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Roosevelt's predecessors had set aside 18,800,000 hectares of timberland. To what did he increase the area?
ATo 21,400,000 hectares of timberland
BTo 18,900,000 hectares of timberland
CTo 59,200,000 hectares of timberland
DTo 95,200,000 hectares of timberland
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. To 59,200,000 hectares of timberland
1. 1. The starting figure set aside by earlier presidents is 18,800,000 hectares.
2. 2. Roosevelt increased the area to 59,200,000 hectares.
3. 3. He also began systematic work to prevent forest fires and to replant cleared tracts.
4. 4. The other figures are close enough to be tempting but none of them is the number given.
_Source: An Outline of American History (U.S. Information Agency, 1990, public domain), section ROOSEVELT ACTS TO SAVE RESOURCES_
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