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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens in June of 1927?
(a) Coolidge is impeached.
(b) A second flood crest moves down the river.
(c) A giant fire destroys New Orleans.
(d) A hurricane hits the area.

2. Why wasn't Humphrey's report accepted well in the United States?
(a) He didn't publish it in the United States.
(b) The Americans didn't believe him.
(c) The report didn't make any sense.
(d) The Civil War was happening.

3. What year was the jetty project successfully completed?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1879.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1870.

4. What was unique about the crevasse at Mounds Landing?
(a) It was the only one along the Mississippi.
(b) It was the only one on the Northern Mississippi.
(c) It was the smallest along the Mississippi.
(d) It was the largest along the Mississippi.

5. What did the flooding of 1912 and 1913 demonstrate?
(a) The weakness of the government.
(b) The strength of the people.
(c) The failure of the levee system.
(d) The strength of the levee system.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1928, what are the blacks in the Delta region doing?

2. Why were veterans enlisted during the time the levees were being fixed?

3. After the floods, the nation is talking about disaster. What does Hoover shift the national discussion to?

4. River flow is measured in cubic feet per second (cfs). What happens as the cfs increases?

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

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