Under the terms of the Reclamation Act (1902), the federal government:
a. financed irrigation projects in the West.
b. allowed Indians to return to their birthplaces.
c. kept large portions of the West in a state of pristine wilderness.
d. paid farmers to stop planting crops on land that was unsuitable for agriculture.
ANSWER: a
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