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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who refuses to care for the lower parishes even though it was promised to them by New Orleans?
(a) The Red Cross and Butler.
(b) Simpson and Hoover.
(c) Hoover and The Red Cross.
(d) Butler and Hoover.

5. What happens in June of 1927?
(a) Coolidge is impeached.
(b) A giant fire destroys New Orleans.
(c) A second flood crest moves down the river.
(d) A hurricane hits the area.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How were the results of Thompson's plan being predicted?

4. What was Thompson's proposition to prevent the levees from failing?

5. Who does Hoover seek assistance from to redevelop the Delta region?

(see the answer key)

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