The modern environmental movement was sparked by

Answer: Rachel Carson's 'Silent Spring' (1962); led to EPA (1970), Clean Air/Water Acts, and Earth Day Carson's exposé on DDT; laid groundwork for environmental regulation.

AP US History · Topic 8.13

The Environment and Natural Resources from 1968 to 1980 Practice

Part of Period 8: 1945–1980.

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$The modern environmental movement was sparked by$
- A
  $Religious revival movements of the 1960s that called for stewardship of creation as a divine duty for believers$
- B
  $Federal inaction and the dismantling of conservation laws under the Eisenhower administration in the 1950s$
- C
  $Rachel Carson's 'Silent Spring' (1962); led to EPA (1970), Clean Air/Water Acts, and Earth Day$
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- D
  $Industry leaders voluntarily reducing pollution through self-regulation, with no role for activists or new laws$
Why
$Carson's exposé on DDT; laid groundwork for environmental regulation.$
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