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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. During the major storms that were occurring along the Mississippi River in 1927, what happens to the dam in Arkansas?
(a) It withstood the flood waters.
(b) It was getting repaired.
(c) It was blown up.
(d) It was eroded away.

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

5. Who was at the center of New Orleans finances and is also a Club member?
(a) James Pierce Butler Jr.
(b) LeRoy Percy.
(c) Hoover.
(d) Will Percy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did spring flooding in the upper Mississippi River cause?

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

3. In 1850, what were the Humphreys and Charles Ellet Jr. competing for?

4. Which two things did river height depend on?

5. In 1920, the country was filled with racial hatred and fear. What group gained enormous fame and wealth during this time?

(see the answer key)

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