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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. In 1930, the American West had a population of how many people?
2. The first boom of travelers to Los Angeles culminated in what year, according to the author in Chapter Two?
3. The negotiation of the Colorado River Compact took place in what year, under the guidance of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover?
4. According to the author in Chapter Two, “the most persecuted among the virtuous in nineteenth-century America were, besides peaceful Indians and runaway slaves and Mennonites and Quakers, the members of” what faith?
5. What were a series of conflicts between the city of Los Angeles, farmers and ranchers in the Owens Valley of Eastern California, and environmentalists called?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the historical foci of Marc Reisner in writing Cadillac Desert?
2. Who won in the struggles over the Colorado River, according to the author in Chapter Four?
3. What ideological dualism is implied by the title of Cadillac Desert?
4. How does the author describe the Colorado River in the beginning of Chapter Four?
5. What awards has Marc Reisner earned for his environmental and writing work?
6. What reaction did the public and lawmakers have to the advice of John Wesley Powell regarding settlement in the West? What was the result?
7. What impressions did the first Europeans to discover the American West have of the environment?
8. How did William Mulholland’s character and career develop in his later years?
9. What did Arizona do in response to California’s challenge for the Colorado River?
10. Describe the author of the book. What relevant professional experience does Reisner have to ecology?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the Reclamation Act and its impact on the environment of the American West. When was the Act introduced? Who supported it? Why?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss Floyd Elgin Dominy. When and where was Dominy born? How is he characterized in the text? What opposing views can be found in written history?What were his aspirations within the Bureau of Reclamation?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss B. B. Moeur and the Boulder Canyon Project. Why did Moeur have lower opinions of the project? How did his constituents feel about the projects?How did these opinions prove to be right or wrong in the end?
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