Environment
"The actions of the American government and people toward the environment in the 18th and 19th centuries were ignorant, wasteful, and greedy; they were also understandable."
In the modern age, the impact of man's actions upon the environment is a very serious issue. There are laws that determine what is and what is not appropriate action with regard to the environment and there are serious punishments for those who abuse the environment. However, it is unfair to judge the actions of people in other centuries based on modern opinion and modern information. The above quote illustrates the main reason why this is so, people in other eras were not subject to the same laws or regulations and modern Americans, nor did they have access to the same information that we now have in our possession. The key word in that quotation is "ignorant." They were ignorant of the repercussions of their actions. They were also wasteful. People of the 18th and 19th centuries wasted copious amounts of natural resources through the lumber industry and through the industrialization of the workforce. Also, people laid waste to forests and exterminated animals when they decided to settle into given areas. Nothing was permitted to stand in the way of human progression. Those living in the 18th and 19th century simply did not know that the actions they were performing were detrimental to the earth and many who were aware would have ignored the dangers because of greed. These three factors are what contributed to the harmful actions of the people living in the United States during the 17 and 1800s.
It wasn't until President Theodore Roosevelt and his efforts that real laws with serious consequences...
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