The National Parks

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What is the name of the first national park established in the United States?

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Yellowstone

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What US president had a great impact on the National Parks System?

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Teddy Roosevelt

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What year did Congress pass the law creating the National Park Service?

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1916

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Congress' acceptance of the idea that public lands should be federally owned was based on the exploitation of these public lands during this age of excess.

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The Gilded Age

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Which act stated that the purpose of national parks is "to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations."

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Organic Act

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The National Park Service was signed it into law on August 25, 1916. Who was the President?

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Woodrow Wilson

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What is the job of the National Park Service?

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to preserve and protect the areas for future generations

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The national park system began where it did because of the vast lands and limited population.

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True

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The most famous and oldest national parks are in this area of the U.S.

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the West

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Which is not an issue for today's park ranger? trails overcrowded , overloaded with office work, overbooked campgrounds , the beauty of the park , living in the backcountry

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living in the backcountry