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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. Which two things did river height depend on?
(a) The volume and direction of the water.
(b) Volume and temperature of the water.
(c) Volume and speed of the water.
(d) Speed and depth of the water.

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

3. During the 19th century, what was the attitude about the Mississippi River?
(a) It was harmless.
(b) It was a raging machine.
(c) People were just confused by the river.
(d) That if you understood the laws of nature, the river could be understood.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the high river levels threaten in 1912?

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

4. How did Leroy Percy eventually get a seat in Senate despite his popularity decline?

5. What year was the jetty project successfully completed?

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