Question

What was the main goal of the National Reclamation Act of 1902?

A. to manage water resources in the West and Southwest
B. to convince people to think a certain way
C. to make laws and policies
D. to establish the need for political parties and government

Answer 1

As initially promulgated by Congress, the Reclamation Act encouraged western settlement by selling federal lands to individual farmers and then supplying them with inexpensive water, for which the farmers would repay the government