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FMHS AcDec 2014 > Social Science Timeline > Flashcards

Social Science Timeline Flashcards

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George Bissell helps develop the first oil well in Titusville, Pennsylvania

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1859

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People in Mesopotamia collect and trade Bitumen

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3000 bce

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Thomas Edison creates the Electric Light Company

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1878

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George Westinghouse introduced alternating current

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1886

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The first Public Utility Holding Company Act is signed into law

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1935

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President Eisenhower delivers his “Atoms for Peace” speech to the United Nations

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1953

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The USS Nautilus, the first nuclear submarine, is launched

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1954

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M. king Hubbert predicts oil production in the US will peak between 1965 and 1971

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1956

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The first commercial nuclear power plant in the US is commissioned in Pennsylvania

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1957

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The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Companies (OPEC) is formed

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1960

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Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring

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1962

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The original Clean Air Act is passed

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1963

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Ohio’s Cuyahoga River catches fire

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1969

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The first Earth Day is celebrated in April 22

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1970

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President Nixon creates the Environmental Protection Agency

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1970

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Congress substantially strengthens the Clean Air Act

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1970

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The National Environmental Policy Act is passed

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1970

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The Natural Resources Defense Council is formed

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1970

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Clean Water Act is passed

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1972

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DDT is banned in the US

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The October War (also known as the Arab-Israeli War or the Yom Kippur War) begins

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The OPEC oil embargo creates gas shortages in the US, Western Europe, and Japan

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President Nixon announces Project Independence

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The Endangered Species Act is passed

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The Safe Drinking Water Act is passed

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Rowland and Molina show chlorofluorocarbons are harming the ozone layer

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The International Energy Agency is passed

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The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is authorized

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The Energy Policy and Conservation Act is passed

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The first Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards are implemented

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The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act is passed

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President Carter creates the Department of Energy

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Oil is first transported to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

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The National Energy Policy Act is passed

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The contamination of Love Canal is discovered

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The Public Utility Regulatory Policy Act is passed

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Iranian Revolution causes a global oil crisis

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Three Mile Island disaster occurs

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CERCLA (Superfund) is passed

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The Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurs

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The U.S. signs the Montreal Protocol

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On March 4, the Exxon Valdez tanker spills oil in Prince William Sound

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Congress again strengthens the Clean Air Act

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The Energy Policy Act is passed

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The (second) Energy Policy Act is passed

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The Energy Independence and Security Act is passed

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Deep Water Horizon rig explodes, spilling crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico

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Shale Gas supplies 25 percent of US total Natural Gas supply

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The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster occurs

FMHS AcDec 2014 (19 decks)

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