California became the nation's leader in irrigated agricultural acreage largely as a result of ____________.
A. farming skills learned by white settlers from Native Americans
B. the creation of water divisions that regulated water rights
C. a state law that allowed farmers to organize irrigation districts
D. a law declaring the rivers of the state to be public property subject to state supervision
Answer: C
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