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National Park Service: Discover History: American Antiquities Act of 1906
Find the text of the law that was passed to protect American archaeological sites and the artifacts that these sites contained.
Curated OER
National Park Service: The Department of Everything Else: The Conservation Movement
This chapter on the Conservation Movement, from the presidency of Benjamin Harrison, through the substantial support in the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, to the pulling back in the presidency of William Howard Taft, is from an online...
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Water History: The First Five: Brief Overview of the First Reclamation Projects
Theodore Roosevelt's presidency had a focus on conservation. This site outlines the first five water projects begun in the early 1900s in the western United States that had a great effect on opening up land for agricultural production.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Preserving the Wilderness
See how Theodore Roosevelt became a champion of conservation and protection of the American wilderness as president. In addition, take the short quiz about Roosevelt.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Theodore Roosevelt and Conservation
Read about and see pictures of the conservation legacy left to the United States by Theodore Roosevelt and his actions as president. Included are quotes and speeches that lay out Roosevelt's philosophy of conservation.