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This project was enthusiastically promoted by governor Napoleon Bonaparte Broward, who would often say “look at Holland” when discussing the “empire” it could create. For 10 points each:
[10h] Identify this reclamation project that was strongly opposed by conservationists led by Ernest Coe. It enabled a massive speculative land boom from 1924 to 1926. Description acceptable.
ANSWER: draining the Everglades [accept answers that refer to developing the Everglades, or reducing the size of the Everglades, or removing water from the Everglades]
[10e] This politician names a dike built to control Lake Okeechobee after much of the Everglades was drained. Another infrastructure project named for this politician created Lake Mead along the Colorado River.
ANSWER: Herbert Hoover [accept Herbert Hoover Dike or Hoover Dam]
[10m] In 1925, this man moved south to sell deeds to the reclaimed Everglades, but the deeds he sold were actually for worthless upstate swampland. One of this man’s earlier plans involved the resale of international postal coupons.
ANSWER: Charles Ponzi
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Berkeley ABerkeley B10101030
Berkeley CStanford A001010
Stanford BStanford C1010020
Cornell BBinghamton010010
Cornell ARIT A10101030
Cornell CRIT B010010
Liberty A (Grad)Duke A (UG)1010020
GWU A (UG)JMU B (UG)0101020
Maryland B (UG)GWU B (Grad)10101030
JMU A (UG)Liberty B (DII)010010
Liberty C (DII)UNC D (DII)0101020
William & Mary A (UG)Roanoke College A (DII)10101030
UNC B (UG)Maryland A (Grad)1001020
Virginia A (UG)UNC C (UG)0101020
Virginia B (UG)Maryland C (DII)010010
UNC A (Grad)Virginia C (UG)0101020
UNC A (Grad)Virginia C (UG)0101020
UNC A (Grad)Virginia C (UG)0101020
UNC A (Grad)Virginia C (UG)0101020
UNC A (Grad)Virginia C (UG)0101020
UNC A (Grad)Virginia C (UG)0101020
UNC A (Grad)Virginia C (UG)0101020
UNC A (Grad)Virginia C (UG)0101020
Iowa StateMinnesota C010010
Minnesota BArizona State0101020
Claremont AIowa A010010
UBC AMichigan State A0101020
Rice ATexas A010010
SorbonneIowa B010010
Texas A&M AUW A0101020
Texas A&M BAppalachian State0101020
Michigan BMichigan A010010
Ohio State AMichigan C0101020
KenyonOhio State B1001020
Columbia BHaverford10101030
Johns HopkinsJohn Jay010010
NYU ANYU B0101020
Columbia APenn0101020
Columbia CRowan0101020
SheffieldBristol010010
Cambridge AWarwick010010
Imperial ADurham A010010
Durham BOxford C010010
GeodesicVanderbilt B010010
Georgia Tech AAlabama010010
MTSUHarding1010020
KentuckyGeorgia Tech B1010020
Vanderbilt ATennessee010010