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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Civil War ended slavery, it also ended what?
(a) The attempts to force the Indians out.
(b) Hatred for African Americans and Indians.
(c) Peace between the whites and Indians.
(d) The white man following the escaped slaves to the Everglades.

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

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

4. When did the Army move out of Florida?
(a) After WWI.
(b) After the peace.
(c) After the Spanish-American War.
(d) Before war began.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. ____________ Taylor was in charge of Florida and the government's Indian policy.

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

3. When Broward became governor in __________, they again tried to drain the Everglades.

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

5. When was rum running popular?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the effects of the Yellow Fever epidemic? How have such epidemics been seen and dealt with in our own time?

2. Describe the dredging of the first canal. Why was it dredged? What effects might this have on Florida in the coming decades?

3. Describe the effects of the hurricane that hit Florida in 1926. How does this foreshadow Florida's future?

4. All the cities in Florida grew very quickly. What might this foreshadow?

5. Describe the battles that were renewed. Why were they renewed?

6. Why did Billy Bowlegs leave Florida? How might this reflect the feelings of many Indians in Florida at this time?

7. Describe Zachary Taylor's leadership and the effects of his leadership.

8. How did the Native Americans adapt to life in Florida after the Civil War? How does this reflect their ability to adapt throughout the settling of the Americas?

9. What were the results of the Swamp Land Act of 1850?

10. How did the ending of the Civil War affect Florida?

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