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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After ___________________, people decided to grow sugar cane in Florida.
(a) The Spanish-American War.
(b) World War II.
(c) World War I.
(d) The Great Depression.

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

4. The area south of ___________________ was successfully growing fruits.
(a) Lake Overstreet.
(b) Lake Olivia.
(c) Lake Osborne.
(d) Lake Okeechobee.

5. The government's policy now was to suppress the Indians and this was the job of Colonel __________.
(a) Wallace.
(b) Wade.
(c) Worth.
(d) Williams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was given the governorship of Cuba and Florida by the Spanish king?

2. George Merrick designed the plans for the city to be called _________ Gables.

3. He wrote of his years with the Indians and talked of the great Chief ___________ who wanted to unite all of the Everglades Indians into a federation which he would control.

4. In ____________, Carl Fisher laid out the plans for Miami Beach and built hotels.

5. In _________, the whites began to move back into the settlements.

(see the answer key)

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