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AP U.S. History 2.3 Period 6: 1865-1898. The conservation movement, as expressed above, emerged at this time...why?
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[ musical flourish ]
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And here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by tree huggers,
- 00:06
environmentalists who crave human-to-plant contact.
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Here's the excerpt.
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[ mumbles ]
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[ mumbling continues ] Franklin Hough.
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And the question:
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The conservation movement, as expressed above, emerged
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at this time... why?
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And here are your potential answers.
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[ buzzer ]
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All right, well, what exactly was the conservation movement?
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We can see in the excerpt that folks were starting to worry
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about the degradation and destruction of forests,
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but, like, why?
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Well, let's see which answer can best explain the arrival of
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these nature-lovers.
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Did the conservation movement emerge at this time A -
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as an extension of corporate influence? [ scoffs ]
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Well, the people behind this conservation movement were
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wealthy sportsmen worried that their hunting territory would
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come under the control of big corporations.
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So these men created groups like the Sierra Club
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to strengthen their voice against corporate influence,
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hoping to protect their sacred hunting grounds which were
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ideally as far away from the railroads as possible.
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Meaning no more A or D.
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Maybe the conservation movement came about
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B - in order to fight for greater agricultural rights.
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Well, actually, this conservation was more about
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untouched nature preserves, not highly managed
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agricultural land. So let's throw out B, too.
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Which means that the conservation movement emerged
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C - as a way to preserve land that could
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fall out of public control.
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Remember those wealthy sportsmen?
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Well, they were super concerned about railroads and industries
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destroying public lands, so they pressured the government
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into establishing protected areas
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better known today as state parks.
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So C is the right answer. And it's a good thing these
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wealthy hunters aren't still lurking around state parks today,
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or tourism would be a lot more dangerous.
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[ horn honks ]
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