President Roosevelt and his chief forestry official, Gifford Pinchot, promoted a view of conservation that involved
a. supporting individual ranchers and loggers against big business.
b. protecting natural resources for long-term enjoyment and use by the American people.
c. permitting multiple uses of protected federal lands and national parks.
d. preventing all public lands from being used for private profit.
e. encouraging authorized private corporations to manage certain national parks.
b, c
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The case of Charles River Bridge vs. ______ Bridge (1837) in the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Roger Taney settled a dispute over the constitutional clause regarding obligation of contract and ruled that a state could abrogate a granted monopoly if the original grant was no longer in the best interest of the community.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
In the section on Alexander the Great’s conquest of Egypt, it is suggested that Egypt is connected with what region in addition to North and East Africa?
a) the trade and cultural networks of the Mediterranean Sea b) the Indian Ocean trade routes to the Indus River valley civilizations c) the Atlantic Ocean routes to the Americas d) a complex series of roadways connecting Africa with ancient China
What was the main deterrent to a French dream of a vast American empire?
A) poor relations with the Indians of Canada and the West B) the French government's indifference to affairs in the New World C) too many French settlers moving to the New World too quickly D) an inability to find anything of economic consequence in the New World E) too much competition with the English settlers over land in the New World
Horses were reintroduced to North America by the __________
A) Spanish B) Dutch C) French D) English