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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. 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.

2. What did the official report about the mouth of the Mississippi that Eads wrote finally say?
(a) The channel is 16 feet deep with no sandbar.
(b) The channel is only 14 feet deep and the sandbar is still there.
(c) The channel is 16 feet deep but a sandbar still exists.
(d) The channel did not get any deeper.

3. During the 1900 a new demand surged in throughout the United States. What was that demand?
(a) Silk.
(b) Gold.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Spices.

4. Who took control of Charles Percy's family affairs after he dies?
(a) His mother.
(b) His wife.
(c) His children.
(d) His brother.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In 1926, the Klan began break apart. Why did this happen?

3. Which two things did river height depend on?

4. When Humphrey returned from studying deltaic rivers, what did he do?

5. What helped Leroy Percy lose a lot of his political influence outside of the Delta area?

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