How did conservation reflect broader Progressive Era ideas?
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Correct answer: It stressed expert management, public interest, and government action on social problems
Progressives often trusted experts and government agencies to solve problems created by industrial society. Conservation applied these ideas to forests, water, wildlife, and public lands.
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