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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 & 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What organization does the author refer to “as opportunistic and ruthless an agency as American government has ever seen” in Chapter Six?
(a) The Corps of Engineers.
(b) The Internal Revenue Service.
(c) The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.
(d) The Federal Bureau of Investigation.

2. How long does the author say civilization had existed in Utah since Brigham Young led his followers there, in the Introduction?
(a) 328 years.
(b) 212 years.
(c) 134 years.
(d) 56 years.

3. Where was John Wesley Powell born?
(a) Akron, Ohio.
(b) Gary, Indiana.
(c) Mount Morris, New York.
(d) Aurora, Illinois.

4. In which year did Secretary of State Cordell Hull formally promise Mexico the 1.5 million acre-feet that had been set-aside for it by the Colorado River Compact?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1957.

5. How many acres of marsh and swamp forest were converted to farms in Arkansas and Louisiana, according to the author in the Introduction?
(a) 3 million.
(b) 25 million.
(c) 9 million.
(d) 60 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter Three?

2. The first boom of travelers to Los Angeles culminated in what year, according to the author in Chapter Two?

3. Which mountains separate southern California from the San Joaquin Valley?

4. The winning bid to build the Hoover Dam was submitted by a consortium called what?

5. When did the American Revolutionary War end?

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