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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. On average, how many people are the refugee camps designed to hold?

2. How do black leaders respond to the treatment of the blacks in Greenville?

3. Why isn't the national goodwill effective in the Delta region?

4. Who does Hoover send "refugee directives" through?

5. How is William Percy different than his father, LeRoy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the relationship between Hoover and Moton.

2. Although William Percy hates war, he fights in WWI and emerges a hero. What does this tell the reader about William's character?

3. How does the flood make Hoover a hero?

4. In September, what has much of the flood waters done to the area?

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

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

7. Why does Hoover's views and the Colored Advisory Committee's views different?

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

9. Why would the flood plan have to be constantly revised today?

10. Why does Butler threaten the local lawyers from taking any cases from the people of the lower parishes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

How could the flooding in many of the cities been prevented? What was ignored by the politicians? What did the politicians focus on?

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