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Mad - Par - Post Test: A Note s-delivery/ua/la/launch/4364/45647975/aHROcHM6Ly9mMi5hcHBzimVsZiSIZGlibnR1b$5jb20vbGVhomSici92ZWNvomRhonkvdXNici1he3NpZ25tzWSOLzQzNjQvbGF1bmNocGFkuzQ1NjQ30Tct# RO La All Bookmarks Previous 16 v Next Post Test: A Natural Balance Submit Test Reader Tools ( Into Save Exit 16 Remember Hetch Hetchy: The Raker Act and the Evolution of the National Park Idea Select the correct answer from the drop-down menu. from National Park Service What can be inferred about the impact of the controversy in paragraph 1? (1) Yesterday, December 19, was the centennial of the Raker Act, the bill that allowed the building of a dam in the Hetch Hetchy Valley. The Raker It can be inferred that, without the controversy, more alternatives to the reservoir would have been considered Act was highly controversial and the points of view that were argued on both sides of the controversy are valuable perspectives that are still relevant today. The debate pitted the needs of San Francisco, a rapidly more alternatives to the reservoir would have been considered growing city trying to find a large and reliable source of water, against the the National Park Service may not have been established proponents of a newly formed Yosemite National Park. This event helped legislators would not have had an effective publicity campaign to further refine the idea of national parks, an idea that began in Yosemite John Muir would have written less about national parks nearly 50 years before. (2) June 30, 1864, is the day that Abraham Lincoln signed the Yosemite Grant, an act of Congress that permanently set aside the first public land in our country. When Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias were given to the State of California to manage as public parks, the core of the national park idea was established. In 1890, a larger park, closer to the size we know today, was established around the original Yosemite Grant, to be managed by the federal government. (3) By this time, the geographically isolated San Francisco had begun searching for potential sources of water for its growing population. City politicians had their eyes on the Tuolumne watershed, which was now within the new Yosemite National Park. The water there was of the purest quality, coming from melting snow in the mountains and flowing through granite basins without collecting much silt. Because the watershed was at such high elevation, the city would also have a bountiful source of hydropower (4) After failing to obtain water rights within the national park for several years, San Francisco endured a terrible earthquake in 1906. The resulting fires leveled much of the city and made headlines around the country. With the emotional weight of burning buildings fresh in the public's mind, the case for providing the city with water suddenly became stronger. 1906 was a big year for Yosemite as well, marking the official union of Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove with the greater park into one federally 20as Fan um All rights reserved SOT PM 7/22/2025 Q Search