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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 W.A. Percy institute in the Delta area?
(a) A new fertilizer.
(b) Mechanical plows.
(c) Sharecropping and a better treatment of blacks.
(d) A new irrigation system.

2. What makes Hoover a hero in 1927?
(a) His honesty to the people of the Delta region.
(b) His generosity to the refugees.
(c) His skills as an engineer.
(d) His role during the flood.

3. What happened when Hoover goes to inspect the levee south of New Orleans?
(a) He got caught in a storm.
(b) He almost drowned.
(c) His boat was shot at.
(d) The levee broke.

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

5. For decades, what were the levees constructed to do?
(a) Increase the number of reservoirs.
(b) Increase farmland.
(c) Decrease farmland.
(d) Increase the number of outlets.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When was the first recorded flood of the Mississippi River?

4. What did the official report about the mouth of the Mississippi that Eads wrote finally say?

5. On average, how many people are the refugee camps designed to hold?

(see the answer key)

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