The 1902 federal law setting aside the proceeds from land sales to finance irrigation projects out West was:
A) the National Reclamation Act.
B) the Timber Culture Act.
C) the Timber and Stone Act.
D) the Homestead Act.
E) the Western Watering Act.
Ans: A) the National Reclamation Act.
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