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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After losing the run for presidency, what did Hoover receive?
(a) The vice presidency.
(b) The position of Secretary of State.
(c) A seat in the cabinet.
(d) A seat in congress.

2. What controversial issue did Eads propose that was authorized in 1867?
(a) Constuction of a steamboat.
(b) A bridge over the Mississippi.
(c) Construction of a plane.
(d) A railroad across the state of Mississippi.

3. What do Simpson and the others do to find a solution to the compensation problem?
(a) They donate the money from the City of New Orleans.
(b) They try to raise more money.
(c) They fire Butler.
(d) They have public and private talks with Butler.

4. In 1850, what were the Humphreys and Charles Ellet Jr. competing for?
(a) A trip down the Mississippi River.
(b) The job to survey the Mississippi River.
(c) Being the mayor of New Orleans.
(d) The girl they wanted to marry.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Butler's bank paid a generous sum of money?

3. Which two things did river height depend on?

4. What was Eads' proposition to change the mouth of the Mississippi River?

5. How do black leaders respond to the treatment of the blacks in Greenville?

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