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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1928, what are the blacks in the Delta region doing?
(a) Living peacefully with the whites.
(b) Leaving the area.
(c) Starting their own farms.
(d) Being slaves.

2. Who is in charge of the finances in New Orleans?
(a) William Percy.
(b) Governor Simpson.
(c) LeRoy Percy.
(d) Butler.

3. Who does Hoover select as the chairman of the Colored Advisory Committee?
(a) Governor Simpson.
(b) LeRoy Percy.
(c) Robert Moton.
(d) William Percy.

4. Who is very aware of Butler's actions regarding the allocation of funds to the southern parishes?
(a) Herbert Hoover.
(b) President Coolidge.
(c) Governor Simpson.
(d) William Percy.

5. In 1926, what prevented annual levee maintenance?
(a) Very low rivers.
(b) No materials.
(c) No workers.
(d) Very high rivers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In May of 1927, what is the state of the Mississippi River?

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

3. What were the three basic methods that engineers have attempted to control the river?

4. Why wasn't Humphrey's report accepted well in the United States?

5. River flow is measured in cubic feet per second (cfs). What happens as the cfs increases?

(see the answer key)

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