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

2. What did W.A. Percy institute in the Delta area?
(a) Mechanical plows.
(b) A new irrigation system.
(c) Sharecropping and a better treatment of blacks.
(d) A new fertilizer.

3. What did Eads continue to do for a living in St. Louis after his family moved on?
(a) He opened a salvage business.
(b) He ran a plantation.
(c) He became an ironworker.
(d) He started building ships.

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

5. What percentage of the United States does the Mississippi River drain?
(a) 30%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 41%.
(d) 25%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was the jetty project successfully completed?

2. What did the official report about the mouth of the Mississippi that Eads wrote finally say?

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

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

5. What two things did Humphrey unsuccessfully attempt to do to change the mouth of the Mississippi River?

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