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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens as the rain continues to fall in the Delta area?
(a) The Mississippi River gets longer.
(b) A waterfall develops at the bottom of the Mississippi.
(c) Crevases widen.
(d) Multiple levees continue to fail.

3. What happened in the Mississippi region between 1884-1889?
(a) Railroads developed quickly.
(b) Someone drove a submarine down the Mississippi.
(c) The first person traveled cross country.
(d) The Hoover Dam was built.

4. What did Thompson and others feel would damage the economy of New Orleans?
(a) The lack of jobs.
(b) Flooding and information withheld from the public.
(c) Inflation of goods.
(d) The War.

5. Why did armed St. Bernard Parish men visit the bankers of New Orleans?
(a) To rob them.
(b) To hold them hostage.
(c) To ensure their city will get what they are promised.
(d) To protect them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Hoover a hero in 1927?

2. Who does Hoover select as the chairman of the Colored Advisory Committee?

3. How did Coolidge not get personally involved in the flooding?

4. How does the levee camp become a slave camp?

5. Why were veterans enlisted during the time the levees were being fixed?

(see the answer key)

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