1: Land Settlement

Question 1

Township Squares and sections

Answer 1

Townships are 36 square miles in size.

The 16th section - reserved for school so that it was centrally located.

Each section (36 total) is 1 square mile = 640 acres

Question 2

Significance of the 1785 Land Ordinance

Answer 2

It provided a systematic way to divide and distribute land to the public. The grid survey is responsible for much of today’s urban pattern west of the Appalachians.

Question 3

Columbia, MD

Answer 3

1963
James Rouse
Master planned development
Self contained villages & neighborhood clusters
Prior land assembly
Jobs-housing balance

New cities movement - proper design can eliminate blight

Question 4

Resettlement Admin

Answer 4

1935

Roosevelt

Formed for experiments in population resettlement & land reform

Resulted in greenbelt towns (Rexford Tugwell)

Question 5

Antiquities Act

Answer 5

1906

1st law to provide federal protection for archaeological site

Question 6

Public Lands Commission

Answer 6

1903

Teddy Roosevelt
Proposed rules for land development and management

Question 7

US Reclamation Act

Answer 7

1902

Allowed funds from public sale of land in states to be used to construct water shortage & irrigation systems

Question 8

Forest Management Act

Answer 8

1897 allowed secretary of interior to manage forest preserves

Question 9

General land law revision act

Answer 9

1891

Gave power to president to create forest preserves

Question 10

Homestead act

Answer 10

1862 - Opened land for westword expansion, had to stay for 5 years

Question 11

Merrill Act

Answer 11

Proceeds sale of lands to fund colleges

1862

Question 12

Servicemans readjustment act (aka GI bill)

Answer 12

1944
Home loans -> Veterens

Result = development of suburbs

Question 13

Land Use Act- drafted when?

Answer 13

During Nixon’s second term to support his Federalism program. (Early 1970s)

Question 14

Tennessee Valley Authority

Answer 14

MULTI-STATE power generation & flood control.
Exemplifies the regionalism movement championed by Geddes.

First director of the TVA = Draper.

MacKaye = his work in the 1920s created the foundations for the TVA & the Rural Resettlement Program.

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) program was made to support the Tennessee Valley area, by proving flood control, generation of electricity and producing fertilizer.

Associated with Roosevelts NEW DEAL PROGRAM.

Question 15

How many square feet in an acre?

Answer 15

43560 SF

Question 16

How many acres in a hectare?

Answer 16

2.47 acres

Question 17

Which type of legal survey uses a large tree as a monument?

Answer 17

Metes and Bounds - relies on a property’s physical features to determine the boundaries and measurements of the parcel.

Starts at a point of beginning (POB) & the surveyor moves around the boundary.

Question 18

What type of legal survey uses a POB?

Answer 18

Metes & Bounds

Question 19

Indian Reorganization Act

Answer 19

• Organized Native Americans residing on reservations
• Adopted constitutions for Native Americans living on reservations