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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 | Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percentage of the United States does the Mississippi River drain?
(a) 50%.
(b) 41%.
(c) 30%.
(d) 25%.

2. What did the high river levels threaten in 1912?
(a) To break the dam.
(b) To top the levee before the sandbags come.
(c) To bring sewage into Mississippi.
(d) To wash away all the crops.

3. Who took control of Charles Percy's family affairs after he dies?
(a) His brother.
(b) His children.
(c) His mother.
(d) His wife.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During the 1900 a new demand surged in throughout the United States. What was that demand?

2. When Humphrey returned from studying deltaic rivers, what did he do?

3. What did Congress create in response to the flooding in Mississippi?

4. What helped Leroy Percy lose a lot of his political influence outside of the Delta area?

5. What were the three basic methods that engineers have attempted to control the river?

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