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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did spring flooding in the upper Mississippi River cause?
(a) Property destruction, deaths and devastation.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A great fishing season.
(d) A richer soil for planting crops.

2. In May of 1927, what is the state of the Mississippi River?
(a) It is still in flood mode.
(b) It has receded to normal state.
(c) It is below its normal level.
(d) It has slowed down greatly.

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

4. Where did the Mississippi River Commission decide their failure was in the 1912 and 1913 floods?
(a) A poor drainage system.
(b) Erosion.
(c) "Substandard" levee construction.
(d) Using only sandbags.

5. What could be a huge force in politics in the 1920's?
(a) The female vote.
(b) Automobiles.
(c) Child labor laws.
(d) The black vote.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who took control of Charles Percy's family affairs after he dies?

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

3. Why was more attention given to Mardi Gras when the history of the area was given?

4. How were the levees along the Mississippi different from levees in other places?

5. What happens as the rain continues to fall in the Delta area?

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