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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Indians, who thought the new policy would allow them to remain in Florida, found they had been lied to. How did they react?
(a) They left Florida.
(b) They attacked the army settlement at Charlotte Harbor.
(c) They protested.
(d) They asked other European nations to help them.

2. A lighthouse was built at Key Biscayne in _____________.
(a) 1782.
(b) 1872.
(c) 1837.
(d) 1827.

3. When the cattle became infested with ticks, they blamed what for carrying ticks?
(a) The alligators.
(b) The blacks.
(c) The Indians.
(d) The deer.

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

5. When the fields were ______________, they built a dike and tried planting the cane again.
(a) Polluted by chemicals.
(b) Burned in a forest fire.
(c) Destroyed by hail.
(d) Flooded by the rains.

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

7. People moved into the Everglades. How did they live with the Indians?
(a) Peacefully for only a couple of years.
(b) In separate, guarded communities.
(c) Peacefully.
(d) Not well.

8. Towns formed along _____________ Florida East Coast Railroad.
(a) Douglas'.
(b) Plant's.
(c) Flagler's.
(d) Disston's.

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

10. There was a quarantine that stopped everything but what in Miami?
(a) The shipping industry.
(b) Real estate activity.
(c) The railroad.
(d) The night clubs.

11. In _________, the whites began to move back into the settlements.
(a) 1882.
(b) 1883.
(c) 1828.
(d) 1838.

12. ____________________ set up a company to obtain land grants in the Everglades.
(a) William H. Graham.
(b) William H. Gleason.
(c) William H. Glenn.
(d) William H. Green.

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

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

15. A base was established near them in 1838 and Dr. Henry Perrine received a __________________ thousand acre grant to develop tropical plants.
(a) Twenty four.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Twenty.

Short Answer Questions

1. The crime in the Everglades increased due to what?

2. The ________________ problems caused by drainage began to affect vegetable growing and livestock as well as the water supply of the cities.

3. Why did most European immigrants go further west?

4. What was an important industry for the cities?

5. There was a ___________________ epidemic after the Spanish American war.

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