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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes the racial tensions obvious in Greenville?
(a) The whites kept the food and sold the supplies.
(b) Only the whites have to go to work.
(c) There are racial attacks.
(d) The blacks are being treated like royalty.

2. Who does Hoover send "refugee directives" through?
(a) The Red Cross.
(b) Butler.
(c) Governor Simpson.
(d) William Percy.

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

4. What happens as the rain continues to fall in the Delta area?
(a) A waterfall develops at the bottom of the Mississippi.
(b) Crevases widen.
(c) Multiple levees continue to fail.
(d) The Mississippi River gets longer.

5. What could be a huge force in politics in the 1920's?
(a) Child labor laws.
(b) Automobiles.
(c) The female vote.
(d) The black vote.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the black population respond to the decision made by the council?

2. The total amount of claims between St. Bernard and Plaquemines is $35 million. How much do these parishes receive between the two of them at the end?

3. Hoover speaks to the black community to ease tempers. How does the black community respond?

4. Why does Moton continue to support Hoover?

5. How does Congress respond to the legislature that is proposed about the Mississippi River?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the relationship Hoover has with Moton crucial?

2. How does Hoover respond to the demands of the national black leaders?

3. What are the possible reasons for the crops not growing?

4. How are LeRoy Percy's dreams being destroyed as the city of Greenville is flooded?

5. What is the basis of the new corporation Hoover starts in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi?

6. How are the refugees that were guaranteed care treated by Hoover and the Red Cross?

7. How will the improvements to Project Flood reduce flooding?

8. Why do LeRoy Percy and his son, William Percy, not see things the same way?

9. How does the levee get fixed without armed guards forcing the blacks to do it?

10. What makes Hoover the obvious candidate when Coolidge decides to not run for reelection?

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