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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did most levees fail?
(a) Low quality materials.
(b) Poor designing.
(c) Tampering with the levees.
(d) Water pressure.

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

4. What did the flooding of 1912 and 1913 demonstrate?
(a) The strength of the levee system.
(b) The weakness of the government.
(c) The strength of the people.
(d) The failure of the levee system.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When small tunnels are formed beneath the levee a miniature geyser erupts. What is this mini geyser called?

2. Who took control of Charles Percy's family affairs after he dies?

3. In 1850, what were the Humphreys and Charles Ellet Jr. competing for?

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

5. Which two things did river height depend on?

(see the answer key)

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