Which 31 minute documentary made in 1938, which asked for better housing, farm techniques and flood control and more electrical power, showed a great flood in the Mississippi River?
Flood Control Act Commission in 1884, but it was abolished by the River and Harbor Act of 1902. Floods on the Mississippi, Ohio, and other rivers in the Northeast led to the Flood Control Act of 1917, which was the first act aimed exclusively at controlling floods. The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 led to substantial flood control funding. And a series of floods in 1935 and 1936 across the nation were critical in the passage of the Flood Control Act of 1936. Flood Control Act In the United States, there are multiple laws known as the Flood Control Act (FCA). Typically, they
Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 at Hoover's request, with the pledge of further reforms for Blacks after the presidential election in 1928. His failure to deliver followed other disappointments by the Republican Party; Moton and other influential African Americans began to encourage Black Americans to align instead with the national Democrats. A feature-length documentary, "The Great Flood" (2014) was made incorporating archival footage from news coverage of the flood. Several musicians reflected the 1927 flood in their music: Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in the history of the United States, with inundated up