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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. Who wrote the authorized history titled Water for the West?
2. In what year was the Hoover Dam dedicated?
3. How many major dams does the author say California has in the Introduction?
4. What from San Bernardino found their way to the 1884 World’s Fair in New Orleans, where they attracted crowds?
5. According to the author in the Introduction, “Modern Utah, where large-scale irrigation has been going on longer than anywhere else,” has what percent of its land area under cultivation?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did William Mulholland’s character and career develop in his later years?
2. What is significant about the movement toward revisionist history?
3. What genre is Cadillac Desert? What does Marc Reisner reveal through his approach in the book?
4. How was Cadillac Desert received upon its first publication?
5. What actions did Franklin D. Roosevelt take following the Dust Bowl in regard to water projects?
6. When did the perception of the American West as a desert begin to change? Who helped initiate this change?
7. What actions did William Mulholland take in order to solve the water problems in Los Angeles?
8. Who was General John Wesley Powell? How does the author describe him?
9. How does the author of Cadillac Desert describe the bureaucratic changes during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Administration?
10. What happened to the populations of Nebraska and Kansas in 1890?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the Wall Street Crash of 1929, the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Harold Ickes. What programs did Roosevelt initiate to resuscitate the economy in America during and after the Depression?What perception does the author have of F.D.R.? What were the positives and negatives of his Administration?
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 the impact of damming in the American South. Why did the South construct as many dams as it did? How do these dams differ from those in California and the West? What has been their impact on the environment?
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