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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who took control of Charles Percy's family affairs after he dies?
(a) His brother.
(b) His wife.
(c) His children.
(d) His mother.

2. During the 1900 a new demand surged in throughout the United States. What was that demand?
(a) Gold.
(b) Spices.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Silk.

3. When Humphrey returned from studying deltaic rivers, what did he do?
(a) Built a bridge.
(b) Attacked Ellet's report.
(c) Built a railroad.
(d) Traveled the Grand Canyon.

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

5. How did Humphrey feel about Ellet's suggestions about the river?
(a) Humphrey thought it was an awful idea.
(b) Humphrey took it as a personal insult.
(c) Humphrey was excited about the idea.
(d) Humphrey was nervous about the idea.

Short Answer Questions

1. For decades, what were the levees constructed to do?

2. Why wasn't Humphrey's report accepted well in the United States?

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

4. What helped Leroy Percy lose a lot of his political influence outside of the Delta area?

5. What happened in the Mississippi region between 1884-1889?

(see the answer key)

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