View a FREE sample

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) In a non-violent protest.
(b) Not at all.
(c) With happiness.
(d) With anger.

2. Where are thousands of people living after the floods?
(a) Still in their houses.
(b) In different states.
(c) In shelters.
(d) In trees and on rooftops.

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

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

5. What causes the areas to the west of Louisiana to flood?
(a) The failure of the levee at Cabin Teele.
(b) Constant rain.
(c) A crevasse widened.
(d) A hurricane.

6. What does Hoover organize in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi during the 1927 floods?
(a) A separate reconstruction corporation.
(b) A local Red Cross in each state.
(c) Unemployment.
(d) New local governments in all three states.

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

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

9. With whom does LeRoy Percy Sr. prefer to have a relationship with rather than William?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His nephew.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His neighbor.

10. On average, how many people are the refugee camps designed to hold?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 1 million.
(d) 5,000.

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

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

13. What served as an admission that the levees only system was a failure?
(a) Opening all the crevasses.
(b) Blowing up the levee west of New Orleans.
(c) Blowing up the levee south of New Orleans.
(d) Building more jetties.

14. How does the black population respond to the decision made by the council?
(a) They started a riot.
(b) They boycotted.
(c) They offered to organize work parties.
(d) They protested.

15. How does Butler limit payments to the people in the southern parishes?
(a) He didn't raise a lot of money.
(b) He doesn't look at the sales receipts.
(c) He only gives a certain amount per household.
(d) He limits the amount each parish can have.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who receives large bonuses for the work they did during the floods?

2. Why does Hoover get the assistance of Moton?

3. Why does Moton continue to support Hoover?

4. What are the refugee camps referred to at the time of the floods in the Delta?

5. For what does Moton have to "deflect" criticism for?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 579 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample