The history of the US National Park System, including founding dates, key figures, and the National Park Service, one fact per card.
35 cards · basic cards · AI-written, checked twice. Edit anything.
- What year was Yellowstone established, becoming the world's first national park?
Show answer
1872- What US government agency was created in 1916 to manage national parks?
Show answer
The National Park Service (NPS)- Who is often called the 'Father of the National Parks' for his conservation advocacy?
Show answer
John Muir- What president is closely associated with expanding the national park system in the early 1900s, including Grand Canyon?
Show answer
Theodore Roosevelt- What conservationist organization, founded by John Muir in 1892, advocates for wilderness protection?
Show answer
The Sierra Club- What law, signed in 1906, allows presidents to designate national monuments without Congressional approval?
Show answer
The Antiquities Act- What was the first US national monument, designated in 1906?
Show answer
Devils Tower- What 1916 act formally established the National Park Service and its mission?
Show answer
The National Park Service Organic Act- What park, carved out of a national forest, was established as a national park in 1919 to protect the Grand Canyon?
Show answer
Grand Canyon National Park- What was the first national park established east of the Mississippi River, in 1919?
Show answer
Acadia National Park- What law, passed in 1964, established a formal system for protecting undeveloped wilderness land within parks and forests?
Show answer
The Wilderness Act- What philanthropist and Rockefeller family member helped fund land purchases for parks including Grand Teton and Acadia?
Show answer
John D. Rockefeller Jr.- What park service program, launched in the 1950s, modernized visitor facilities ahead of the agency's 50th anniversary?
Show answer
Mission 66- What 1980 act greatly expanded protected wilderness in Alaska and created or enlarged parks such as Wrangell-St. Elias?
Show answer
The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act- What year did the National Park Service celebrate its centennial anniversary?
Show answer
2016
FlashKeepers