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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Mississippi River Commission decide their failure was in the 1912 and 1913 floods?
(a) A poor drainage system.
(b) Using only sandbags.
(c) Erosion.
(d) "Substandard" levee construction.

2. What event did the Boston Club pay a large role in?
(a) The impending flood waters.
(b) Harvesting the area.
(c) Planning Mardi Gras.
(d) Rebuliding the city of New Orleans.

3. When was the first recorded flood of the Mississippi River?
(a) 1643.
(b) 1743.
(c) 1543.
(d) 1882.

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

5. Who remains in Greenville after the news of the coming floodwaters is announced?
(a) The blacks, the poor whites and the business leaders.
(b) Just the blacks.
(c) Just the business leaders.
(d) Just the poor whites.

Short Answer Questions

1. If Thompson's plan is implemented, what will happen to Plaquemines Parish and St. Bernard?

2. Why did most levees fail?

3. What was the weather like in the Prologue as the guests of the social party head home?

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

5. What did Eads continue to do for a living in St. Louis after his family moved on?

(see the answer key)

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