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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is very aware of Butler's actions regarding the allocation of funds to the southern parishes?
2. How does Butler ensure the city of New Orleans will not face legal actions?
3. Who remains in Greenville after the news of the coming floodwaters is announced?
4. 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?
5. What could be a huge force in politics in the 1920's?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Will Percy declaring a martial law in Greenville go against everything his father believes in?
2. How will the improvements to Project Flood reduce flooding?
3. Why does the author describe the refugee camps in such detail in conjunction with the increase in flooded areas?
4. Why does the dynamiting the levee below New Orleans prove the levees only plan to be a failure?
5. Even as order is beginning in the flood regions, what are living conditions like?
6. Describe the relationship between Hoover and Moton.
7. What does the public mourning of Greenville show about their feelings for LeRoy Percy?
8. How does the levee get fixed without armed guards forcing the blacks to do it?
9. Why would the flood plan have to be constantly revised today?
10. What makes Hoover the obvious candidate when Coolidge decides to not run for reelection?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Mississippi Levee system was said to be more complicated than the average levee system. What made it different from a regular levee system? How was the levee system along the Mississippi set up? What about it made it more effective? Did this new design for the levee system help during the floods? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast how the whites were treated versus how the blacks of the area were treated. Were they treated the same? Differently? Were the behaviors consistent?
Essay Topic 3
Weather was a major contribution to the historical events that occurred during 1927. What part did weather have in this nonfiction book? Why was weather so important? What did the people believe about weather during the floods?
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