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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Cattle country developed west of _____________.
(a) Cape Coral.
(b) Clewiston.
(c) Callaway.
(d) Cedar Key.

4. When the Civil War ended slavery, it also ended what?
(a) Peace between the whites and Indians.
(b) The attempts to force the Indians out.
(c) The white man following the escaped slaves to the Everglades.
(d) Hatred for African Americans and Indians.

5. The crime in the Everglades increased due to what?
(a) Severe poverty.
(b) Mental illness.
(c) Hijacking.
(d) The goods being transported through the Everglades.

6. What did the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project affect?
(a) The tourist population of Florida.
(b) The bird population of the Everglades.
(c) The cattle ranchers.
(d) Nothing.

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

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

9. This was the _________ big archaeological find in the Everglades and provided knowledge about the prehistoric Glades people.
(a) Third.
(b) Only.
(c) Second.
(d) First.

10. A base was established near them in 1838 and Dr. Henry Perrine received a __________________ thousand acre grant to develop tropical plants.
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Twenty four.
(d) Twenty.

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

12. ____________ Taylor was in charge of Florida and the government's Indian policy.
(a) Zachariah.
(b) Zachary.
(c) John.
(d) Zadok.

13. In ____________, Carl Fisher laid out the plans for Miami Beach and built hotels.
(a) 1885.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1915.

14. These men continued to purchase railroads. Why?
(a) They had nothing better to do.
(b) They thought they could use the Everglades land.
(c) They had an entire coastline to cover.
(d) Railroads were cheap.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. ________________ purchased bankrupt Southern Railroads and planned a railroad from Sanford to Tampa.

2. The Everglades still has problems, as does the rest of the area, because of what?

3. There has been a change in the demographics of the population with an inflow of _______________ families.

4. The state was still trying to do what to the Indians?

5. People were now interested in making a life in other parts of Florida, mainly where?

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