beginnings of the conservation movement
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Beginnings of the Conservation Movement. 1900’s – 1930’s. The end of the “never-ending” West. West ward expansion no longer possible Progressive Era : attempt to cleanse the nation of “evils” that resulted for unrestricted economic growth (industrialization). Technological/ Social Changes. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
1900’s – 1930’s
Beginnings of the Conservation Movement
• Westward expansion no longer possible• Progressive Era : attempt to cleanse the nation of
“evils” that resulted for unrestricted economic growth (industrialization)
The end of the “never-ending” West
Technological/ Social Changes• Automobile• Technology• Sought the good life• Irresponsible use of nation’s natural resources
contributed to Great Depression
• Regulated use of nation’s natural resources
• Organized first conservation conference
• U.S. Fish/Wildlife Service• Believed in conservation not
preservation• Responsible, efficient and planned
use of resources.• increased national forests from 42
million acres to 172 million acres• Grand Canyon• Petrified Forest
Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Studied Forestry• Like Teddy Roosevelt
believed in conservation not preservation of nature.• Conflict arose between
two groups• Dam in Yosemite National
Park
Gifford Pinchot
Roaring Twenties• Overexploited land to produce wheat.• Dust bowl
• Presidential apathy by Harding/ Coolidge
• Hoover: interest in resource management