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Colorado River Compact

United States of America · Government / Democratic Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1922

Franklin Delano Roosevelt24 November 1922

Hoover Dam · Government / Democratic Party Government

The Colorado River Compact for construction of the Hoover Dam splits the river basin into upper and lower halves with the states within each region deciding how the water would be divided

Names involved

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Provenance

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