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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. The Grand Coulee is an ancient riverbed in what U.S. state?
2. The Sierra Nevada foothills are how many miles across the Central Valley from San Francisco?
3. Who is quoted in the beginning of Chapter Four as stating, “Ours was the first and will doubtless be the last party of whites to visit this profitless locale”?
4. What is one of the largest and hottest deserts in North America, with an area of 311,000 square kilometers?
5. Who does the author refer to as “an egomaniacal small-time construction tycoon” in Chapter Four?
Short Essay Questions
1. How have new historians of the American West spent their focus differently than the traditionalists?
2. What publication does the author describe which was written by John Wesley Powell?
3. Who was General John Wesley Powell? How does the author describe him?
4. What awards has Marc Reisner earned for his environmental and writing work?
5. What actions did William Mulholland take in order to solve the water problems in Los Angeles?
6. How was Cadillac Desert received upon its first publication?
7. How have historians traditionally spent their focus in regard to the American West?
8. What genre is Cadillac Desert? What does Marc Reisner reveal through his approach in the book?
9. Describe the author of the book. What relevant professional experience does Reisner have to ecology?
10. What initially led to the struggles over the Colorado River?
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
Discuss the Central Valley Project. When was it proposed and enacted? What did it entail? How was it related to the Bureau of Reclamation? How was the water to be diverted from the north in California to the south?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the American Gold Rush and its impact on settlement in San Francisco. How much did the population of San Francisco change in the 1850s? What drawing factors did the California government and businesses “sell” to those wanting to move West? What results occurred?
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