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1865-1898
REVIEWED!
APUSH PERIOD 6:
Post-Civil War Expansion
1.) Economic opportunities: Mining,
farming, cattle industry
2.) Federal government policies:
Homestead Act, Pacific Railroad Act
3.) Active federal government: Removing
Native people, subsidies for railroads
• Government agencies and
conservationist vs. corporate
interests over the extension of
public control over natural
resources such as land and
water.
• Department of the Interior
(1849): responsible for
management and conservation
of federal land & resources
• U.S. Fish Commission (1871):
created to preserve the
fisheries of the U.S.
• Sierra Club founded by John
Muir to fight for conservation
and preservation of natural
resources.
Conservationist Movement
