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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 | Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Eads assist in the Civil War?
(a) He helped import weapons for the Union Army.
(b) He fought on the front lines for the Union.
(c) He was a medic.
(d) He helped keep Missouri in the Union and built ironclads.

2. 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) Equal rights for women in education and the workforce.
(d) To be able to keep slaves.

3. What was the weather like in the Prologue as the guests of the social party head home?
(a) Snowing.
(b) Stormy.
(c) Sunny.
(d) Foggy.

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

5. What two things did Humphrey unsuccessfully attempt to do to change the mouth of the Mississippi River?
(a) Creating a new river and a dam.
(b) Dredges and bridges.
(c) Canals and dredges.
(d) Bridges and canals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Eads' proposition to change the mouth of the Mississippi River?

2. What did the high river levels threaten in 1912?

3. How is the Mississippi River described?

4. Why wasn't Humphrey's report accepted well in the United States?

5. With whom did Leroy Percy form a relationship that benefited him greatly in the 1900's?

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