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

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. Mail delivery developed slowly first by foot, and then by wagon and ____________.
(a) Train.
(b) Bus.
(c) Stagecoach.
(d) Boat.

4. When was rum running popular?
(a) After the Great Depression.
(b) During World War I.
(c) During the Prohibition era.
(d) During the Great Depression.

5. By ___________, the government was told that Disston would not be able to drain all of the Everglades.
(a) 1902.
(b) 1892.
(c) 1882.
(d) 1912.

Short Answer Questions

1. Since Taylor allowed the Blacks to go west with the Indians and prevented them from being hunted in the war zone, __________ hundred of the Indians agreed to move west.

2. Dr. Cyrus Teed founded the _________________ which was devoted to communal living.

3. The man who dredged the first canal purchased four ___________ acres of swamp land west of Lake Okeechobee.

4. In ____________, Carl Fisher laid out the plans for Miami Beach and built hotels.

5. What did the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project affect?

Short Essay Questions

1. Miami and other cities prospered after the Depression. Why? Would this have been possible in other cities outside of Florida? Why or why not?

2. 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?

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

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

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

6. Why were slaves so valuable? How did their value affect life in Florida at this time

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

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

9. How was corruption and crime a part of life in Florida in this chapter? How is this also a theme of this book?

10. 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?

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