Johnson's administration tackled environmental concerns by __________
A) creating the Environmental Protection Agency
B) approving passage of the Clean Air Act and Clean Waters Act
C) establishing the Bureau of Reclamation
D) blocking dam projects on the Colorado and other western rivers
B
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William Pitt's command over the direction of the war in 1756 resulted in
a. military disaster in Quebec. b. the loss of the Ohio Valley to the French. c. the largest war expenditures the British treasury ever had committed to. d. the defeat of the Spanish fleet.
All of the following actions are TRUE about Theodore Roosevelt and his conservation efforts EXCEPT
A) he dramatically increased the amount of federal forest land that would be protected from development. B) he allowed for legislation to extract natural resources on federal land, which resulted in wide-scale timbering and mining. C) he appointed Gifford Pinchot head of the U.S. Forest Service who shared Theodore Roosevelt's commitment to protecting natural resources. D) he set aside land to create Muir Woods, the Grand Canyon, and Pinnacles National Monument in California.
The major significance of Jackson's national bank veto message was that it __________
a. was the first veto made by Jackson b. failed to explain the constitutional reasons for his decision c. was the first one that went beyond strictly constitutional arguments d. decisively ended the life of the national bank e. was the first recorded presidential veto
Nineteenth-century anthropologists, when comparing different human societies
A) were mostly racists. B) were all evolutionists. C) denied that important anthropological differences existed. D) agreed on the superiority of Europeans. E) used the Bible as a reference for many of their theories.