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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hoover need a good reputation with the blacks?
(a) To win the presidency.
(b) To stop racial discrimination.
(c) To put an end to the Klan.
(d) To make the Delta recover more quickly.

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

3. As much of the Delta area was flooding, why did Greenville remain hopeful?
(a) They had a higher elevation than the other cities.
(b) They never flooded before.
(c) They weren't right on the river.
(d) They had an 8 foot high protection levee.

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

5. What were the three basic methods that engineers have attempted to control the river?
(a) Levees, outlets, and cutoffs.
(b) Levees, outlets, and dams.
(c) Dams, outlets and cutoffs.
(d) Levees, dams, and cutoffs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What decision does Will Percy make pertaining to the refugees in Greenville?

2. The total amount of claims between St. Bernard and Plaquemines is $35 million. How much do these parishes receive between the two of them at the end?

3. What did Hoover do during WWI?

4. Who is in charge of the finances in New Orleans?

5. What was James Thompson always seeking?

(see the answer key)

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