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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 negotiation of the Colorado River Compact took place in what year, under the guidance of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover?
2. Who, according to the author, was the unlikeliest commissioner the Bureau ever had?
3. 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?
4. Who wrote the authorized history titled Water for the West?
5. The Sierra Nevada foothills are how many miles across the Central Valley from San Francisco?
Short Essay Questions
1. When did the perception of the American West as a desert begin to change? Who helped initiate this change?
2. What is significant about the movement toward revisionist history?
3. What actions did Franklin D. Roosevelt take following the Dust Bowl in regard to water projects?
4. How does the author describe Los Angeles’s power in its struggle for the Colorado River in Chapter Four?
5. Who was General John Wesley Powell? How does the author describe him?
6. What ideological dualism is implied by the title of Cadillac Desert?
7. What publication does the author describe which was written by John Wesley Powell?
8. When was the Hoover Dam constructed? Where is it located?
9. What genre is Cadillac Desert? What does Marc Reisner reveal through his approach in the book?
10. Describe the author of the book. What relevant professional experience does Reisner have to ecology?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss President Jimmy Carter. When was Carter elected? How many terms did he serve? What was Carter’s position with the Bureau of Reclamation?How did Carter compare with other presidents in this regard?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the themes of ideology and hypocrisy as illustrated in Cadillac Desert. In the author’s point of view, how did political leaning have sway on environmental depletion? How does the theme of the American Dream relate to these concepts?
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