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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. How many major dams does the author say California has in the Introduction?
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. 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?
4. What was the population of Los Angeles when Harrison Gray Otis moved there?
5. What is one of the four major prehistoric archaeological Oasisamerica traditions of what is now the American Southwest which the author describes in Chapter One?
Short Essay Questions
1. What initially led to the struggles over the Colorado River?
2. What does the author write of the impressions from the Lewis and Clark expedition in the West in Chapter Two?
3. What ideological dualism is implied by the title of Cadillac Desert?
4. How was Cadillac Desert received upon its first publication?
5. Who was William Mulholland? Why did he come to Los Angeles?
6. How did William Mulholland’s character and career develop in his later years?
7. What publication does the author describe which was written by John Wesley Powell?
8. What are the historical foci of Marc Reisner in writing Cadillac Desert?
9. What actions did William Mulholland take in order to solve the water problems in Los Angeles?
10. When was the Hoover Dam constructed? Where is it located?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss Harrison Gray Otis. When and where was he born? What brought him to L.A.? How did Otis secure ownership of the Times and the Mirror? How much did each cost him?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Discuss Emil Haury and the Hohokam culture. What book did Haury write about the Hohokam? What reasons did he give for their disappearance? theories does the author present? Do they differ from Haury’s? Why or why not?
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