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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Since Taylor allowed the Blacks to go west with the Indians and prevented them from being hunted in the war zone, __________ hundred of the Indians agreed to move west.
(a) Nine.
(b) Three.
(c) Seven.
(d) Four.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Taylor retired from the Army in __________, he was replaced by Brigadier General Taylor and a new government policy.

2. A base was established near them in 1838 and Dr. Henry Perrine received a __________________ thousand acre grant to develop tropical plants.

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

4. Indian Key and ______________ were the two most important settlements along the coast.

5. A thirteen-year-old boy named Escalante de Fonteneda remained with the Indians for how many years?

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