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1
John Muir and his allies lobbied for Yosemite to be returned to the federal government because
A)it cost the state funds that were needed for other projects.
B)the state government permitted sheep grazing and other destructive activities.
C)they believed it should be protected through conservation measures.
D)the state government permitted sheep grazing and other destructive activities, and they believed it should be protected through conservation measures.
2
Hetch Hetchy Valley was flooded and dammed to
A)become a reservoir water supply for the city of San Francisco.
B)divert downstream flooding every spring.
C)preserve an area for water recreation in the Sierra.
D)all of these.
3
Behind the Hetch Hetchy Valley controversy were
A)other corrupt water schemes designed to net huge profits to San Francisco city supervisors.
B)a new city charter authorizing a municipal water system.
C)animosity between John Muir and James Phelan.
D)all of these.
4
Hetch Hetchy dam was completed
A)the year Muir died.
B)in 1913.
C)when Congress supported the new Secretary of the Interior, a former San Francisco man loyal to Phelan.
D)all of these.
5
The man who conceived of diverting Owens Valley water to serve the city of Los Angeles was
A)William Mulholland.
B)Fred Eaton.
C)James Lyell.
D)Henry Huntington.
6
Owens Valley citizens failed to stop the L.A. water project for all but which of the following reasons?
A)The federal government supported Los Angeles over the mountain community.
B)The L.A. voters approved it.
C)L.A. purchased the land at the heart of the controversy.
D)They waited too long to organize.





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