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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 Kern County Land Company later became the main agricultural holding of what conglomerate?
2. On what date did Franklin Roosevelt dedicate the Hoover Dam?
3. Chapter Ten is subtitled what?
4. About what percent of the state of California receives less than twenty inches of precipitation a year?
5. In which year did Secretary of State Cordell Hull formally promise Mexico the 1.5 million acre-feet that had been set-aside for it by the Colorado River Compact?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author describe the benefits of the Central Valley Project for American farmers in Chapter Ten?
2. What caused the disappearance of the members of the Hohokam civilization?
3. What were B. B. Moeur’s feelings about the Colorado River Compact?
4. What was Floyd Elgin Dominy’s position at the Board of Reclamation? How did he feel about his position?
5. How does the author describe Floyd Elgin Dominy? When and where did he begin his career?
6. What caused a change for California’s economy in the 1920s?
7. What project does the author describe as symbolic of California’s wealth in Chapter Ten?
8. When did Floyd Elgin Dominy arrive at the Bureau of Reclamation? What were his assets there?
9. How does the author describe the conservation movement’s efforts in relation to the water-development interests in Chapter Seven?
10. What misconception about California’s climate does the author describe in the beginning of Chapter Ten?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the explorations of the American West from 1540 through the 1800s. How did perceptions change of the West based upon these explorations?What role did Jefferson have in the exploration of the West? What were Lewis and Clark’s impressions of this rugged terrain?
Essay Topic 2
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 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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