Entry Exam Category: High School Equivalency Exams
Course: General Education Development (GED)
Exam: GED Social Studies Practice Test
Practice Question
Extract
This excerpt is from a speech delivered by Theodore Roosevelt in 1910.
I recognize the right and duty of this generation to develop and use the natural resources of our land; but I do not recognize the right to waste them, or to rob, by wasteful use, the generations that come after us....
Moreover, I believe that the natural resources must be used for the benefit of all our people, and not monopolized for the benefit of the few.... Of all the questions which can come before this nation, short of the actual preservation of its existence in a great war, there is none which compares in importance with the great central task of leaving this land even a better land for our descendants than it is for us, and training them into a better race to inhabit the land and pass it on. Conservation is a great moral issue, for it involves the patriotic duty of insuring the safety and continuance of the nation.....
I recognize the right and duty of this generation to develop and use the natural resources of our land; but I do not recognize the right to waste them, or to rob, by wasteful use, the generations that come after us....
Moreover, I believe that the natural resources must be used for the benefit of all our people, and not monopolized for the benefit of the few.... Of all the questions which can come before this nation, short of the actual preservation of its existence in a great war, there is none which compares in importance with the great central task of leaving this land even a better land for our descendants than it is for us, and training them into a better race to inhabit the land and pass it on. Conservation is a great moral issue, for it involves the patriotic duty of insuring the safety and continuance of the nation.....
Which statement identifies a purpose of Roosevelt's speech?
Answer Choices
- A: to convince his audience that preserving the environment is as important as national security
- B: to convince his audience that preserving the environment is the responsibility of ordinary citizens
- C: to gain support for using public lands to obtain vital productive resources
- D: to gain support for a candidate who wants to preserve the environment
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Compares conservation to "actual preservation in war" as top national priority