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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. What do the refugees of St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parish begin to seek?

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

3. How does the levee camp become a slave camp?

4. What is a widespread problem in St. Bernard and Plaquemines?

5. What is Hoover's main response to the Greenville situation?

Short Essay Questions

1. Even as order is beginning in the flood regions, what are living conditions like?

2. What effects the lengths of the food stages?

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

4. What are the possible reasons for the crops not growing?

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

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

7. Why do the the national black leaders contact Hoover to complain about the treatment of blacks in the Delta region?

8. How does making the river management a national problem change the way things will be handled in the future?

9. Why does the author describe the refugee camps in such detail in conjunction with the increase in flooded areas?

10. How does Hoover respond to the demands of the national black leaders?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the title of the book. How did the Great Flood of 1927 change America? What has the flood caused people in the area to change? Has the area changed at all? Does the area still need improvements?

Essay Topic 3

President Coolidge was president during the time of the floods. What contributions did Coolidge make in flood relief or during that time? Why did he behave this way? Do you believe that the flooding in 1927 was one of the reasons he did not run again for president? Explain your answer.

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