Preserving natural areas in the United States was major debate at the turn of the century. Theodore Roosevelt was the major leader in preserving wilderness and was essential in creating the natural parks. While other politicians wanted to cut down trees to build cities and factories, naturalists wanted to save the natural beauty of the United States.
Answer:
Conference
Explanation:
Congressional leaders form CONFERENCE committees when they want to take up an issue that falls between the jurisdiction of existing committees, to highlight an issue, or to investigate a particular problem.
Answer: False
Explanation:
As one approaches the North Pole, temperatures get colder and this is why countries like Iceland and Sweden are so cold.
This is the same in North America. North America is already north of the Equator so it is closer to the North Pole. As one goes further north therefore, they would be be getting closer to the North Pole and temperatures will get colder.
This is why Canada is so cold and the northern areas of the United States experiences such harsh winters.
The Continental Navy was created by George Washington in 1775 to protect the American colonies from attacks by the British. At the end of the Revolutionary War, the Continental Navy was disbanded. However, American merchant ships were under continuous attacks by North African pirates so the Department of the Navy was created by Congress in April 1798. Also, after the American Revolution, the British refused to leave American territory along the Great Lakes and continued to attack American merchant ships. This led to the War of 1812.
