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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why wasn't Humphrey's report accepted well in the United States?
(a) The report didn't make any sense.
(b) He didn't publish it in the United States.
(c) The Americans didn't believe him.
(d) The Civil War was happening.

2. What happened in the Mississippi region between 1884-1889?
(a) The Hoover Dam was built.
(b) The first person traveled cross country.
(c) Railroads developed quickly.
(d) Someone drove a submarine down the Mississippi.

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

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

5. How did waves effect the levees?
(a) They eroded it.
(b) The waves made the levee stronger.
(c) Their force broke them.
(d) The waves didn't effect it at all.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was the jetty project successfully completed?

2. What did Leroy Percy's speeches advocate?

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

4. River flow is measured in cubic feet per second (cfs). What happens as the cfs increases?

5. Where did the Mississippi River Commission decide their failure was in the 1912 and 1913 floods?

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