Statements (19)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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gptkbp:affectedArea |
gptkb:Western_United_States
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Reclamation_Act_of_1902
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gptkbp:currentNameOfAgency |
gptkb:Bureau_of_Reclamation
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gptkbp:dateEnacted |
1902
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gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
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gptkbp:established |
gptkb:Reclamation_Service
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gptkbp:fundedBy |
sale of public lands
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Newlands Act
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gptkbp:purpose |
fund federal irrigation projects in arid Western states
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gptkbp:relatedTo |
water rights
agricultural development settlement of the West |
gptkbp:resultedIn |
construction of dams, canals, and irrigation systems
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gptkbp:signedBy |
gptkb:Theodore_Roosevelt
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gptkbp:significance |
major step in federal involvement in water management
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gptkbp:sponsor |
gptkb:Francis_G._Newlands
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:United_States_Board_of_Mediation
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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