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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first group of white men to ever cross the Everglades from east to west?
(a) Roosevelt and his Rough Riders.
(b) Colonel Harney and his troops.
(c) De Soto and his men.
(d) Washington and the Army of Virginia.

2. 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.

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

4. George Merrick designed the plans for the city to be called _________ Gables.
(a) Shining.
(b) Coral.
(c) High.
(d) Green.

5. When was rum running popular?
(a) During the Prohibition era.
(b) During World War I.
(c) After the Great Depression.
(d) During the Great Depression.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The government's policy now was to suppress the Indians and this was the job of Colonel __________.

3. Why did they want to grow sugar?

4. In ___________, the Miami area was struck by a hurricane.

5. The real estate boom spread throughout _______________ Florida.

(see the answer key)

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