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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) Washington and the Army of Virginia.
(d) De Soto and his men.

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

3. Henry M. Flagler constructed a hotel in ______________ and was also interested in Florida railroads.
(a) St. Augustine.
(b) Sunrise.
(c) Tampa.
(d) Miami.

4. What happened to one of the priests?
(a) He was tortured.
(b) He became ill.
(c) He was killed.
(d) He became lost.

5. There are rivers and other small creeks that flow into what lake?
(a) Lake Adelaide.
(b) Lake Isis.
(c) Lake Okeechobee.
(d) Lake Norris.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the passage of the ___________________, the Everglades came under the control of the state of Florida.

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

3. People moved into the Everglades. How did they live with the Indians?

4. Mail delivery developed slowly first by foot, and then by wagon and ____________.

5. Dr. Cyrus Teed founded the _________________ which was devoted to communal living.

(see the answer key)

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