Hey everyone! Everyone did a great job with determining what must be done by a city government after a natural disaster. We talked about how after the Galveston hurricane, many cities began to establish commission that would help the mayor run specific areas of governance, such as public water and emergency response. All of the natural disasters we discussed after it used this type of commission system. Therefore, these natural disasters showed people that we needed reform in the government to run it more efficiently.
Negative ideas of nature was not the only thing that prompted reform. The expansion of industries threatened the environment and the overexcessive reaping of natural resources. Therefore many people felt that the environment should be protected for future generations due to its usefulness and its beauty.
For homework, you are to research Theodore Roosevelt's efforts to protect the environment. If you would like, I have provided a website that would be a great source for you below this paragraph. Write down in your notebooks what Roosevelt did to protect the environment and why.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/tr/envir.html
~Mr. Mazur
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