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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Moton's committee establish after their inspection of the flood area?
(a) That blacks were being held captive in the camps.
(b) That blacks were being treated fairly in the area.
(c) That the area wasn't fit to live in.
(d) That the area was flourishing.

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

3. What does rebuilding in the Delta area lead to?
(a) More jobs is the area.
(b) Racial discrimination and political corruption.
(c) The Delta region being a happier place.
(d) The Delta region returning to normal.

4. In the fall, what comes after the flood?
(a) A heat wave.
(b) Hurricanes.
(c) A drought, insects and worms, and an early freeze.
(d) Crops.

5. How does Hoover begin to make improvements of the Delta area during the 1927 floods?
(a) He hires locals to rebuild.
(b) He forms a local Red Cross.
(c) He gives the citizens seeds and lessons on how to grow crops.
(d) He runs a national food drive.

6. Who primarily establishes the legislature to alter the river?
(a) The Mississippi River Committee.
(b) Congress.
(c) The President of the United States
(d) The Tri-State Flood Control Committee.

7. Why does Hoover need a good reputation with the blacks?
(a) To win the presidency.
(b) To put an end to the Klan.
(c) To make the Delta recover more quickly.
(d) To stop racial discrimination.

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

9. 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?
(a) The blacks will be forced to fix the levee with no pay.
(b) They will not fix the levee at all.
(c) A company will be hired to build a completely new levee.
(d) Everyone in the refugee camp will be paid to fix the levee.

10. Why does Hoover get the assistance of Moton?
(a) To "deflect" criticism of the black community.
(b) To get a better relationship with the black community.
(c) To show he wasn't racist.
(d) To include the black community in his plans.

11. Hoover speaks to the black community to ease tempers. How does the black community respond?
(a) In a non-violent protest.
(b) With anger.
(c) With happiness.
(d) Not at all.

12. A year after the flooding at Mounds Landing, how many people were the Red Cross still feeding?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 500.
(c) None.
(d) 12,000.

13. Why isn't the relationship between Hoover and the Colored Advisory Committee effective?
(a) Hoover has no support from any other politicians.
(b) The committee doesn't trust him.
(c) Hoover breaks his promises.
(d) The whites begin to hate Hoover for his relationship with the committee.

14. What do Simpson and the others do to find a solution to the compensation problem?
(a) They try to raise more money.
(b) They have public and private talks with Butler.
(c) They fire Butler.
(d) They donate the money from the City of New Orleans.

15. How does Butler ensure the city of New Orleans will not face legal actions?
(a) He hires the best lawyers to represent the city.
(b) He makes sure the city does nothing wrong.
(c) He threatens any lawyers that could be hired.
(d) He threatens the people from suing them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hoover organize in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi during the 1927 floods?

2. If the black work force does not return to the area, what does LeRoy Percy believe will happen?

3. What could be a huge force in politics in the 1920's?

4. How have cutoffs changed?

5. How are claimants with political and social connections treated differently from the others awaiting compensation?

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