Apush essay
Brittany Snyder Martha Smith Sarah Segovia 1. The Federal Land Policy and Management Act were roots of the Sagebrush Rebellion. These laws stated that public land must be kept in perpetual trust by the federal government. The significance of this was that these acts destroyed any last hope that the Westerners had of public lands being turned over to local governments. Another example of disapproval in the Sagebrush Rebellion was in Idaho, where a business assembly fought the expansion of the Snake River Birds of Prey national Conservation Area.