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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Hoover organize in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi during the 1927 floods?
(a) New local governments in all three states.
(b) A separate reconstruction corporation.
(c) Unemployment.
(d) A local Red Cross in each state.

3. What makes the racial tensions obvious in Greenville?
(a) Only the whites have to go to work.
(b) The whites kept the food and sold the supplies.
(c) There are racial attacks.
(d) The blacks are being treated like royalty.

4. How were the levees damaged in early 1927?
(a) By tornadoes and earthquakes.
(b) By high winds and earthquakes.
(c) By tornadoes and high winds.
(d) By high temperatures and high winds.

5. What happened when Hoover goes to inspect the levee south of New Orleans?
(a) The levee broke.
(b) He almost drowned.
(c) He got caught in a storm.
(d) His boat was shot at.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what ways was New Olreans described?

3. Where did Thompson go to present his argument to save New Orleans from flooding?

4. Why can't boats in the flooded area help get people out?

5. Who primarily establishes the legislature to alter the river?

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