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USH.7.4 Describe developing trends in science and technology and explain how they impacted the lives of Americans during the period 1960-1980.
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When there are no ____ to sing during springtime, the spring will be silent, which was the point to Rachel Carson's book.
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In the 1970s, Richard Nixon enacted the ____ ____ ____ , showing that the federal government was also concerned with the environment.
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In the 1970s, in Lake Erie Michigan, _____ was killing the fish and wildlife, while timber companies were cutting down the forests in the Northwest.
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Since factories were dumping pollution into rivers and lakes, the federal government created the _____ _____ act, which restricted the amount of pollution that would be dumped.
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The air quality grew worse every day, and people could watch it happening, since more than half of all Americans ____ in ____ in the 1970s.
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Sierra Club and Audubon Society are ____ ____ , created by citizens who are concerned with the environment.
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Blood disease, nerve damage, birth defects, and cancer, these were the health issues that the citizens of ____ ____ experienced. They also experienced them in greater number than other towns.
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____ ____ was a biologist in the 1970s who helped start the environmental movement.
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Oil, gas, and coal can be used to produce power, but they create smoke and fumes, and they are limited. Some argued that ____ ____ is cleaner and lasts forever, but others argued that [same] created radiation, which also killed citizens.
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____ ____ were used to kill mosquitoes in N.Y. and Carol Yannacone was concerned for the health of people living nearby.
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1979, nuclear debate gained national attention when a reactor at ____ ____ ____ (outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) overheated & leaked low levels of radiation.
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____ ____ is a time designated for discussing and addressing the problems with the environment. The first one was celebrated in 1970 in the month of April.
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The _____ of nuclear power was being questioned after the plant on 3-mile island leaked radiation into the community, even though the federal government declared the area open for public use.
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When the fog is dark and heavy from ____ ____ and smoke, we call it smog. Smog was a major environmental problem in 1970s cities.
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A ____ ____ ____ was underneath the town of Love Canal, which was why the citizens of the town experienced a greater rate of cancer, birth defects, and nerve damage.
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In the 1970s, in California, an ____ ____ killed aquatic animals and birds and timber companies were cutting down all the trees in the Northwest.
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Since Americans have 5th amendment property rights, and the government cannot take property without first paying citizens, the ____ ____ act created a problem. It controlled a citizen's land, but did not pay them for it.
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Insects are killed by pesticides, but so are any fish or birds who then eat the poisoned insects. This was the point to Rachel Carson's book, ____ ____ .
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Due to the smog and smoke, America needed stronger emissions laws for _____ and factories, so legislators and Nixon created the Clean Air Act.
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One method for dealing with ____ ____ is to sue the people harming the environment, which stops further harm. The Yannacones learned this when they challenged the use of DDT in the courtroom.
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