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Switched from hunter-gatherers to farmers.
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Handmade items are replaced by machines.
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Early advocate to preserve wilderness
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A book about the reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings.
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An act signed by Abraham Lincoln that encouraged people to settle in the west. The people would gain ownership after they live on the land for 5 years.
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An act that set aside 16 million acres of land for federal use.
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The largest national park was found.
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Group that aims to protect, restore, and enhance the use of trees.
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A large national park is opened.
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Club that helped to push a cleaner Earth with less fossil fuels.
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A law that bans illegal trafficking of animals.
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Theodore Roosevelt was a "conservationist" president that tried to help the environment. A bunch of laws and regulations were passed during this time.
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It was established on Pelican Island.
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He wrote the book The Sand County Almanac and was a believer of land ethics.
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An association that helps to conserve the actions of forests. They watch over national parks.
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He was the first Chief of the US Forest Service.
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A group that focuses on restoring natural ecosystems (especially birds).
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The first law to establish archaeologist sites on public land.
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Congress stopped Roosevelt's actions of waving forest land.
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The national park service was a federal group that regulates the country's national parks.
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The Dust Bowl was when different sediments were blown by strong winds causing huge dust storms. These storms affected the health of the humans and the environment of the area.
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This was one of FDR's "New Deal" programs. It pushed for better working conditions.
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This group was founded after the Dust Bowl incident. Its job was to pass and promote different programs and acts.
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This was an act signed by FDR. It was intended to stop injury to public grazing land.
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This act required a person to have a certain stamp to hunt birds such as duck and other migratory birds.
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This group was to help conserve the fish, wildlife, and plant populations to benefit people.
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This is a regulation to help pesticide applicators, consumers, and the environment. This act helps eliminate dangerous pesticides.
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This was an award winning book. It talked about the bad effects on the environment.
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This act preserved around 9 million acres of land.
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This is a federal law. It enforces the prevention of air pollution and the control of air pollution.
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This was an act to preserve certain rivers of value such as the Mississippi River.
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This river caught fire due to high water pollution. It caused thousands of dollars in damage.
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This act created the President's Council on environmental quality. It also, promoted the enhancement of the environment.
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This increased gas prices from $3 to $12 a barrel. It went into effect due to the United States and Western Europe supporting Israel in war.
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This act helps govern the law of waste removal. It puts regulations on waste removal methods.
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This is a federal law governing clean water. It tries to ban polluted waterways from happening.
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This act regulates the effects of coal mining on the environment. Part of it regulates working mines while the other part regulates non working mines.
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The Hooker Chemical Company buried 22,000 tons of chemical waste. A school was built on this land and toxic waste started to seep out and caused a bunch of problems.
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This is considered the worst nuclear disaster in US history. A reactor melted and caused large amounts of radiation to leak out into the environment.
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This act gave Alaska a bunch of national parks. It gave protection to 150 million acres of land for wildlife refuges, national parks, and conservation areas.
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Over 500,000 people were exposed to a chemical gas. Around 4,000 people died and many more were injured.
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This was one of the largest nuclear spills in history. It happened in Ukraine. The land is still recovering from the spill.
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This is an international treaty that is used to issue laws to protect the ozone layer. It also regulates all substances that negatively affect the ozone layer.
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This oil spill occurred in Alaska. Between 11 and 38 millions gallons of crude oil spilled into the ocean. This was also one of the first uses for bioremediation.
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This act focuses on energy efficiency, energy conservation, and energy management. It provided incentives for clean energy use for companies.
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This law created Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks. It did this by preserving 1.6 million acres of land.
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This programs commits countries to decrease greenhouse gas emissions. This is based on global warming causes from human interaction.
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The sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig caused oil to spill into the Gulf of Mexico. Oil flowed for 87 days into the ocean. This is the largest accidental marine oil spill in history.
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This is a plan to prevent global warming below 2 degrees Celsius. It was created by the UN Framework on Climate Change.
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