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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. What helped Leroy Percy lose a lot of his political influence outside of the Delta area?
(a) He wanted to free all slaves.
(b) He helped Vardaman get defeated for a seat in Senate.
(c) He enforced the need for slaves.
(d) He advocated for the rights of women.

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

3. How did Humphrey prove himself to be in combat?
(a) Strategical.
(b) Skittish and scared.
(c) Ruthless and cold.
(d) Sympathetic.

4. In 1850, what were the Humphreys and Charles Ellet Jr. competing for?
(a) The girl they wanted to marry.
(b) The job to survey the Mississippi River.
(c) A trip down the Mississippi River.
(d) Being the mayor of New Orleans.

5. What was Eads' proposition to change the mouth of the Mississippi River?
(a) Making a series of canals.
(b) Building dams.
(c) Changing the course of the river.
(d) A series of jetties.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the 19th century, what was the attitude about the Mississippi River?

2. What did Eads continue to do for a living in St. Louis after his family moved on?

3. What did Leroy Percy's speeches advocate?

4. How did Humphrey feel about Ellet's suggestions about the river?

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

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