Question

Why were levees built along the Mississippi River in 1900?
to distribute water to farms
to create more coastal wetlands
to decrease the effects of drought
to prevent flooding

Answer 1

Answer: D. " To Prevent Flooding"

Adopted aggressive flood-control tactics to protect their new settlements.

Explanation:

New settlers adopted aggressive flood-control tactics to protect their new settlements from inundation. Rather than only settling those lands less susceptible to overflow, the new frontiersmen also reclaimed lands well within the floodplain and constructed levees to protect them.