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What was the first National Park in the United States?

Retry Correct Incorrect According to the National Park Service, a series of surveying expeditions in the years leading up to 1871 convinced Congress that the natural wonders of Yellowstone were too beautiful and culturally significant to risk turning the land over to private owners. By the following year, President Ulysses S. Grant would sign the Yellowstone National Park Protection Act into law.

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What was the first National Park in the United States?

• Zion
• Yosemite
• Hot Springs
• Yellowstone