Provisions of the Newlands Reclamation Act provide evidence of which of the following?
a. The federal government was more interested in conserving the nation's natural resources than in maintainingcontrol over those resources
b. The federal government attempted to impose the principle of riparian rights on individuals who purchasedwestern public lands.
c. The federal government was unwilling to assume the power to regulate water development in the West, thusleaving such power to the states.
d. The federal government actively aided the agricultural development of the West.
d
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In addition to profit, what else motivated the English to expand in the New World?
A) ?a desire to stop the expansion of Spanish Catholicism B) ?a need to block Portuguese shipping in the Atlantic Ocean C) ?the desire to create a penal colony for the overflowing number of convicts D) ?the need to expand the slave system beyond England E) ?a place to build up naval stations for the royal fleet
During his presidency, Dwight Eisenhower accepted the principle and extended the benefits of
a. federal health care programs. b. the Tennessee Valley Authority. c. deficit spending. d. racial equality. e. the Social Security system.
In 1951 Shah Mohammed Pahlavi lost most of his political power in Iran when who took over?
a. communists b. radical Islamists c. nationalists d. Britain e. Soviet Union
What made samuel slater's child labor factory stand out form those in europe?
a. he made the children work harder than other factories and only paid them one cent per hour. b. he paid the children and gave them a meal c. he gave the children a place to stay when not working for shelter d. he made the children work for 18 hours per day then the usual 11 hours at most European factories.