Question
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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Summary
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 67% | 67% | 67% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU | 01/27/2024 | Y | 11 | 20.00 | 91% | 73% | 36% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota | 01/27/2024 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska | 01/27/2024 | Y | 6 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Ohio State | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 67% | 67% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers | 01/27/2024 | Y | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 80% | 20% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial | 01/27/2024 | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt | 01/27/2024 | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 0% | 40% |