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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the official report about the mouth of the Mississippi that Eads wrote finally say?
(a) The channel is 16 feet deep with no sandbar.
(b) The channel is 16 feet deep but a sandbar still exists.
(c) The channel is only 14 feet deep and the sandbar is still there.
(d) The channel did not get any deeper.

2. What did Congress create in response to the flooding in Mississippi?
(a) A plan to reroute the river.
(b) A plan to create walls along the river.
(c) The U.S. Levee Commission.
(d) The Hoover Dam.

3. When Humphrey returned from studying deltaic rivers, what did he do?
(a) Traveled the Grand Canyon.
(b) Built a railroad.
(c) Built a bridge.
(d) Attacked Ellet's report.

4. What happened in the Mississippi region between 1884-1889?
(a) The first person traveled cross country.
(b) Someone drove a submarine down the Mississippi.
(c) The Hoover Dam was built.
(d) Railroads developed quickly.

5. What helped Leroy Percy lose a lot of his political influence outside of the Delta area?
(a) He wanted to free all slaves.
(b) He helped Vardaman get defeated for a seat in Senate.
(c) He advocated for the rights of women.
(d) He enforced the need for slaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did most levees fail?

2. For decades, what were the levees constructed to do?

3. In 1850, what were the Humphreys and Charles Ellet Jr. competing for?

4. Why were veterans enlisted during the time the levees were being fixed?

5. How did Humphrey prove himself to be in combat?

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