The Closing of the Frontier in the Early 20th Century

question 3

Multiple Choice

The closing of the frontier in the early 20th century led eventually to

• A) exhausting the land of all fertility by overusing it.
• B) a change from an "intensive" to an "extensive" use of the land.
• C) an emphasis on water conservation projects and the irrigation of arid lands.
• D) the sale of Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service lands to provide more land?for private agriculture.

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