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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After losing the run for presidency, what did Hoover receive?
(a) The vice presidency.
(b) The position of Secretary of State.
(c) A seat in the cabinet.
(d) A seat in congress.

3. How is the Mississippi River described?
(a) It is one of the smallest rivers in the world.
(b) It is a medium sized river.
(c) It is the longest river in the world.
(d) It no longer contains water.

4. What did Thompson and others feel would damage the economy of New Orleans?
(a) The War.
(b) The lack of jobs.
(c) Inflation of goods.
(d) Flooding and information withheld from the public.

5. With whom did Leroy Percy form a relationship that benefited him greatly in the 1900's?
(a) J. Edgar Hoover.
(b) Eads.
(c) President Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) The leader of the KKK.

6. Who took control of Charles Percy's family affairs after he dies?
(a) His children.
(b) His brother.
(c) His mother.
(d) His wife.

7. Who played a prominent role in getting Thompson's proposal approved?
(a) Coolridge.
(b) Hoover.
(c) Will Percy.
(d) Butler.

8. What did W.A. Percy institute in the Delta area?
(a) Sharecropping and a better treatment of blacks.
(b) A new irrigation system.
(c) A new fertilizer.
(d) Mechanical plows.

9. Why did LeRoy Percy's popularity increase as the Klan began to fall apart?
(a) He was the one who broke the Klan up.
(b) He donated a lot of money to the poor.
(c) He was running for president.
(d) He was seen as the voice of reason.

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

11. If Thompson's plan is implemented, what will happen to Plaquemines Parish and St. Bernard?
(a) They will benefit by an influx in jobs.
(b) They will have a drought.
(c) Their soil will become richer.
(d) They will flood.

12. How were the results of Thompson's plan being predicted?
(a) There will be no refugees.
(b) The river will stop rising.
(c) There will be thousands of refugees but the river will still rise.
(d) New Orleans will be saved.

13. Who are the patrons of the Boston Club?
(a) The blue collar workers.
(b) Nearly all the bank presidents in New Orleans.
(c) The farmers.
(d) The blacks.

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

15. In 1920, the country was filled with racial hatred and fear. What group gained enormous fame and wealth during this time?
(a) The Masons.
(b) The Republicans.
(c) The KKK.
(d) The Democrats.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did waves effect the levees?

2. What year was the jetty project successfully completed?

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

4. In what ways was New Olreans described?

5. What two cities were underwater in early 1927?

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