1. The Failure of a Free Market Reconstruction of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast Katie Albanese

2.  Bush promised to deliver “one of the largest reconstruction efforts the nation has ever seen.”  Nothing was implicated to get New Orleans residents who needed assistance back on their feet  Low-income residents could have cleared the rubble through a government funded job  Instead, they hired construction companies who used 100,000 immigrants who received very low pay and poor living conditions  Department of labor failed to monitor and enforce work conditions  Many argued that the reconstruction of Mississippi was favored by the Bush administration because most of MI’s public officials were republican

3. What group of people ended up doing much of the clean up following Hurricane Katrina? A.) low-income New Orleans residents B.) Immigrants C.) Firefighters D.) There were no organized clean up efforts following the hurricane