HISTORY 120AC Lecture : Lecture 26 - Roosevelt and Conservation.pdf
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Water is for fighting over : aridity, irrigation & the creation of a. A well-watered homestead act: newlands reclamation act (1902) created the bureau of reclamation. 5. reengineering of the colorado river (salton sea) lot of contention over where to build dams! 4. threatened the eco system of mono lake: university of california sues los angeles (1) uc wins! (2) this is a big deal for rationing laws and environmental conservation, san francisco vs. hetch hetchy valley. Depression & dam-building: created the monstrous boulder dam (later hoover dam, when people saw the scale, they realized what was technically possible and it was astounding, everyone wanted one! people even came from other countries to see it. D. transform geography of energy with hydroelectric installations that make large-scale industrialization possible. 1. similar to geography with salmon: dams were great public works projects for jobs during the depression.
