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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were the results of Thompson's plan being predicted?
(a) There will be no refugees.
(b) The river will stop rising.
(c) There will be thousands of refugees but the river will still rise.
(d) New Orleans will be saved.

2. After losing the run for presidency, what did Hoover receive?
(a) A seat in the cabinet.
(b) A seat in congress.
(c) The position of Secretary of State.
(d) The vice presidency.

3. In 1920, the country was filled with racial hatred and fear. What group gained enormous fame and wealth during this time?
(a) The Republicans.
(b) The Democrats.
(c) The KKK.
(d) The Masons.

4. Why did armed St. Bernard Parish men visit the bankers of New Orleans?
(a) To protect them.
(b) To hold them hostage.
(c) To ensure their city will get what they are promised.
(d) To rob them.

5. What ongoing problem existed at the mouth of the Mississippi River that prohibited shipping?
(a) Sandbars and large amounts of deposited sediment.
(b) Rocky cliffs.
(c) A strong undertow.
(d) Piracy.

6. What two things did Humphrey unsuccessfully attempt to do to change the mouth of the Mississippi River?
(a) Dredges and bridges.
(b) Creating a new river and a dam.
(c) Bridges and canals.
(d) Canals and dredges.

7. What did Thompson and others feel would damage the economy of New Orleans?
(a) The lack of jobs.
(b) Inflation of goods.
(c) The War.
(d) Flooding and information withheld from the public.

8. What was "changing the fabric of society" in the Delta region during WWI?
(a) Slaves were banished.
(b) Women had equal rights.
(c) Blacks were receiving an education.
(d) War, technology and new sexuality.

9. What was James Thompson always seeking?
(a) For ways to make more money.
(b) A job.
(c) People to steal from.
(d) Acceptance by the society and club members of New Orleans.

10. How did Eads assist in the Civil War?
(a) He helped keep Missouri in the Union and built ironclads.
(b) He fought on the front lines for the Union.
(c) He helped import weapons for the Union Army.
(d) He was a medic.

11. 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 advocated for the rights of women.
(c) He helped Vardaman get defeated for a seat in Senate.
(d) He wanted to free all slaves.

12. 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 Hoover Dam.
(d) The U.S. Levee Commission.

13. Before going to Washington, what was Hoover's life like?
(a) He was poor and a blue collar worker.
(b) He was middle class and owned a business.
(c) He was a successful lawyer.
(d) He was a wealthy, successful engineer.

14. How did Humphrey prove himself to be in combat?
(a) Sympathetic.
(b) Strategical.
(c) Skittish and scared.
(d) Ruthless and cold.

15. What was LeRoy Percy's problem with the Klan?
(a) They boycotted all his propositions.
(b) They were in "conflict" with the life he desired.
(c) They were the reason he couldn't become president.
(d) They threatened his life.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How were the levees damaged in early 1927?

3. How were the levees along the Mississippi different from levees in other places?

4. As floodwaters raged, what was happening to the crevasse at Mounds Landing?

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

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