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Why did Roosevelt create National Parks in the 1920s, meaning why did he care about the “preservation” of land? My impression of the time period was industrial countries didn’t care at all about land, only the natural resources that could be extracted

by /u/nueoritic-parents in /r/AskHistorians

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