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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How were the levees along the Mississippi different from levees in other places?
(a) They are shorter.
(b) They are built to a higher standard.
(c) They are taller.
(d) They are made of different materials.

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

4. How did Leroy Percy eventually get a seat in Senate despite his popularity decline?
(a) No one else wanted it.
(b) A senator died and he won a special election.
(c) The seat was left to him in the dead senator's will.
(d) He was voted in by the people.

5. What did Congress create in response to the flooding in Mississippi?
(a) A plan to create walls along the river.
(b) The Hoover Dam.
(c) The U.S. Levee Commission.
(d) A plan to reroute the river.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the flooding of 1912 and 1913 demonstrate?

2. How did Humphrey feel about Ellet's suggestions about the river?

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

4. What year was the jetty project successfully completed?

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

(see the answer key)

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