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The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands, which encompass . Major divisions of the agency include the National Forest System, State and Private Forestry, Business Operations, and the Research and Development branch. Managing approximately 25% of federal lands, it is the only major national land agency that is outside of the U.S. Department of the Interior.

The concept of the National Forests was born from Theodore Roosevelt's conservation group, Boone and Crockett Club, due to concerns regarding Yellowstone National Park beginning as early as 1875. In 1876, Congress created the office of Special Agent in the Department of Agriculture to assess the quality and conditions of forests in the United States. Franklin B. Hough was appointed the head of the office. In 1881, the office was expanded into the newly formed Division of Forestry. The Forest Reserve Act of 1891 authorized withdrawing land from the public domain as "forest reserves," managed by the Department of the Interior. In 1901, the Division of Forestry was renamed the Bureau of Forestry. The Transfer Act of 1905 transferred the management of forest reserves from the General Land Office of the Interior Department to the Bureau of Forestry, henceforth known as the United States Forest Service. Gifford Pinchot was the first United States Chief Forester in the Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt.
1. where did the concept of National forests come from?
2. what was it called?
3. what was the name changed to in 1901?
4. what does USFS stand for?
5. how many major divisions are there?
6. what is USFS a part of?
7. what agency is it under?
8. what did the Act of 1891 do?
9. in 1905, who was control given to?
10. who was Gifford Pinchot?

Numbered answers:
1. Theodore Roosevelt's conservation group
2. Boone and Crockett Club
3. Bureau of Forestry
4. United States Forest Service
5. Five
6. national forests and 20 national grasslands
7. U.S. Department of Agricultur
8. authorized withdrawing land from the public domain as "forest reserves
9. Bureau of Forestry
10. first United States Chief Forester in the Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt.

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Fanny the fly was hungry. She went to the store. She saw her friend Colin the cat at the store. Colin waved to Fanny. Fanny waved back. At the store, Fanny bought ice cream, fruit, and pasta. Then she went home. She looked in her fridge. In her fridge she saw meatballs, rice, tomato sauce, and garlic. She chose to make a pasta dinner and invite all of her friends over. She invited Colin the cat and Danny the dog. She also invited Freddy the frog and Allen the alligator. Everyone arrived to a beautiful meal made by Fanny. They all ate happily. After dinner, Fanny brought out dessert. She brought out pie, fruit, cupcakes, and ice cream. Everybody ate a cupcake. Danny ate ice cream too. Allen had some pie and fruit as well as the cupcake. Colin had some pie too. Fanny told everyone to come back for dinner again. They all said goodbye and left. Fanny was happy and full. She went to bed smiling to herself.
1. what was fanny?
2. what did she feel?
3. what did she do because of that?
4. who did she wave at?
5. who had pie?
6. who else?
7. how many friends came to fanny's?

Numbered answers:
1. a fly
2. hungry
3. She went to the store
4. Colin
5. Allen
6. Colin
7. four

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(CNN) -- Essie Mae Washington-Williams, the biracial woman who revealed nine years ago she was the illegitimate daughter of former segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond, died Monday, her family's spokesman said. She was 87.

Washington-Williams kept her father's identity secret until six months after Thurmond, a segregationist leader for decades, died in June 2003 at age 100.

"I never wanted to do anything to harm him or cause detriment to his life or to the lives of those around him," Washington-Williams said at a 2003 news conference, six months after her father died at the age of 100.

She died at her Columbia, South Carolina, home of natural causes Monday morning, according to Frank Wheaton.

Thurmond ran for president in 1948 on the ticket of the States' Rights Democratic Party, or Dixiecrats, a breakaway faction of Southern Democrats who believed strongly in racial segregation and were opposed to their party's civil rights program. Thurmond joined the Republican Party in the 1960s and ultimately turned away from his segregationist past.

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"My father did a lot of things to help other people, even though his public stance appeared opposite," Washington-Williams said. "I was sensitive about his well-being and career and his family here in South Carolina."

Washington-Williams said she went public only at the urging of her children, but rumors had persisted for years.

An attorney for the former senator's family confirmed in 2003 that Thurmond fathered a child with a teenage black housekeeper in 1925. Her mother, Carrie Butler, worked as a maid at the Thurmond family home in Edgefield, South Carolina.
1. Who was the famous father in this story?
2. How old was he when he died?
3. Who was his daughter?
4. Was she an illegitimate child?
5. Was she bi-racial?
6. What was Thurmond's position on segregation?
7. All of his life?
8. When did he run for president?
9. What was his party then?
10. What party did he join in the 60's?
11. What was Washington-
12. What was Washington-Williams' mother's name?
13. Where did she work?
14. Was the story of Washington-Williams confirmed?
15. By whom?

Numbered answers:
1. Strom Thurmond,
2. 100
3. Essie Mae Washington-Williams
4. yes
5. yes
6. a segregationist leader
7. . no
8. 1948
9. Democratic Party,
10. Republican Party
11. unknown
12. Carrie Butler
13. maid at the Thurmond family home
14. yes, after his death
15. an attorney in 2003

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(CNN) -- Inside the Charles Manson room at the Museum of Death in Hollywood, Anne Forde looks at crime scene photos from the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders.

"I was a kid when he was involved in these crimes," says Forde, who grew up in County Cork, Ireland. "It's just been a fascination for me ever since."

"His eyes just stand out and look crazy," says Debbie Roberts, who was visiting the museum from Kentucky. "I can see how people followed him."

A few miles away on Saturday mornings, Scott Michaels is hosting the "Helter Skelter Tragical History Tour." For $65, you can buy a bus seat to see where the murders took place, as Michaels tells the story of Helter Skelter.

"We have people from around the world that sign up," says Michaels. "We added an additional anniversary tour, which is sold out."

August 9 marks the 45th anniversary of the murders of Sharon Tate and four others on Cielo Drive in the Benedict Canyon neighborhood of Los Angeles. Tate, who was 8 months pregnant and married to movie director Roman Polanski, was stabbed 16 times as she pleaded for the life of her unborn child. The next night, supermarket executive Leno LaBianca and Rosemary LaBianca were tortured and killed inside their home near Hollywood.

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Since then, Charles Manson, who was convicted of orchestrating the murders, has been the focus of continued fascination.

"People seem to be fascinated by things that are strange and bizarre," says Vincent Bugliosi, sitting in his Los Angeles-area living room.
1. Who was looking at photos?
2. Where is she from?
3. Where was she?
4. In what city?
5. In what room?
6. Who was murdered?
7. On what day?
8. And year?
Numbered answers:
1. Anne Forde
2. County Cork, Ireland.
3. at the Museum of Death
4. Hollywood
5. the Charles Manson room
6. Sharon Tate
7. August 9
8. 1969