Environmental Activism

Question 1

What began in the 1960s?

Answer 1

The widespread realizaion that pollution and overconsumption were damagine the environment.

Question 2

What did Silent Spring do

Answer 2

It awakened America’s concern’s about the environment and helped lay the groundwork for the activism of the early seventies

Question 3

Who published Silent Spring and what year was it published in

Answer 3

Rachel carson, a marine biologist. It was published in 1962

Question 4

In Silent Spring, what did Carson warn against

Answer 4

The growing used of pesticides-chemicals used to kill insects and rodents.

Question 5

What did Carson argue

Answer 5

That pesticides poisoned the very food they were intended to protect and as a result killed many birds and fish.

Question 6

Where did the name Silent Spring come from

Answer 6

Carson said that wefaced a silent spring in which prids killed ff by pesticides would no longer fill the air with song. She added that the weapons used in “man’s war against nature” pesticides were some of the most harmful

Question 7

Within Six months of publication, how many copies did Silent Spring sell

Answer 7

half a millin

Question 8

What did Chemical companies say, and what did Americans think

Answer 8

They said that it was innaccurate, and they threatened to sue. But many Americans thought that Carson’s book was an early warning abou tthe danger that human activity posed to the environment.

Question 9

After the book’s publication, what did Kennedy establish

Answer 9

An advisory acommittee to investigate the situation

Question 10

With Carson’s prodding, the nation slowly began to do what

Answer 10

focus more on environmental issues. Although she would not live to see the US government outlaw DDT in 1972, her work helped many Americans realized that their everyday behavior as well s the nation’s industrial growth had a damage on the environment

Question 11

During the 1970s the administrations of Richard nixon and jummy Carter confronted the environmental issues like

Answer 11

Conservation, pollution, and growth of nuclear energy

Question 12

In the 1970s the United states

Answer 12

Would actively address its environmental issues f

Question 13

When was the first Earth Day

Answer 13

April 22, 1970 nearly every community in the nation nad more than 10,000 schools and 2000 colleges hosted a type of environmental awareness activity and spotlighted such problems as pollution, growth of toxic waste and the earths dwindling resources

Question 14

What is an environmentalist

Answer 14

someone who takes an active role in the protection of the environment

Question 15

What did presiden Nixon realize

Answer 15

the importance to make peace with nature. He set out on a course that led to the passage of landmark measures

Question 16

In 1970, Nixon consolidated 15 existing federal pollution programs into the

Answer 16

Environmental Protecition Agency

Question 17

What was teh EPA given

Answer 17

power to set and enforce pollution standards, to conduct environmental research and to assist the state and local government in pollution control

Question 18

Today, what is the EPA

Answer 18

the federal government’s main instrument for dealing with environmental issues

Question 19

In 1970, Nixon signed a new _____ whihc

Answer 19

Clean Air Act that added several amendments to the Clean Air Act of 1963. This act gave the government the authority to set air standards

Question 20

Congress also passed the Endangered Species Act which

Answer 20

was passed in addition to laws that limited pesticide use and curbed strip mining-the practice of mining for ore and coal by digging faping holes in land.

Question 21

During the 1970s, how many environmental laws took effect

Answer 21

35 and they addressed every aspect of conservation and cleanup from protecting endangered animals to regulate auto emissions

Question 22

1970s what did the federal government do to ensure the continued well being of Alaska (the larges state in the nation and the most ecologically sensitive.)

Answer 22

Took steps

Question 23

This discovery creatied a massive pipeline to transport it. It created many new jonbs and increased state revenue

Answer 23

Oil found in 1968 in Alaska

Question 24

What raised concerns about Alaska’s wildlife as well as the rights of the native people

Answer 24

New development

Question 25

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act

Answer 25

Which turned over millions of acrees of land to the states native tribes for conservation and tribal use.

Question 26

In 1971, how did President Carter enhance this conservation effort in Alaska

Answer 26

He set aside 56 million acres in Alaska as national monuments. In 1980 Congress added 104 more

Question 28

At the end of 1970s what were many Americans aware of?

Answer 28

The dangers that nuclear power plants posed to humans and the environment. However, during the 1970s many people in America had realized the drawbacks to heavy dependence on foreign oil.So, nuclear power seemed to be an attractive alternative

Question 29

Opponents of nuclear energy warned the public against the nuclear industries growth stating that

Answer 29

The wastes that were produced were potentially dangerous to humans and thier environment

Question 30

On March 28th, 1979 what incident tookplace

Answer 30

Three mile island

Question 31

Where is three mile island

Answer 31

Near Harrisburg PN. Th ereactor malfunctioned and on the 30th, the low level radiation did escae.

Question 32

What did officials do about Officials do

Answer 32

They evacuated some residents while others fled on thei rown.

Question 33

Even though more than 100,000 residents were evacuated, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Answer 33

The federal agency that monitors the nuclar power industry announced that the immediate danger was over

Question 34

The events at three mile island rekindled the debate over what

Answer 34

Nuclear power

Question 35

What did Supporters of Opponents say for nuclear power

Answer 35

Supporters: Non One had been killed

Opponents countered by saying that chance had averted the tragedy. They demanded that the government call a halt to the construction of new powerplants and gradually shut down the old ones

Question 36

What did the government doabout the nuclear power

Answer 36

They didn’t get rid of it, but the government did recognize the nuclear’energy’s potential danger to both humans and the environment

Question 37

As a result of the accident, what did the Nuclear Regulatory Commission do

Answer 37

Strengthened its safety standards and improved the inspection procedures

Question 38

Even though the environment movement had support, it still had

Answer 38

oppositopned

Question 39

The movement struggled to balance environmental concerns with

Answer 39

jobs and progress