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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The ________________ problems caused by drainage began to affect vegetable growing and livestock as well as the water supply of the cities.
(a) Polluted water.
(b) Oil spill.
(c) Lack of water.
(d) Salt water.

2. There has been a change in the demographics of the population with an inflow of _______________ families.
(a) Younger working.
(b) Older upper class.
(c) Older working.
(d) Younger upper class.

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

4. What was an important industry for the cities?
(a) Coal mining.
(b) Tourism.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Farming.

5. Why did most European immigrants go further west?
(a) They did not want to compete with the slave labor in Florida.
(b) They did not want to live in a tropical climate.
(c) They did not feel safe in Florida.
(d) They feared the Indians.

6. The residents prospered with much of the work being performed by whom?
(a) Migrant Indians.
(b) Migrant blacks.
(c) Migrant Hispanics.
(d) Migrant whites.

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

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

9. The surveyors entered ___________________ in the Everglades which violated the treaty with the Indians.
(a) The neutral zone.
(b) The twilight zone.
(c) The dead zone.
(d) The peace zone.

10. ________________ purchased bankrupt Southern Railroads and planned a railroad from Sanford to Tampa.
(a) Henry B. Plant.
(b) Harry B. Seed.
(c) Harrison B. Root.
(d) Henri B. Arbor.

11. In 1947, South Florida experienced ________ hurricanes and as a result, there were demands for flood control.
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project would manage the water of the Everglades and the cities through what?

2. When did the Army move out of Florida?

3. Henry M. Flagler constructed a hotel in ______________ and was also interested in Florida railroads.

4. A lighthouse was built at Key Biscayne in _____________.

5. __________________ explored the archaeological aspects of the Everglades finding many artifacts.

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