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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was more attention given to Mardi Gras when the history of the area was given?
(a) Because everyone loves the holiday.
(b) Because the holiday has a role in politics.
(c) Because it plays a large part in the culture of the area.
(d) Because it is the area's largest money maker.

2. What event did the Boston Club pay a large role in?
(a) The impending flood waters.
(b) Harvesting the area.
(c) Planning Mardi Gras.
(d) Rebuliding the city of New Orleans.

3. As much of the Delta area was flooding, why did Greenville remain hopeful?
(a) They never flooded before.
(b) They had an 8 foot high protection levee.
(c) They had a higher elevation than the other cities.
(d) They weren't right on the river.

4. During the 1900 a new demand surged in throughout the United States. What was that demand?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Silk.
(c) Gold.
(d) Spices.

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

6. How were the levees along the Mississippi different from levees in other places?
(a) They are shorter.
(b) They are taller.
(c) They are built to a higher standard.
(d) They are made of different materials.

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

8. Who finally gave approval for Thompson to organize his plan when he arrives back to the Delta area?
(a) Governor Simpson.
(b) Hoover.
(c) Percy.
(d) Coolidge.

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

10. What did Leroy Percy's speeches advocate?
(a) Equal rights for women in education and the workforce.
(b) The right for women to vote.
(c) To be able to keep slaves.
(d) Better treatment for blacks and education for black children..

11. For decades, what were the levees constructed to do?
(a) Increase the number of reservoirs.
(b) Decrease farmland.
(c) Increase farmland.
(d) Increase the number of outlets.

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

13. What two things did Humphrey unsuccessfully attempt to do to change the mouth of the Mississippi River?
(a) Canals and dredges.
(b) Bridges and canals.
(c) Creating a new river and a dam.
(d) Dredges and bridges.

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

15. What were the three basic methods that engineers have attempted to control the river?
(a) Levees, dams, and cutoffs.
(b) Levees, outlets, and dams.
(c) Levees, outlets, and cutoffs.
(d) Dams, outlets and cutoffs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1926, what prevented annual levee maintenance?

2. In what ways was New Olreans described?

3. As the levees in other cities are failing, why would New Orleans "saboteurs" attempt to dynamite the levees by St. Bernard Parish?

4. What happened the day after Thompson's plan is implemented?

5. Why did most levees fail?

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