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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 | Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1920, the country was filled with racial hatred and fear. What group gained enormous fame and wealth during this time?
(a) The Republicans.
(b) The Democrats.
(c) The Masons.
(d) The KKK.

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

3. What did the flooding of 1912 and 1913 demonstrate?
(a) The strength of the levee system.
(b) The failure of the levee system.
(c) The strength of the people.
(d) The weakness of the government.

4. What did Leroy Percy's speeches advocate?
(a) Equal rights for women in education and the workforce.
(b) To be able to keep slaves.
(c) Better treatment for blacks and education for black children..
(d) The right for women to vote.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the three basic methods that engineers have attempted to control the river?

2. What ongoing problem existed at the mouth of the Mississippi River that prohibited shipping?

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

4. What happened in the Mississippi region between 1884-1889?

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

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