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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. What is Will's position during the floods of 1927?

2. Why does Hoover get the assistance of Moton?

3. What happens in June of 1927?

4. Why is Butler's bank paid a generous sum of money?

5. A year after the flooding at Mounds Landing, how many people were the Red Cross still feeding?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the flood relief become more organized under the order of Hoover?

4. Simpson and others try to find a solution to the reimbursement problems by holding conferences with Butler. Are the conferences effective?

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

6. Even as order is beginning in the flood regions, what are living conditions like?

7. What does the public mourning of Greenville show about their feelings for LeRoy Percy?

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

9. Describe the relationship between Hoover and Moton.

10. Why does the dynamiting the levee below New Orleans prove the levees only plan to be a failure?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

President Coolidge was president during the time of the floods. What contributions did Coolidge make in flood relief or during that time? Why did he behave this way? Do you believe that the flooding in 1927 was one of the reasons he did not run again for president? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Personification is giving a nonliving object characteristics of something that is alive. How is personification used to describe the river? Why would it be used this way? What was the reasoning behind the flooding when using personification?

Essay Topic 3

In St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parishes, the main source of income came from bootlegging liquor which was illegal at that time. Compare and contrast St. Bernard and Plaquemines to New Orleans. How did the communities view each other? Why did they feel this way? What could change their views on each other?

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