewed.
(d) Forever.

Short Answer Questions

1. Menendez renamed the woman Dona ______________.

2. Why did the Americans sign many treaties with the Indians?

3. Eventually Billy Bowlegs and others were offered money to leave Florida. Where did they go after they accepted the money?

4. Many of the ships were wrecked. Why?

5. A young nobleman named ________________ was rescued by an Indian maiden and lived among the Indians.

(see the answer key)

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