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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were veterans enlisted during the time the levees were being fixed?
(a) To protect the area from the Native Americans.
(b) To train them for another tour of war.
(c) To boost the economy.
(d) To prevent sabotage.

2. Which three rivers continued to rise as their levees fail?
(a) Arkansas, Colorado, and Missouri.
(b) Arknsas, Mississippi, and Colorado.
(c) Arkansas, White and Mississippi.
(d) White, Mississippi and Missouri.

3. What helped Leroy Percy lose a lot of his political influence outside of the Delta area?
(a) He wanted to free all slaves.
(b) He enforced the need for slaves.
(c) He helped Vardaman get defeated for a seat in Senate.
(d) He advocated for the rights of women.

4. What did Leroy Percy's speeches advocate?
(a) Better treatment for blacks and education for black children..
(b) The right for women to vote.
(c) To be able to keep slaves.
(d) Equal rights for women in education and the workforce.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did waves effect the levees?

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

4. What did W.A. Percy institute in the Delta area?

5. How did Humphrey prove himself to be in combat?

(see the answer key)

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