In the Area of Conservation, Theodore Roosevelt

Multiple Choice

In the area of conservation, Theodore Roosevelt:

A) believed strongly that natural resources should be preserved, but felt that this was a matter for state, not federal, action
B) angered many conservationists by his appointment of Gifford Pinchot, a businessman with no experience in conservation, as head of the Division of Forestry
C) used the Forest Reserve Act to withdraw over 170 million acres of timberland from logging
D) vetoed a bill authorizing a National Conservation Commission
E) angered western hunters by closing much of the western public lands