Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

John M. Barry
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Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

John M. Barry
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 131 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 35.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happened to LeRoy Percy Jr.?
(a) He was accidentally killed as a child.
(b) He was paralyzed in an accident.
(c) He moved to another country.
(d) He has been disowned by his father.

3. What decision does Will Percy make pertaining to the refugees in Greenville?
(a) To evacuate them.
(b) To keep them there.
(c) To stop giving them resources.
(d) To create more camps.

4. Why is Butler's bank paid a generous sum of money?
(a) They collected a lot of money from taxes.
(b) They owned insurance on the homes in the southern parishes.
(c) The bank's yacht was used in rescue missions.
(d) They sold a lot of property to businesses after the floods.

5. What did spring flooding in the upper Mississippi River cause?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A great fishing season.
(c) Property destruction, deaths and devastation.
(d) A richer soil for planting crops.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kept the Delta area underdeveloped during WWI?

2. What did the flooding of 1912 and 1913 demonstrate?

3. Prior to Thompson's plan being implemented, what happened to the refugees south of the levee?

4. What does rebuilding in the Delta area lead to?

5. In early 1927, what did many of the communities begin to do?

(see the answer key)

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