100s of these were established throughout the United States to protect wilderness.
What are national parks or reserves?
Conservationists were worried about the use and abuse of these by large corporations.
What are natural resources?
Farmers in the Populist Party wanted the federal government to regulate these.
What are the railroads?
The first major conservationist organization founded in the United States.
What is the Sierra Club?
Examples of government agencies created to help protect and conserve the environment and manage the use of resources.
What is the US Fish Commission and Department of the Interior.
An example of a government subsidy that helped and encourage the growth of business and communication.
What is the Telegraph and Trans-Atlantic Cable