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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who does Hoover select as the chairman of the Colored Advisory Committee?
(a) Robert Moton.
(b) Governor Simpson.
(c) LeRoy Percy.
(d) William Percy.

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

5. How does a large floodway assist the flow of the Mississippi River?
(a) It makes the river more shallow.
(b) It makes the river deeper.
(c) It slows the river down.
(d) It creates a large reservior.

6. Where does a large structure separate the river?
(a) Between Lousiana and Arkansas.
(b) Between Mississippi and Lousiana.
(c) Right under Arkanasas.
(d) Between the state of Mississippi and Atchafalaya.

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

8. In September, 1927 what condition is the Mississippi Drainage Basin in?
(a) Ruin and rot.
(b) The same as before the flood.
(c) Flourishing in crops.
(d) In reconstruction.

9. For what does Moton have to "deflect" criticism for?
(a) Ensuring blacks receive paying jobs.
(b) The distribution of money.
(c) The rebuilding of the black communities.
(d) The distribution of food and water.

10. How does Hoover manage to import boats to the area?
(a) He paid people large amounts of money to borrow their boats.
(b) He bought new ones to send in the area.
(c) He ordered the Coast Guard to go into the area.
(d) He used the help of the Red Cross.

11. What does Hoover develop a new committee to do after the 1927 floods?
(a) Take care of the sick people.
(b) Rebuild the area.
(c) Find food for the area.
(d) Find ways to deal with future floods and eliminate damage.

12. Although he hates the idea of war, what does William decide to do?
(a) Help train the soldiers.
(b) Support the President's idea to send soldiers to fight.
(c) Fight in WWI.
(d) Become a medic for the war.

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

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

15. Why can't boats in the flooded area help get people out?
(a) The boats were not working sufficiently.
(b) There was no way to get fuel to the boats.
(c) The boats weren't large enough.
(d) All the boats got washed away.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hoover begin to make improvements of the Delta area during the 1927 floods?

2. How long do the food stages last?

3. What does the New Orleans' financial elite spend a lot of time doing?

4. Who is very aware of Butler's actions regarding the allocation of funds to the southern parishes?

5. What happens to the city of New Orleans after the floods of 1927?

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