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Which of the following best describes how President Taft affected conservation efforts?
Taft appointed a secretary of the interior who undid some of Roosevelt’s conservation work.
Taft appointed a secretary of the interior who continued Roosevelt’s conservation work.
Taft appointed a secretary of the interior who believed strongly in conservation.
Taft appointed a secretary of the interior who was neutral on conservation.

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Taft appointed Richard A. Ballinger as Secretary of the Interior, who rolled back or opened up protected lands and clashed with conservationists (the Ballinger–Pinchot affair), so the first choice is correct.