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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The real estate boom spread throughout _______________ Florida.
(a) Southeastern.
(b) Southwestern.
(c) Northeastern.
(d) Northwestern.

2. Billy Bowlegs told Twiggs that the murders were committed by whom?
(a) Black slaves.
(b) The white man.
(c) Five young Indians that had been captured by Chief Chitto-Hadjo.
(d) Himself.

3. The Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project would manage the water of the Everglades and the cities through what?
(a) A series of water restrictions.
(b) The importing of fresh water.
(c) A series of pumps.
(d) The changing of salt water to fresh water.

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

5. Why did the rowing of the answer to 164 become more important in 1960?
(a) After the grain embargo of 1980.
(b) After Fidel Castro's 1960 sugar embargo.
(c) After the Midwestern Corn Embargo of 1876.
(d) After the invention of the cotton gin in 1798.

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

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

8. When the Indians attacked ______________ Key, Perrine was killed but his wife and children escaped.
(a) Indian.
(b) Largo.
(c) Big Pine.
(d) Biscayne.

9. Eventually Billy Bowlegs and others were offered money to leave Florida. Where did they go after they accepted the money?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Baton Rouge.
(c) Charleston.
(d) New Orleans.

10. Major General Twiggs was ordered to the area. He established a post named Fort Myers after who?
(a) His nephew.
(b) His son.
(c) His father.
(d) His future son-in-law.

11. The __________ industry in the area contributed to Lake Okeechobee's pollution.
(a) Beef.
(b) Sweets.
(c) Grain.
(d) Dairy.

12. The rowing of _______________ became more important in 1960.
(a) Corn.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Sugar cane.

13. People were now interested in making a life in other parts of Florida, mainly where?
(a) In the interior.
(b) Along the west coast.
(c) Along the northern border.
(d) Along the coast.

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

15. How did the Indians make a living?
(a) By selling alcohol.
(b) By capturing birds and selling them to Havana.
(c) By selling Indian souvenirs.
(d) By capturing wild animals and selling them to zoos and circuses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Several canals were dug and the price of land _____________.

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

3. This chapter is a result of a __________ discussion with the author about what has happened in the forty years since the book was first published.

4. There was a quarantine that stopped everything but what in Miami?

5. In ______________, Governor William S. Jennings invalidated the swamp land grants to the railroads.

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