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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 35.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Coolidge not get personally involved in the flooding?
(a) He hired Percy to take care of it.
(b) He hired Hoover.
(c) He let the governor handle it.
(d) He ignored the fact that there was a problem.

3. Why isn't the relationship between Hoover and the Colored Advisory Committee effective?
(a) Hoover breaks his promises.
(b) Hoover has no support from any other politicians.
(c) The whites begin to hate Hoover for his relationship with the committee.
(d) The committee doesn't trust him.

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

5. Which two things did river height depend on?
(a) Volume and speed of the water.
(b) The volume and direction of the water.
(c) Speed and depth of the water.
(d) Volume and temperature of the water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does rebuilding in the Delta area lead to?

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

3. What do Simpson and the others do to find a solution to the compensation problem?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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