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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Humphrey feel about Ellet's suggestions about the river?
(a) Humphrey was excited about the idea.
(b) Humphrey was nervous about the idea.
(c) Humphrey thought it was an awful idea.
(d) Humphrey took it as a personal insult.

2. During the 1900 a new demand surged in throughout the United States. What was that demand?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Silk.
(c) Gold.
(d) Spices.

3. Which two things did river height depend on?
(a) Volume and temperature of the water.
(b) Speed and depth of the water.
(c) The volume and direction of the water.
(d) Volume and speed of the water.

4. Who took control of Charles Percy's family affairs after he dies?
(a) His mother.
(b) His children.
(c) His wife.
(d) His brother.

5. What did the official report about the mouth of the Mississippi that Eads wrote finally say?
(a) The channel is 16 feet deep with no sandbar.
(b) The channel is only 14 feet deep and the sandbar is still there.
(c) The channel did not get any deeper.
(d) The channel is 16 feet deep but a sandbar still exists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What helped Leroy Percy lose a lot of his political influence outside of the Delta area?

2. What happened in the Mississippi region between 1884-1889?

3. Where did the Mississippi River Commission decide their failure was in the 1912 and 1913 floods?

4. How did Humphrey prove himself to be in combat?

5. Why did most levees fail?

(see the answer key)

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