Florida History

How did the Apollo program affect Florida’s Space Coast?

• It connected the area to national space investment and technology
• It created Florida’s nineteenth-century forts
• It made Tallahassee the federal capital
• It ended all aerospace activity

How did Space Shuttle operations differ historically from Apollo at Kennedy Space Center?

• They occurred before Florida was a U.S. state
• They belonged to a later program with reusable orbiters
• They were entirely unrelated to NASA
• They involved only ships on the Gulf Coast

How did highways shape Florida’s post-World War II development?

• They improved access for visitors and residents
• They eliminated commercial aviation
• They prevented inland population growth
• They ended the need for all transportation

What was one consequence of large-scale drainage in Florida wetlands?

• Some land became easier to develop while habitats changed
• All rivers began flowing uphill
• All wetlands immediately expanded
• Canals stopped all human settlement