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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. Where was William Mulholland born?
2. When was the Bayano Dam built?
3. What was the population of San Francisco in 1851?
4. When was Harry Chandler born?
5. What western city does the author describe “with exotic palms and golf-course lawns and a five-hundred-foot fountain and an artificial surf” in the Introduction?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the author write of the impressions from the Lewis and Clark expedition in the West in Chapter Two?
2. Describe the author of the book. What relevant professional experience does Reisner have to ecology?
3. What actions did Franklin D. Roosevelt take following the Dust Bowl in regard to water projects?
4. What ideological dualism is implied by the title of Cadillac Desert?
5. How have historians traditionally spent their focus in regard to the American West?
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. How have new historians of the American West spent their focus differently than the traditionalists?
8. How does the author describe the Colorado River in the beginning of Chapter Four?
9. When was the Hoover Dam constructed? Where is it located?
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
Describe the Colorado River and the Boulder Canyon Project. When was the project first proposed? How long did it take for its completion?How has the damming of the Colorado changed the environment around it?
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 William Mulholland and Fred Eaton. What impact did William Mulholland have on the city of Los Angeles? What dedications to Mulholland exist in Los Angeles today? How is he currently perceived by Californians?
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