Under the terms of the National 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.
A
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A __________ bearing a date around 1505 was found in a burned and collapsed structure in the Great Zimbabwe compound, suggesting that trade routes were still viable at this period.
a. Gold Mapungubwe figurine. b. Bronze Ife mask. c. European parchment calendar. d. Chinese porcelain dish.
During Reconstruction, the Southern school system
A. initially were not segregated. B. did not allow blacks to be teachers. C. reached 40 percent of all black children by 1876. D. barely reached any children of former slaves. E. only offered primary instruction.
At the end of the nineteenth century, the average income of an American worker was somewhat higher than the minimum required to maintain a reasonable level of comfort
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.