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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Eads assist in the Civil War?
(a) He was a medic.
(b) He helped keep Missouri in the Union and built ironclads.
(c) He helped import weapons for the Union Army.
(d) He fought on the front lines for the Union.

2. If the black work force does not return to the area, what does LeRoy Percy believe will happen?
(a) The Delta area will become even more segregated.
(b) The Delta area will recover more quickly.
(c) The segregation in the Delta area will improve.
(d) The Delta area will never recover.

3. Whose biography was told?
(a) Coolidge.
(b) Hoover.
(c) LeRoy Percy.
(d) Will Percy.

4. What kept the Delta area underdeveloped during WWI?
(a) A lack of manpower.
(b) The Great Depression.
(c) A busy hurricane season.
(d) War with the Native Americans.

5. How does William Percy gain his reputation?
(a) As a painter.
(b) From his public speaking skills.
(c) Through his role in politics.
(d) Through his poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will eventually happen to the water released through the Mounds Landing crevasse?

2. How is the Mississippi River described?

3. What was the reputation of the Boston Club?

4. Why does Hoover need a good reputation with the blacks?

5. If Thompson's plan is implemented, what will happen to Plaquemines Parish and St. Bernard?

(see the answer key)

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