WorksheetsEGMS Unit 4 Topic 2
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 4mins
What are the economic benefits of the expansion of the oil industry in Louisiana? (Choose TWO)
increased the state population
gave women jobs for the first time
employed most African Americans in the state for the first time
provided many jobs all over the state.
Oil companies dredged canals throughout Southern Louisiana in an effort to extract oil from the Gulf of Mexico. Due to this dredging and other causes coastal erosion is occurring. How much Louisiana coastline is lost every hour?
1 mile
10 miles
100 yards (a football field)
10 ft.
Which areas of the state flooded during the Great Flood of 1927? (Choose THREE)
Southwestern Louisiana
Southeastern Louisiana
Atchafalaya River Basin
North Louisiana
What staples were most affected by the Flood of 1927? (Choose THREE)
Cotton
Corn
Rice
Sugar
_______________________ were most affected by the drought. Some of these Louisianians left the state for Northern urban centers in Detroit and Chicago.
African American tenant farmers or sharecroppers
New Orleans bankers
The people of Northwest Louisiana
The people of New Orleans
How did the Flood of 1927 affect farmers in Louisiana?
Farmers moved toward the North
Farmers moved toward the North and West
Farmers moved toward the South
Farmers moved to Eastern Louisiana
The flood was caused by excessive flooding in North America. Tributaries drained into the larger Mississippi Rivercausing all water to flow down toward the mouth of the Mississippi River. A tributary can best be defined as which of the following choices?
A route for water to travel.
A body of water that drains into the Gulf of Mexico.
An aggressive and large river that carries debris away.
A smaller river or stream that connects to larger rivers.
