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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 Kings, the Kaweah, the Tule, and what are the southernmost rivers flowing out of the Sierra Nevada into the Central Valley of California?

2. In January of 1862, San Francisco recorded how many inches of rain?

3. In passing the Boulder Canyon Project Act, Congress had implied that Arizona’s share was at least how many acre-feet?

4. According to Major General William F. Cassidy, how many acres of cultivated land were there per person in the 1890s?

5. The dedication ceremony of the Hoover Dam drew approximately how many people?

Short Essay Questions

1. What caused a change for California’s economy in the 1920s?

2. How does Marc Reisner describe the winter of 1861-1862 for Californians in Chapter Ten?

3. How does the author describe the assets of the members of the Hohokam culture in Chapter Eight?

4. What led to the political downfall of Floyd Elgin Dominy?

5. How does the author describe the Hohokam’s efforts at irrigation in Chapter Eight?

6. Who was Michael Strauss? How is he described by the author?

7. When did Floyd Elgin Dominy arrive at the Bureau of Reclamation? What were his assets there?

8. How does the author describe the conservation movement’s efforts in relation to the water-development interests in Chapter Seven?

9. What impressions did Floyd Elgin Dominy make on the members of the Bureau of Reclamation? When was his breakthrough there?

10. How is the Gila River in its historic past described by the author?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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