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

2. At this time, Captain _____________ took over the Office of Indian Affairs.
(a) Clark.
(b) Carson.
(c) Casey.
(d) Charles.

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

4. When the fields were ______________, they built a dike and tried planting the cane again.
(a) Polluted by chemicals.
(b) Flooded by the rains.
(c) Burned in a forest fire.
(d) Destroyed by hail.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The waters are now affected by what?

2. Who was the first group of white men to ever cross the Everglades from east to west?

3. Eventually the first canal was dredged by _________________.

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do events described in this story reinforce the importance of the connections between all living creatures?

2. Migrant workers were important to Florida agriculture. Why? Are they as important 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. 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?

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

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

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

8. Why were people all over the country interested in Everglades land?

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

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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