What Are Theodore Roosevelt's Greatest Achievements
Some people say that Theodore Roosevelt’s conservation of natural resources is amongst his greatest achievements as president. On May 3, 1908, Theodore Roosevelt held a conference entitled the Conservation of Natural Resources. In this conference he told people of his views on the utilization of natural resources and how the American peoples’ utilization of these resources was wasteful. One example was of the depletion of trees in the forest which could be corrected if the people would simply take the time to replace what they take. This convention marked the beginning of Theodore Roosevelt’s conservation of natural resources movement during his presidency.
Roosevelt was an activist for conservation and felt that even though the Earth had many resources to offer the people should conserve its resources for generations to come. He believed that if people kept using the Earth’s resources without caution or hesitation that the generations to follow would suffer from the depletion. Therefore Roosevelt began to take measures to ensure the preservation on natural resources. …show more content…
Congress’ main achievements can be seen as they passed many bills that established National Parks and also gave money to help improve National Parks. They also established an act to help save Niagara Falls. The Joint Resolution called for American representatives to give recommendations to help prevent the depletion of Niagara Falls which led to an act that controlled and regulated the waters of the Niagara River that ultimately helped preserve the falls. This is an example of one of the many contributions congress made in the movement to conserve natural resources in the United States, therefore while a great deal of conservation was achieved by Theodore Roosevelt a great deal was also achieved by
Roosevelt was an activist for conservation and felt that even though the Earth had many resources to offer the people should conserve its resources for generations to come. He believed that if people kept using the Earth’s resources without caution or hesitation that the generations to follow would suffer from the depletion. Therefore Roosevelt began to take measures to ensure the preservation on natural resources. …show more content…
Congress’ main achievements can be seen as they passed many bills that established National Parks and also gave money to help improve National Parks. They also established an act to help save Niagara Falls. The Joint Resolution called for American representatives to give recommendations to help prevent the depletion of Niagara Falls which led to an act that controlled and regulated the waters of the Niagara River that ultimately helped preserve the falls. This is an example of one of the many contributions congress made in the movement to conserve natural resources in the United States, therefore while a great deal of conservation was achieved by Theodore Roosevelt a great deal was also achieved by