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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hoover begin to regain order in the Delta area?
(a) He gives people places to live.
(b) He sends in the National Guard.
(c) He gives people money.
(d) He uses his authority to start programs.

2. What is Hoover's main response to the Greenville situation?
(a) He ignored it.
(b) He asked the President for help.
(c) He went into damage control.
(d) He dontated money himself.

3. What happens to the city of New Orleans after the floods of 1927?
(a) The city suffered financial losses and goes into a period of decay.
(b) The city caught fire.
(c) The city was flooded.
(d) The city got richer than ever.

4. Why do the citizens of the Delta area begin to resent Butler?
(a) He was successful and the person limiting reimbursements.
(b) He was a con artist.
(c) He was robbing everyone.
(d) He was a nasty man.

5. Why does the flood plan have to be constantly changed?
(a) They change with new government.
(b) The river is always changing.
(c) No one really knows what they are doing.
(d) Problems still exist.

6. What is a widespread problem in St. Bernard and Plaquemines?
(a) Starvation.
(b) Robbery.
(c) Disease.
(d) Murder.

7. What does the New Orleans' financial elite spend a lot of time doing?
(a) Convincing the national business interests that New Orleans was never in flood danger.
(b) Strengthening their levees.
(c) Raising money for the surrounding areas.
(d) Helping the areas around them rebuild.

8. Who refuses to care for the lower parishes even though it was promised to them by New Orleans?
(a) The Red Cross and Butler.
(b) Simpson and Hoover.
(c) Hoover and The Red Cross.
(d) Butler and Hoover.

9. In 1928, what are the blacks in the Delta region doing?
(a) Leaving the area.
(b) Being slaves.
(c) Living peacefully with the whites.
(d) Starting their own farms.

10. Who is the obvious candidate for presidency when Coolidge declines a bid for reelection?
(a) Butler.
(b) LeRoy Percy.
(c) Hoover.
(d) Simpson.

11. What is the Mississippi River managed under today?
(a) Free From Flood.
(b) Project Flood.
(c) The Mississippi Flood Committee.
(d) A different comittee in each state it runs through.

12. What is Will's position during the floods of 1927?
(a) He is chairman of the Red Cross.
(b) He is mayor of New Orleans.
(c) He is Hoover's assistant.
(d) He is the President's secretary.

13. What decision does Will Percy make pertaining to the refugees in Greenville?
(a) To keep them there.
(b) To stop giving them resources.
(c) To evacuate them.
(d) To create more camps.

14. Why do the newspapers run reports that Butler is giving fair repayments?
(a) Butler is paying them off.
(b) They believe he is actually making these repayments.
(c) Butler threatened to sue.
(d) They are afraid of Butler.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hoover do in response to Moton's report?

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

3. Who remains in Greenville after the news of the coming floodwaters is announced?

4. In September, 1927 what condition is the Mississippi Drainage Basin in?

5. How long do the food stages last?

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