The western preservationists suffered their worst political setback when
a. the development of multiuse resource management became the guiding environmental policy of the Roosevelt administration.
b. private developers were allowed to cut off public access to the Pacific Coast beaches.
c. the city of Los Angeles built canals to bring water from the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
d. the Yosemite National Park was opened to motor vehicles.
e. California's Hetch Hetchy Valley was dammed to supply water to San Francisco.
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A) On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres. B) Novum Organum. C) Principia. D) On the Motion of the Heart and Blood. E) The Great Instauration.
The Boer War
A. was caused by German refusal to stop arming the Boers. B. resulted from the discovery of gold and diamonds in the Boer Transvaal. C. established East Africa as an independent nation. D. settled all animosities between the British and the Afrikaners. E. established the concept of majority rule in South Africa.
What were the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1763?
A. Britain received all of Canada, the Ohio River valley, and the eastern half of the Mississippi River valley. B. The American colonies were granted independence from Britain. C. The continental conflict of the Seven Years' War ended with no significant changes in prewar borders. D. Spain received all of South America as well as areas in North America, including Florida, Mexico, California, and the Southwest.
Young argues that racial oppression in the United States occurs in the form of _____________ rather than exploitation. :
a. radicalization b. marginalization c. criminalization d. powerlessness