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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can't boats in the flooded area help get people out?
(a) All the boats got washed away.
(b) The boats weren't large enough.
(c) There was no way to get fuel to the boats.
(d) The boats were not working sufficiently.

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

3. In the 1850's, what two cities were involved in a transportation and freighting competition?
(a) St. Louis and Philadelphia.
(b) New York and Philadelphia.
(c) Chicago and St. Louis.
(d) Chicago and New York.

4. What has Coolidge done for the flooded areas in 1927?
(a) He has donated money.
(b) He has designed a fundraisier to raise money for them.
(c) He's visited them.
(d) Nothing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Mississippi River Commission decide their failure was in the 1912 and 1913 floods?

2. How were the results of Thompson's plan being predicted?

3. What does Hoover develop a new committee to do after the 1927 floods?

4. In an effort to save Greenville, William Percy is determine to fix the levee. After several council meetings with this as the main topic, what is decided?

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

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