Assignment task:
Read Chapter 5 from Cadillac Desert: The American West and its Disappearing Water by Marc Reisner and answer the following questions
- FDR put who in charge of the Interior Department
- Who did FDR and Ickes appoint as the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation?
- November 11, 1933 storms blew through South Dakota. What were these storms comprised of?
- Where did many Dust Bowl victims end up settling? Where the residents of this area happy with the new settlers from the Midwest?
- How much had the water table dropped in the San Joaquin Valley by 1930?
- When did the Bureau of Reclamation take over the Central Valley Project (CVP) in California?
- Mark Reisner suggests FDR planned for a low dam at Grand Coulee only for approval. How did FDR manage to build a high damn despite the approval for a low dam?
- What was one major issue complete ignored when building the Grand Coulee Dam?
- When did the age of dams reach its peak?
- Who did Mike Straus and Ickes hire to write songs praising the Grand Coulee dam?
- What resource became extremely important to mine and use for WWII?
- How did the US manage to process so much more aluminum than other countries during the second world war?
- When did the northwest hydropower "bonanza" come to an end?
- What were some positives and negatives about the newly constructed dams during the "go-go years"?