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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What controversial issue did Eads propose that was authorized in 1867?
(a) A railroad across the state of Mississippi.
(b) Constuction of a steamboat.
(c) A bridge over the Mississippi.
(d) Construction of a plane.

2. What did the high river levels threaten in 1912?
(a) To top the levee before the sandbags come.
(b) To bring sewage into Mississippi.
(c) To break the dam.
(d) To wash away all the crops.

3. In what ways was New Olreans described?
(a) By the animals and plants that are found there.
(b) By its history, geography, flavor and culture.
(c) By the demographics of the population.
(d) By its climate.

4. 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 16 feet deep but a sandbar still exists.
(c) The channel did not get any deeper.
(d) The channel is only 14 feet deep and the sandbar is still there.

5. As other cities are flooding, why did panic erupt amongst the residents in New Orleans?
(a) There are no jobs.
(b) They can't get any food into the city.
(c) There has been a series of murders.
(d) They can see the water rising along the levee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was James Thompson always seeking?

2. What did the flooding of 1912 and 1913 demonstrate?

3. When Humphrey returned from studying deltaic rivers, what did he do?

4. In 1926, the Klan began break apart. Why did this happen?

5. What was Thompson's proposition to prevent the levees from failing?

(see the answer key)

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