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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the basis of political power and structure of Plaquemines and St. Bernard Parishes?
(a) Making and selling illegal alcohol.
(b) Trade.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Businesses.

2. Why did LeRoy Percy's popularity increase as the Klan began to fall apart?
(a) He was seen as the voice of reason.
(b) He was the one who broke the Klan up.
(c) He was running for president.
(d) He donated a lot of money to the poor.

3. In early 1927, what did many of the communities begin to do?
(a) Patrol their levees with armed guards.
(b) Repair their levees.
(c) Develop evacuation plans.
(d) Rebuild their levees to be stronger.

4. As the floods continued, what did 30,000 people decide to do?
(a) Stayed in their homes.
(b) Built taller houses.
(c) Evacuated the Delta area.
(d) Found a local evauation area.

5. With whom did Leroy Percy form a relationship that benefited him greatly in the 1900's?
(a) President Theodore Roosevelt.
(b) The leader of the KKK.
(c) J. Edgar Hoover.
(d) Eads.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the major storms that were occurring along the Mississippi River in 1927, what happens to the dam in Arkansas?

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

3. River flow is measured in cubic feet per second (cfs). What happens as the cfs increases?

4. What kept the Delta area underdeveloped during WWI?

5. What did St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parishes demand if Thompson's plan is implemented?

Short Essay Questions

1. The levees along the Mississippi River are built differently and to a "higher standard" than levees in other places. What does this engineering and planning tell you about the knowledge of the Mississippi?

2. How is pressure the most damaging component to a levee?

3. The author wrote that during the 1800's "the prevailing attitude is that the Mississippi River can be controlled if the laws of nature governing the river were understood." What could John M. Barry mean by this?

4. Why does Thompson feel he is doing a good thing by withholding news from the public?

5. What would be the purpose of one town sabotaging the levee in another town?

6. After the Mounds Landing Crevasse widens and thousands of acres are underwater, many other levees begin to fail. The white people left the area, while the black people stayed behind to work. What does this tell the reader about the Delta region?

7. Why does the destruction of the St. Bernard and Plaquemines levee prove to be unnecessary?

8. Humphreys has his friend, Charles Howell, inspect the progress Eads is making on the jetties. Howell makes a report that the jetties aren't working the way Eads said they would. Eads in turn has a friend of his disclaim Humphreys' report. Why does Humphreys lie in his report?

9. The railroads and river make the Delta region flourish, yet there is a shortage of workers in the area. How will the better treatment of blacks by LeRoy Percy help this problem?

10. Much of the Delta region is underwater from the failure of levees, yet the people of Greenville still have faith in their protection levee. What happens to their levee?

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