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

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

3. What was LeRoy Percy's problem with the Klan?
(a) They threatened his life.
(b) They were the reason he couldn't become president.
(c) They boycotted all his propositions.
(d) They were in "conflict" with the life he desired.

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

5. What did the high river levels threaten in 1912?
(a) To wash away all the crops.
(b) To bring sewage into Mississippi.
(c) To top the levee before the sandbags come.
(d) To break the dam.

Short Answer Questions

1. For decades, what were the levees constructed to do?

2. What controversial issue did Eads propose that was authorized in 1867?

3. Which two things did river height depend on?

4. What was the weather like in the Prologue as the guests of the social party head home?

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

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