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

2. The waters are now affected by what?
(a) Pollution and industrial waste.
(b) Flooding.
(c) Salt.
(d) Low amounts of rainfall.

3. Eventually the first canal was dredged by _________________.
(a) Hank Dillon.
(b) Henry Deveau.
(c) Hamilton Disston.
(d) Harrison DeVane.

4. The __________ industry in the area contributed to Lake Okeechobee's pollution.
(a) Dairy.
(b) Sweets.
(c) Beef.
(d) Grain.

5. __________________ explored the archaeological aspects of the Everglades finding many artifacts.
(a) Cyrus Teed.
(b) Frank Hamilton Cusing.
(c) Jasper P. Whetstone.
(d) Thomas McClure.

Short Answer Questions

1. __________ was the first to recover with a myriad of new hotels.

2. The rowing of this crop required irrigation that affected the water level of what?

3. The real estate boom spread throughout _______________ Florida.

4. Billy Bowlegs told Twiggs that the murders were committed by whom?

5. The Everglades still has problems, as does the rest of the area, because of what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

7. Why did the whites want the Indians to leave?

8. What happened when Taylor retired? Why?

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

10. Describe the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project. What were the consequences of this? Could these consequences have been predicted? Why or why not?

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