Social Studies Chapter 10

Why did the Conservation Movement start in the United States?

• Natural Resources began to be damaged.

• People wanted to learn about their environment.

• The government wanted to control the use of resources for economic reasons.

• People worried the natural resources would be used up.

In his election campaign Theodore Roosevelt promised?

• to support industry in the U.S.

• to build U.S. international trade

• to stop the destruction of nature in America

• to support equal rights for all people of the U.S.

When Theodore Roosevelt's wife and mother died on the same day what did he do?

• he moved to Pittsburgh and began to fight industrial pollution

• he focused his attention on his goals of running for political office

• he moved to the Badlands in North Dakota and became a rancher

• he studied environmental engineering so he could learn good learn good farming practices

Why did Theodore Roosevelt help found the Boone and Crockett club?

• he wanted to stop pollution

• he wanted hunting to be fair

• he wanted to preserve national parks

• he wanted to make people interested in nature

Why was a letter sent to Congress from the Boone and Crockett Club?

• to protect the Grand Canyon

• to allow poaching in national parks

• to protect Yellowstone National Park

• to grow peanuts in Yellowstone National Park

Which statements prove Theodore Roosevelt had a lasting legacy?

• individuals and governments continue to work to clean up land

• he is the first president to earn his doctorate in nature preservation

• he became the only single person to have a national park named after him

• people make yearly donations in his name

Place the events of Theodore Roosevelt's life and presidency in order

• he protected 230 million acres of land and created 5 national parks

• he fell in love with the land

• he ran for president so he could make an impact on the environment

• he moved out west and worked as a rancher

• he saw how westward expansion, overhunting, and industrialization were impacting the environment

George Washington Carver was the first black student at Iowa ​ ​ (a)   College.

• Art
• Agricultural

George Washington Carver was the first black man to earn an advanced degree in scientific ​ (a)   ​ .

• agriculture
• studies

When planting cotton the South faced problems with ​ (a)   and ​ (b)   .

• erosion
• soil depleted of nutrients
• mold
• spider mites