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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1926, what prevented annual levee maintenance?
(a) No materials.
(b) Very low rivers.
(c) Very high rivers.
(d) No workers.

2. Why wasn't Humphrey's report accepted well in the United States?
(a) The report didn't make any sense.
(b) The Americans didn't believe him.
(c) He didn't publish it in the United States.
(d) The Civil War was happening.

3. Which three rivers continued to rise as their levees fail?
(a) Arkansas, White and Mississippi.
(b) Arknsas, Mississippi, and Colorado.
(c) Arkansas, Colorado, and Missouri.
(d) White, Mississippi and Missouri.

4. For decades, what were the levees constructed to do?
(a) Increase farmland.
(b) Increase the number of outlets.
(c) Decrease farmland.
(d) Increase the number of reservoirs.

5. What happened within 10 days of the change in the crevasse at Mounds Landing?
(a) A drought.
(b) A dam was built.
(c) One million acres of land was under 10 feet of water.
(d) A hurricane.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the reputation of the Boston Club?

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

4. What was "changing the fabric of society" in the Delta region during WWI?

5. Why did President Coolidge hire Herbert Hoover?

(see the answer key)

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