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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Indian Key and ______________ were the two most important settlements along the coast.
(a) Key West.
(b) Key Largo.
(c) Key Biscayne.
(d) Elliott Key.

3. The surveyors entered ___________________ in the Everglades which violated the treaty with the Indians.
(a) The neutral zone.
(b) The peace zone.
(c) The twilight zone.
(d) The dead zone.

4. The rowing of this crop required irrigation that affected the water level of what?
(a) Lake Eola.
(b) Lake Miccosukee.
(c) Lake Okeechobee.
(d) Lake Anoka.

5. Towns formed along _____________ Florida East Coast Railroad.
(a) Flagler's.
(b) Douglas'.
(c) Disston's.
(d) Plant's.

6. There was a ___________________ epidemic after the Spanish American war.
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Yellow fever.
(c) Pel-Ebstein.
(d) Scarlet.

7. __________________ explored the archaeological aspects of the Everglades finding many artifacts.
(a) Cyrus Teed.
(b) Jasper P. Whetstone.
(c) Thomas McClure.
(d) Frank Hamilton Cusing.

8. Why did most European immigrants go further west?
(a) They did not feel safe in Florida.
(b) They did not want to live in a tropical climate.
(c) They feared the Indians.
(d) They did not want to compete with the slave labor in Florida.

9. The waters are now affected by what?
(a) Salt.
(b) Low amounts of rainfall.
(c) Pollution and industrial waste.
(d) Flooding.

10. What were there many of in Miami at this time?
(a) Cowboys and Indians.
(b) Students and young families.
(c) Farmers and teachers.
(d) Bathers and casinos.

11. __________ was the first to recover with a myriad of new hotels.
(a) Dayton Beach.
(b) Panama City Beach.
(c) Miami Beach.
(d) New Smyrna Beach.

12. When Taylor retired from the Army in __________, he was replaced by Brigadier General Taylor and a new government policy.
(a) 1840.
(b) 1850.
(c) 1830.
(d) 1860.

13. Who replaced these workers after World War II?
(a) Indian workers.
(b) Hispanic workers.
(c) Black workers.
(d) White workers.

14. Progress and expansion occurred along the East Coast. How much took place in the Everglades?
(a) A great deal.
(b) Very little.
(c) Some.
(d) None.

15. Eventually the first canal was dredged by _________________.
(a) Hank Dillon.
(b) Harrison DeVane.
(c) Hamilton Disston.
(d) Henry Deveau.

Short Answer Questions

1. A lighthouse was built at Key Biscayne in _____________.

2. The lives of the Indians were also changing as they adapted more modern ways, especially who?

3. The man who dredged the first canal purchased four ___________ acres of swamp land west of Lake Okeechobee.

4. ____________ Taylor was in charge of Florida and the government's Indian policy.

5. The University began in ___________ and grew.

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