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These ordinance gave teh federal government he right to manage unsettled lands.
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Citizens could claim 160 acres of public land. After living on it for five years, they could own it for a fee of $16.
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The act provided land for $5 per acre and allowed mining to occur subject to local customs with no government oversight.
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'A policy of conservation and best use practices for western United states. ' Theodore Resevelt helped create this act source: http://www.glencanyon.org/glen_canyon/history
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Congress created the National Park service to manage the growing number of national parks and monuments.
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The first major work relief act passed as part of Franklin D. Roosevelt's new dead programs. on March 31, 1933 Congress approved this act. Source
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SourceOne of the first laws ever written that establishes the broad national framework of protecting the environment. This acts policy was that all branches of government give proper consideration to the environment prior to undertaking any major federal action that significantly affects the envrionment.
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Found by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson, after witnessing the 1969 oil spill in Santa Barbara, California. source
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An act that's the principle law governing pollution control and water quality of the nations waterways. source
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The policy that focuses on industry, government and public attention on reducing the amount of pollution through cost-effective changes in production, operation, and raw materials use. source
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April 20 - July 15, 2010 also know as The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, one of the worst oil spills in US history, 4.9 million barrels of oil leaked into the Gulf (The Gulf Of Mexico Source
