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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the official report about the mouth of the Mississippi that Eads wrote finally say?
(a) The channel did not get any deeper.
(b) The channel is 16 feet deep with no sandbar.
(c) The channel is only 14 feet deep and the sandbar is still there.
(d) The channel is 16 feet deep but a sandbar still exists.

2. What are the refugee camps referred to at the time of the floods in the Delta?
(a) Concentration camps.
(b) Villages.
(c) Luxury resorts.
(d) Tribes.

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

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

5. What happens in June of 1927?
(a) A giant fire destroys New Orleans.
(b) A second flood crest moves down the river.
(c) A hurricane hits the area.
(d) Coolidge is impeached.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two things did river height depend on?

2. What happened the day after Thompson's plan is implemented?

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

4. Why did armed St. Bernard Parish men visit the bankers of New Orleans?

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

(see the answer key)

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