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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What region is located in southeastern Southern California, and is the site of an urban area largely centered on the city of El Centro?
2. According to the author in Chapter Three, regarding the Bureau of Reclamation, “The most auspicious event in its entire history was the election to the presidency in 1932 of a freewheeling, free-spending” what?
3. Who wrote the authorized history titled Water for the West?
4. The author states in the Introduction that California has the two biggest irrigation projects on earth, but its irrigated acreage is not much larger than what U.S. state?
5. What is the title of Chapter Three?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did William Mulholland’s character and career develop in his later years?
2. What awards has Marc Reisner earned for his environmental and writing work?
3. How does the author describe Los Angeles’s power in its struggle for the Colorado River in Chapter Four?
4. What actions did Franklin D. Roosevelt take following the Dust Bowl in regard to water projects?
5. How does the author describe the Colorado River in the beginning of Chapter Four?
6. How does the author describe the American West in Chapter One?
7. How does the author of Cadillac Desert describe the bureaucratic changes during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Administration?
8. What initially led to the struggles over the Colorado River?
9. How have new historians of the American West spent their focus differently than the traditionalists?
10. What does the author write of the impressions from the Lewis and Clark expedition in the West in Chapter Two?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Major General William F. Cassidy, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Bureau of Reclamation. Why does the author consider these two bureaucracies to be “rivals in crime”? On what date did Major General William F. Cassidy give a speech titled “The Future of Water Development” and what did this speech entail?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss Harry Chandler and his role in the Owens River scam. What was Chandler’s relationship to Harrison Gray Otis?What were Chandler’s associations with Fred Eaton?How did Chandler gain wealth through the Owens River scam?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss President Jimmy Carter. When was Carter elected? How many terms did he serve? What was Carter’s position with the Bureau of Reclamation?How did Carter compare with other presidents in this regard?
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