GED Social Studies Practice Test 37 — Flashcards

Questions below are based on the following information.    

When he was a young boy, Theodore Roosevelt wanted to be a scientist who studied nature. As an adult, President Roosevelt passed legislation that preserved vast regions of the U.S. for future generations. Here are his words:    

“It is also vandalism wantonly to destroy or to permit the destruction of what is beautiful in nature, whether it be a cliff, a forest, or a species of mammal or bird. Here in the United States we turn our rivers and streams into sewers and dumping-grounds, we pollute the air, we destroy forests, and exterminate fishes, birds and mammals — not to speak of vulgarizing charming landscapes with hideous advertisements. But at last it looks as if our people were awakening.”