The Environment and Natural Resources from 1968 to 1980

AP US History· difficulty 4/5

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

Explanation

Carson's exposé on DDT; laid groundwork for environmental regulation.

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