American Enviornmentalism Test 2 Flashcards
(30 cards)
First president to set aside land to protect.
Jackson with hot springs.
first enviornmentalist, deforistation speeches and over grazing
George Marsh
Mother of the forest
2300 year old tree. People sad/mad
wrote Man and Nature: The Earth as Modified by Human Action
Marsh, used term ecosystem, called for science based conservation.
John Conness, Abraham Lincoln
Wrote bill to protect Yosemite and ownership went from feds to California.
First National Park, Worlds First National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Very large brain, Father of National Parks
John Muir
Spoke of Yosemite Glaciers
John Muir
Set aside 347 square miles of land
Yellowstone National Park Act
Yellowstone National Park act
Congress passes and grant vetoes….Congress override his veto.
Election of 1888
Benjamin Harrison stays at home to campaign and wins electoral vote
Arbor Day
Planted 1 million trees in Nebraska, started by J Sterling Morton
Father of American Forestry
Franklin B Hough (Divison of Forestry)
Benjamin Harrison
Loved yellowstone
started advocating for Colorado River and Grand Canyon National Parks
Benjamin Harrison
Harrisons most important act passed
Forest Reserve Act
Forest Reserve Act
Gave president the power to make forest reserves. Set aside 18 million acres.
Biggest impact of Benjamin Harrison
One national park when he arrives. A WHOLE LOT when he leaves.
Wrote air and rain, concidered possibility of acid rain
Robert Angus Smith
Greenhouse warming
Sun rays cant leave atmosphere once they get in
Exited about global warming and wrote World in the Making
Svante Arrhenius
Dr. Harold Atoine Des Voeux
River pollution act (sewage)
created Ethyl leaded fuel and chlorofluorocarbons
Thomas Midgley
Impact of great depression
Businessmen went from heros to zeros
