HIST 3071 : Exam 3 Notes-->
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A lot of back lash/critics of this in. Us or by any state on account of sex: congress hall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. Mississippi river control & the 1927 flood: federal government involvement, 7 major floods in the 19th century, 4 major floods in the early 20th century. Also did this because they didn"t want to live on refugee camps controlled by people they didn"t know or understand: businessmen determined not to let the city flood, at new orleans: 2 commerce: decided (extra-legally) to dynamite the levee downriver to protect city, business, and, citizens flood relief committee initially, no legal authority of any kind, demanded and received state and federal permission, april 29, 1927. Residents of st. bernard and plaquemines parish evacuated. He received a lot of: calvin coolidge president during the time, very conservative and to himself. He refused to backlash and didn"t run for reelection: herbert hoover republican, coolidge"s secretary of commerce.
