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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. __________ was the first to recover with a myriad of new hotels.
(a) New Smyrna Beach.
(b) Dayton Beach.
(c) Panama City Beach.
(d) Miami Beach.

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

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

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

5. This was the _________ big archaeological find in the Everglades and provided knowledge about the prehistoric Glades people.
(a) Second.
(b) Only.
(c) First.
(d) Third.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the fields were ______________, they built a dike and tried planting the cane again.

2. By __________ efforts were underway to correct the problems.

3. In ___________, the Miami area was struck by a hurricane.

4. George Merrick designed the plans for the city to be called _________ Gables.

5. The Indians, who thought the new policy would allow them to remain in Florida, found they had been lied to. How did they react?

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. Why were people interested in growing sugar in Florida? Is this a valid reason? Why or why not?

3. How did Florida becoming a slave state affect those living in Florida?

4. How was the work of Frank Hamilton Cusing important to Florida?

5. What was the Koreshan Unity? What does this reveal about some people during this time? Are places such as the Koreshan Unity in existence today? Why or why not?

6. What happened when Taylor retired? Why?

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

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

9. How did the sugar embargo in 1960 affect pollution in the Everglades? Could this have been prevented? If so, how? If not, why not?

10. Migrant workers were important to Florida agriculture. Why? Are they as important today? Why or why not?

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