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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. ________ hundred people followed him and lived in the commune he established.

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

3. Cattle country developed west of _____________.

4. When was rum running popular?

5. The real estate boom spread throughout _______________ Florida.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Zachary Taylor was in charge of Florida and the governments Indian policy.

Part 1) Who was Zachary Taylor? How was he put in charge of Florida and the government's Indian policy? Was he qualified to hold these positions? Why or why not? Describe his abilities at running Florida and co-habitating with the Native Americans? How did he personally affect the relationship between whites and Native Americans?

Part 2) How successful were Zachary Taylor's policies? Why? What happened when he retired? How were others affected by his retirement?

Part 3) Describe the Native American policy in general. Is this constitutional? Why or why not? How did this policy affect all U.S. citizens, colonists, settlers, Native American, blacks, etc.? Do such policies exist today? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Many and treaties were signed by the Native Americans.

Part 1) Describe these various treaties as described in this book. How did these treaties come to exist? Why did the whites create them? Why did the Native Americans sign them?

Part 2) What do these treaties reveal about the whites and Native Americans? How effective were these treaties? Explain. How have treaties, in general, affected the Native Americans in the U.S.? Why?

Part 3) What are two other treaties the U.S. has enacted or taken part in? Why? How effective were these treaties? Why? How have the consequences of these treaties affected us today?

Essay Topic 3

Migrant workers have been important in Floridian agriculture.

Part 1) What is a migrant worker? What is the history of the migrant worker in Florida? How have they been important to Floridian agriculture? Why have they been so important? How are migrant workers still important in Floridian agriculture?

Part 2) How are migrant workers important throughout other parts of the U.S.? Why are they important elsewhere? Why might one become a migrant worker? Would you want to be a migrant worker? Why or why not?

Part 3) What issues has the U.S. had with migrant workers in recent history? How has this become a problem? How should our country handle this problem? Why?

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