Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

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Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

John M. Barry
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 131 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Leroy Percy's speeches advocate?
(a) To be able to keep slaves.
(b) Equal rights for women in education and the workforce.
(c) Better treatment for blacks and education for black children..
(d) The right for women to vote.

2. What did the flooding of 1912 and 1913 demonstrate?
(a) The strength of the levee system.
(b) The strength of the people.
(c) The weakness of the government.
(d) The failure of the levee system.

3. Which three rivers continued to rise as their levees fail?
(a) Arkansas, Colorado, and Missouri.
(b) Arknsas, Mississippi, and Colorado.
(c) White, Mississippi and Missouri.
(d) Arkansas, White and Mississippi.

4. What year was the jetty project successfully completed?
(a) 1879.
(b) 1870.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1979.

5. Why were veterans enlisted during the time the levees were being fixed?
(a) To train them for another tour of war.
(b) To prevent sabotage.
(c) To boost the economy.
(d) To protect the area from the Native Americans.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In 1850, what were the Humphreys and Charles Ellet Jr. competing for?

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

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

5. How did Leroy Percy eventually get a seat in Senate despite his popularity decline?

(see the answer key)

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